[Fot] TR2 Tires

[Kas Kastner]

Yes, I ran the wires as they were that 1/2" wider than the steel wheels. they
were a LOT heavier what with wire wheel adapter and knock-off hub.  I would
probably have been faster with the discs but the wires looked very cool and
when you are in your 20's, cool is it!. Actually with the way I was always
pitching the car  I doubt the steel disc would have lasted very long and the
spokes would break and give you a change to recover, but when disc breaks, you
are gone.

Never be beaten by equipment
 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:12:36 -0700
From: edwardbarnard at prodigy.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR2 Tires
To: tarch at bellsouth.net; tony at tonydrews.com; fot at autox.team.net;
kaskas at cox.net

Kas: Am I coorrect in assuming that you used the wire wheels because they were
1/2" wider than the stock steel wheels? Surely they must weigh the same, if
not a bit more tham steel wheels.
-Ed-

--- On Mon, 7/16/12, Kas Kastner <kaskas at cox.net> wrote:


From: Kas Kastner <kaskas at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR2 Tires
To: "Richard Taylor" <tarch at bellsouth.net>, tony at tonydrews.com, "fot"
<fot at autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, July 16, 2012, 12:13 PM


When I was racing my TR-3 it was always with the 48 spoke wheels the others
were not allowed.  I'd break two or three ever race and every prictice. Got
pretty good at replacing them quickly without dismounting the tires. It is
just not a big deal. Steet driving on 48 spokers? they'll probably last
another fifty years. It wasn't until I started using  sticky recaps that I
had
the spoke problem.

Never be beaten by equipment
> From: tarch at bellsouth.net
> To: tony at tonydrews.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:23:51 -0400
>
 Subject: Re: [Fot] TR2 Tires
>
> Back in the mid 80's I vintage raced an Austin Healy 100-4 with Michelin X
> tires and 48 spoke wheels. The drifting was exciting but we lost a lot of
> time in the turns. When I switched to wider, stickier tires, the outside
> wheels quickly became 18 spoke wheels.
>
> My observation: better tires require more spokes. I couldn't resist the
> temptation so I switched to 72 spokes which performed flawlessly.
>
> And, of course, I drove the car to and from the track.
>
> Richard Taylor
> TR-4 #196
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team..net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Tony Drews
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:30 AM
> To: fot at autox.team..net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR2 Tires
>
> If we're looking at 5.5" wide wheels, I doubt we're talking stock rims.
>
> Tony
>
> At 08:05 PM 7/15/2012, Terry Stetler wrote:
> >Is not the RA-1 a wide, "R compound" competition pseudo street tire?
> Hence
> >it won't fit the original narrow and semi fragile 48 spoke wire wheels
> >of a stock TR-2.
> >
> >We are talking a stock TR-2 here, yes?
> >
> >Terry Stetler.
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