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1. Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Jon <a77mgb@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:53:35 -0700 (PDT); I looked in the archives, but I'm having trouble narrowing the search down to a reasonable number of hits, so I have to ask again. Please don't yell at me. Can someone tell me what the largest size t; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00505.html (7,768 bytes)
2. RE: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:36:57 -0400; Lower tyres should lead to stiffer springs. Cheers, Hans I looked in the archives, but I'm having trouble narrowing the search down to a reasonable number of hits, so I have to ask again. Please don'; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00523.html (8,173 bytes)
3. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:10:14 -0700; I'm running 195-60-14s on my '69 GT. -- If you never make a mistake, you're doing something wrong. lrc@red4est.com www.red4est.com/lrc; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00534.html (8,548 bytes)
4. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 19:27:40 -0600; Well, I'm going to have to ask - what is the advantage to putting these monstrous tires on a GT (or a B for that matter)? It pained me to make that small transition from a 165R-14 to a 175R-14 on my; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00539.html (8,647 bytes)
5. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:04:15 EDT; << I had heard narrow was better in snow and ice >> Oh, yeah, that's right. It is best to decrease your footprint for better tractions in all situations. Jay Donoghue 72B 72B-GT 66 Mustang; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00553.html (7,461 bytes)
6. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:53:50 -0700; It depends. A narrower tire will cut through soft snow and not ride on top of it. If you're using a straight street tire, not snow tread, you may have better traction if the tire can grip the road su; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00588.html (8,108 bytes)
7. Fwd: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Emjaxfl@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:04:14 EDT; Greetings All, Actually, the more narrow tire will perform better in snow that the fat tire (why drive your MG in snow?) It will "cut" into the snow where the fatter tire will tend to "ride" on top; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00589.html (9,585 bytes)
8. RE: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 02:00:44 -0400; I've 185/70's on my GT and it behaves very well. Much more than the original tires (Michelin 185 SR 14) which were not really like todays quality. Can you imagine the original size and quality??? Che; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00602.html (9,110 bytes)
9. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 00 11:53:19 +0100; Jay Donoghue replied: Not all situations, but certainly in wet snow and very heavy rain. The question is really whether you want the footprint to be large on the surface of the road, or on the surfac; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00604.html (8,602 bytes)
10. RE: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 07:20:20 -0400; It is quite fun on european motorways in such situations watching the Citroen 2CV's with their 500cc engines (and skinny cart tires) motoring past the Beemers and Verandahs. They have contact with t; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00606.html (7,924 bytes)
11. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:16:57 EDT; Jay Donoghue replied: Not all situations, but certainly in wet snow and very heavy rain. The question is really whether you want the footprint to be large on the surface of the road, or on the surfac; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00607.html (9,598 bytes)
12. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:14:58 EDT; << Many years ago there was an excellent article on this topic. The wider tire with the lower aspect ratio actually has the same size footprint as the narrow tire with a taller aspect ratio. Somethin; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00609.html (8,255 bytes)
13. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1): Author: Emjaxfl@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:59:04 EDT; Thanks for the confirmation of my memory. Of course, tread patterns, compounds, sidewall construction are relevant factors as well. And to be really esoteric, I recall some technical articles on tire; /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00631.html (7,541 bytes)

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