> On Sat, 4 May 1996 PxA5%EngPpl%GS@go50.comp.pge.com wrote:
>
> > Hi TR fans, friends and others-
> >
> > We have this tire thread going again and I have a question. PO not
DPO, put
> > 165-80-15 on the Panasport(?) type wheels "Made in the UK"(stud
mounts not
> > knockoffs). I believe these wheels are 5.5" wide(fitted w/
165s???), no? Can
>
> > I go to a 205-70-15 on these wheels? Any TR4/TR4A/250 people out
there that
> > have this wide tires w/o any interference problems? These 165s are
toooo
> > tiny!!!!
> >
> I've been using 205-60-15s on My TR4 with Panas... no problem at
> all for close to 5 years... If you don't mind a bit of speedo error.
> Of course, the error is to the optimistic so you can't use it as a
> dodge for a "heavy foot"
>
> e.g. "Gee officer, my speedo sez I was nowhere near .5 of light
> speed..."
>
> Greg " I tried puttin' a weener in the warp drive Capitain, an' it
> didna' do a bet o' guid..." Petrolati
>
>
>
> gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
> "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
> Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
>
It works...though I have never been a stopped...in my TR....
Larry Young
'67 TR4A-IRS
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