[Tigers] Radial versus bias ply

[Rob Hogan]

39 years ago, I ran 235/50R-13 Firestone "Super Sports" bias ply tires on
the Tiger's rear 7"x13" American Racing Vector wheels (they're still on the
static car) for the purpose of being more controllable and sensitive to
lateral slippage.  I could pull some tight turns with those tires and sense
exactly how they would slide and regrip whereas the former 185/70-R13
radials tended to wind up the sidewalls like a spring and break traction
suddenly.  It isn't that a 235/50-R13 radial wouldn't be as good or better,
but I liked the performance of the bias plys when they were new.  Those
40-year-old tires are GFN now.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 1:55 PM 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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