why so Tall on the Front Tires? why not the 23" tires?
and for the back I am running the standard Front Runners.... they sure
don't have that much Thread width... hmm
I like John Becketts Mickey Thompson front tires... I think they are down
in the 21" range... all of this means the front end will be Lower... and
even if you have to spin the Bearing's harder you get the added benefit of
less frontal area... cause the car would be 1.5" lower then with the 24"s
K
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> From: Ken Bond <kmb2@humboldt.edu>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: A couple of tire questions
> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:30 AM
>
> Folks,
>
> I have been shopping for tires (along with a whole bunch of other
> stuff).
>
> a few questions:
>
> 1... does hardness of the compound matter? The Goodyear site sometimes
> as options about compound hardness
>
> 2... I found just what I wanted on the Goodyear WWW for the fronts,
namely,
>
> FrontRunners, product code 808-028-089; size 25.0X4.5-15 that go on a
> 4" rim; tread 4.5"; sec. width 6.5" at approx $137 each... great,
> just what I want!
>
> Then... I keep looking on the Goodyear WWW for tires for the BACK
> with no luck. I was looking for a tire 27" tall
> and have a tred of ~ 9" to 9.5" tread. No such animal :-( As I looked
> around the rest of Goodyear's www page, nothing seemed to stick out and
> say... that's it!
>
> 3... Goodyear referred me Carol Shelby Enterprises to actually buy tires.
I
> looked around tirerack's www but with NO LUCK on FrontRunners. Has
anyone
> found tires of this sort at one of the national discount tire operations?
>
>
> KEN
>
>
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