My Toyota Paseo was always awful in snow. Last year my mechanic suggested
we try a thinner, taller tire. The difference was incredible - it didn't
get stuck once. Only problem is that being taller means that the
speedometer always shows like it's going slower than it really is.
At 02:18 PM 12/17/99 -0500, wizardz wrote:
>
>Again.... not quite. .....circumferences being the same...
>if properly inflated, both a narrow and a wide tire, of the same size tire,
>are going to have the same size lengthwise contact dimension.
>
>why else (how else) could widening a tire give more contact area.
>
>Paul Tegler
>OBie - '73 BGT - Daily Driver
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/ob_description.htm
>Rat -'80 Spitfire - fledgling recently left the nest
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit80.htm
>Punkin' - '78 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit78.htm
>Lil' Greenee - '73 RWA Midget - finally home
http://www.teglerizer.com/midgetstuff/index.html
>email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 1:48 PM
>Subject: Re: Going to look at a '71 B tomorrow
>
>
>Matt is right. Tire pressure and weight of car are the determining
>factors of contact patch size. Wider tires just make it a different
>shape; i.e. extended crosswise. But for the purpose of snow braking, it
>may very well be that you want the patch extended lengthwise, as it would
>with narrow tires.
>
>Matt Pringle had this to say:
>
>>I could be wrong here but isn't the "weight per square inch" (ie.,
>>contact pressure) dictated by the tire pressure and not the width of the
>>tire. I would think the a narrow tire would have a contact patch that's
>>longer in the axial direction of the car but not any smaller.
>>
>>Matt
>>
>>Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> In a message dated 12/16/99 11:47:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> niederst@telerama.com writes:
>>>
>>> << One question. It is supposed to snow
>>> around here a bit tomorrow. If I would happen to buy the car, how are
B's
>in
>>> the snow (if the tires are OK)? >>
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>> I have driven all my LBCs in the snow in years past. They handle fine AS
>>> LONG AS YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE in the snow. Narrow tires give you more
>weight
>>> per square inch than wide tires. Decent treads will grip the snow. Don't
>>> slam on the brakes...don't try to turn while braking (which you
shouldn't do
>>> in the dry either)...and don't spin the wheels when you start up.
>>>
>>> Go to an empty parking lot and "cut some cookies" to get a feel for the
car
>>> in snow. If you use your head, there is no problem driving any car in the
>>> snow. (SUV's not included!)
>>>
>>> Good luck with the B. Hope it is an early Christmas present (read "almost
>>> concours quality" and they don't know it)!!!
>>>
>>> Allen Hefner
>>> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>>> '77 Midget
>>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>>
>
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
>
>
>
>
|