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RE: Tires (Again)

To: "'Wes Dayton'" <oilyrag@hsrca.org.au>,
Subject: RE: Tires (Again)
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:28:50 -0700
That's pretty expensive. I think the last set of four I bought were about
$450, but I have a very leaky memory. Must be a bad seal. 

I suspect you'll like the Hoosiers a lot, though your lap times will
probably not be as good as the A008s. Those are really great tires. Kuhmos
are a pretty good tire, though the spec tire that they run in the Speed
Channel events (forgot the name, another leak) are pretty bad. They feel
greasy as hell once they heat up. I only drove that car once, so I don't
really know if it was the car, the tires, or the driver.  

What ever happened to the new Dunlop's?

-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Dayton [mailto:oilyrag@hsrca.org.au] 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:44 PM
To: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Tires (Again)

It's been a little while since we've discussed tires. My now-bald A008Rs
mean I have to do something. The Australian rules are pretty restrictive
and for TR3As it boils down to a minimum 60-profile and 185/15 size. We
were running on 195/15 A008Rs which were technically not allowed but
because of the lack of choice were sort of "allowed".

Tires currently available that are even worth looking into seem to be:

1) Hoosier Vintage TDs 500/15. And these cost $A350 each. At the current
conversion rate that makes them about $US240.

2) Kuhmo Ecsta V711 (185/15 size is a 65% profile). However, they will not
import them to Australia (insufficient volume). Nonetheless, if anyone has
experience with these I'd be interested - maybe if we kick up enough fuss
we could get some.

I know there has been talk about an Yokohama A032R-replacement with more
size options, but that seems to have dried up.

Given all that, a couple of questions:

1) What do you pay for a 500/15 Vintage TD?

2) Any other ideas?

Wes Dayton - TR3A

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