[Mgs] What SIZE tires are people putting on MGBs now

[Max Heim]

Oh, yeah, 175/70-14 is the size I'm running in the Sumitomos.

I had been running 175R-14 Vredesteins, which were very tall -- I calculated
a 6% under reading, though this may have been with a correction for the
non-standard OD unit.

on 4/21/14 2:52 PM, Charley & Peggy Robinson at ccrobins at ktc.com wrote:

> I had no idea there was that much speedo error with the 155/70s. Thanks
> for the info Paul. :-)
> 
> CR
> On 4/21/2014 9:57 AM, PaulHunt73 wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 175/70 give almost the same rolling radius as the original roadsters
>> i.e. same speedo reading, 165/70 give about 3% over reading (i.e.
>> speedo shows higher than actual), and 165/65 about 1% over reading.
>> 155/70 give about 7% over-reading, which is quite a lot, especially
>> considering they are already over-reading from 0% to 10% anyway (or
>> were originally).
>> 
>> PaulH.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
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