[Land-speed] Tire Diameter

J.D. Tone gmc6power at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 26 16:53:20 MST 2008


If you've looked at a Dunlop Vintage you will see a ton of tread. If you go 
to cruises these things fill out a roadster wheel well perfectly. Rod guys 
today spend tons of money on the "conastoga wheels and forklift tires" and 
they ride like s--t.

Coker is reproing some big 18's for the street too but you can't race on 
them. If you drive the tread off the Dunlops and then round the edges you've 
got a great set of B'ville tires. Or you can send them to a tire "scalper" 
and leave the rubber on the floor.

I ran 217 on them stock with out removing any tread at all; just the 
edges...Good Luck, have fun and look good doing it


>
>> At more than $420 per tire do you want them to do double duty? I don't 
>> know
>> your other application but if you don't need a certified 200+ mph tire 
>> why
>> not choose something less expensive? -Elon
>>
>>
>>

>>
>> I was told to get 28" rear tires for my roadster, which I did. The car 
>> will
>> run this year, maybe in excess of 160 if I didn't screw up too badly.I 
>> need
>> to buy tires for another hot rod, and I'm thinking I could get speed 
>> tires
>> to do double duty if necessary.


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