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Re: Neon Tire Question x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"

To: Mark Darby <markds33@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Neon Tire Question x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
From: Doug Donsbach <dldonsbach@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:14:15 -0500
Mark Darby wrote:
> 
> Hi Team!
> The "favored" tire for the Neon is the BFG G-force in
> a 225/50/14 for the front and 205/55/14 in the rear.
>  Now, I know for FACT that the Hoosier 225/50/14 in
> front just plain sticks out past the fender
> wells(Illegal in stock class)Although,I also know that
> a couple of guys ran this set up and were not
> protested this year at the Nationals?
>  Kuhmo does not yet produce a 225/50/14. So to run the
> Kuhmos you must use a 205/55/14 at all four
> corners.You give up an inch of rubber on the road to
> the BFG,but the Kuhmo is less expensive and you can
> rotate front to back and has a longer life span.
> All of last year I was switching back and fourth
> between the BFG and the Kuhmo. Both tires have pluses
> and minuses to them.
>  For my money,the Kuhmo is my tire of choice.
> Yes,all three of the aforementioned will fit on a 6"
> rim.
>
It is all moot since BFG will not be building G-Force
any longer.

Doug
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