[6pack] 6pack Digest, Vol 43, Issue 9

[Jim Jones]

Although I no longer own a '6, I feel compelled to chime in on this.
My '6 had 205/65x15 tires on 15x6 Panasports. The rolling circumferance was a bit under sized so I had to pat attenting to my speed, as in, "If the speedo says 65 I'm moving at close to 70." So far as I was concerned the wheel tire set up was perfect and looked great. However, the car came with the old wheels and 185r15 tires. Yes they were old and beginning to crack a bit. But out of morbid curiousity I mounted those old wheels and took the car for a short drive.
I was impressed at how much more nimble the car felt. Less kickback from bumps came through the steering wheel, yet the wandering I had with the newer tires was reduced noticeably. It was as if I changed out of hiking boots into a set of track shoes. I am certain the ultimate cornering speeds would be lower with new 185R tires, but one has to realize that the suspension was designed for narrower tires. Were I to get back into another TR6 my first step would be to put on a set of OE size tires.
Jim Jones
Jefferson City, MO 65109 

    On Sunday, June 24, 2018, 10:53:56 PM CDT, Bryce Johnson via 6pack <6pack at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I have been running 215/70/15 for the last 8000 miles and love them, more start off torque and longer run out before shift and there is only a tire rub in front drivers side if I am backing up and turning sharp on a steep incline. They really fill out the wheel wells with all tires.
On my second set of 215's after 8000 miles and near 9 years from the original 215's. However I have all new springs and suspension since restore in 2009. Also running on stock wheels for the 1971 TR6

Bryce Johnson
cbj75 at aol.com


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 1. Re: TR6 tire size (Andrew Uprichard)


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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:04:33 -0400
From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at uprichard.net>
To: "'COLIN THOM'" <colinthom at shaw.ca>, <6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 tire size
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I am running 215 x 55 x 15 tires on 7? wheels on my 250. I had to have the rear fenders modified but not the front. One solution which might work would be to buy a roller which flattens out the flare on the fenders. It bolts to the wheel and you can gradually remove the lip on the fender. Gives you about an extra half-inch to an inch of clearance.

 

Andrew Uprichard

More TRs than my wife has cats. Becoming a problem?..

 

From: 6pack [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of COLIN THOM via 6pack
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 3:34 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] TR6 tire size

 

Hi Everybody,

 

This has likely been covered a zillion times but I can't pull up a recent post about it. What are people running for tire size on a stock TR6? I have 205/70/15 and they're kissing the inside of the fender at the 12 o'clock position, when I drive. I know this because a month or so ago I put a little patch of duct tape up in there, and it's showing evidence of being hit by the tires. And, there's a faint but discernible line on the outside shoulder of the tire which I'm guessing is the contact point. I have no idea for how long this has been happening so I don't know if they've been the wrong size for a very long time, or if my suspension has sagged. I suspect the suspension has sagged a bit, but that's a much larger (more expensive) problem then I wish to contemplate. If the overall reaction from all of you is that my tires are much too big, then that's a pretty easy fix, though changing them to avoid a necessary suspension rebuild would be stupid. Thanks to all.

 

Colin

'75

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