[Fot] TR2 Tires

[Larry Young]

In the 1990's a previous owner of my TR3 had a disc wheel fail.  It 
turned into a roll bar test.

On 7/16/2012 4:36 PM, Kas Kastner wrote:
> 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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