[Tigers] Fwd: Radial versus bias ply

[James Armstrong]

 Good advice Thanks Don Jim Armstrong

From: fast427 at sbcglobal.net
To: owain.lloyd at gmail.com, rollright at aol.com
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: 7/31/2022 3:00:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Radial versus bias ply


When switching to radials, it is a good idea to increase the caster setting.

Radials have a different ‘contact patch’ on the ground, and to make up for it and have decent caster, you should increase it. I used about 4.5 degrees on my Series 200 Griffith and steering stability is good.

Don A

  

From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Owain Lloyd via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
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Date: Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 2:16 PM
To: JAMES ARMSTRONG <rollright at aol.com>
Cc: Tiger's Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Radial versus bias ply

 

Even scarier than it is on radials I would imagine!

 

That said, narrower (165) tires are more fun so comparing cross ply to fat radials are different in many ways.

 

On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 18:45, JAMES ARMSTRONG via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:


I know it’s been a long time ago, but does anybody remember the difference between switching from bias ply to radial tires? It’s pretty much an academic question I know, because everybody’s running radials, but I was wondering what it was like to drive a Sunbeam Tiger or Alpine on bias ply tires.
Jim Armstrong

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