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Re: What's the best 14" street tire for max performance for

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Subject: Re: What's the best 14" street tire for max performance for
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:24:49 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 JTHOR11@aol.com wrote:
> The car is a Neon sedan with a full SSC ACR trunk kit on it.
> 
> What size is best? 205/60 or 195/55? The Yokohama AVS intermediate is avail
> in 205/60. Bridgestone RE71 and Dunlop Sport 8000 can be found in 195/55.  Is
> tread width better or the lower profile for better gearing? I don't care
> about errors generated for speedometer/odometer but maximum handling and
> performance in a non-R tire.

I have the 205/60 AVS's on my '95 DOHC ACR.  They aren't bad and generate
decent grip, but you can certainly feel the sidewall flex.  For my next
set, I was gonna try some with a shorter sidewall, sounds like the
195/55's you list may be the ticket.

What're the ST neon folks running?

Mark

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