Hans
If those tyres are original old stock, e.g. 20+ years old, do not even
consider fitting them to your car - they will be rotten and extremely
dangerous.
I recently threw away a set of perfectly good looking tyres because they
were 10 years old and the side walls were starting to crack and bulge.
Cheers
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Duinhoven <H.Duinhoven@simac.nl>
To: n <twobees@sprynet.com>; MGs digest <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 16 March 1999 07:33
Subject: Original or modern tires; was tire size
>Hi listers,
>
>I have the cahnce to have my BGT '71 equipped with the original tires from
>the seventies: Michelin ZX 185 SR 14.
>
>Although this is very original with the car's age, the question is, should
I
>do it i.e. does it perform or should I better opt for modern tires?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Hans Duinhoven
>'71 BGT going for a drive in a BGT V8 later this week
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: n [SMTP:twobees@sprynet.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 17:59
>> To: MGs digest
>> Subject: Tire Size
>>
>> It's been almost a year since I sold my '80 MGB. But, I'm pretty sure
the
>> tires I used were all 185/70/s. The best were Pirelli Sport Touring's.
>> Great on dry pavement, great in snow, & great in the wet. Until they
>> finally wore out. Then snow & rain driving became real exciting.
>>
>> At no time did I have any clearance problems.
>>
>> Right now I have Dunlop D60A2's in 175/65 size on my '66 B. They're good,
>> but not as good as the Pirelli's were. Is it because of size, compound
or
>> design? Don't know. Clearance? There's plenty.
>>
>> The drawback to big tires on narrow rims is that the tires don't take the
>> cross-section shape that was intended by the designers. All tires are
>> designed with an optimum rim width. Installed on a too narrow or too
wide
>> rim, the shape can be altered enough to cause performance peculiarities.
>> However, those of us using the original 4.5" wide wheels have to search
>> long
>> & hard to find anything in the right size.
>>
>> Norm Sippel
>> '66 MGB
>
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