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1. Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Slclemo@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 23:36:33 -0400; I'm in dire need of tires for my newly acquired '74 B. I feel like I'm tempting fate everytime I drive it as it has four very bald tires and no spare. It presently has 1 Pirelli, 1 Goodyear and 2 fro; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00121.html (8,305 bytes)
2. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: vortex@worldaccess.nl (Bert Palte); Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 09:06:24 +0200; I ordered 70 series tyres once for one of my British cars (not a MG) and found that the steering was noteably heavier afterwards. It MUST have been the tyres, because that was the only change made at; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00123.html (9,422 bytes)
3. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: MGBay@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 08:44:34 -0400; Go with either 175/70-14 or l85/70-14. I have run the l85/70-14 from different companies and found that the car rode smoother and handled better. Of course I needed tires to begin with so the new tir; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00128.html (8,662 bytes)
4. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: "Christopher W. Reichle" <Christopher.W.Reichle@students.Miami.EDU>; Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 13:46:04 -0400 (EDT); I've got mich MX4 tires on my B. They do a fine job and IMHO give much better handling. Go for the 185-70 r14s.; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00136.html (8,968 bytes)
5. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 14:50:06 +0600; Others on the MG list have heard me squawk on this subject before. You're not going to find a local dealer who has 165SR14 in stock. Period. Michelin's XZX line was superceded by another (MXV?), and; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00141.html (9,375 bytes)
6. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: "Frank Sperling" <sperling@hooked.net>; Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:43:43 +0000; I have Michelein XZX's on my 79 B and just had a flat in one. While Michelein no longer sells this tire, the mold was purchased by some tire comany back east (Indiana?)...can't remember the name. The; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00145.html (8,172 bytes)
7. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>; Date: Fri, 08 Sep 95 15:44:00 PDT; You're not going to find a local dealer who has 165SR14 in stock. Period. Baloney! Here in the Twin Cities I have any number of Tires Plus stores that stock the Dunlop SP4. I have personnely bought 1; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00147.html (8,078 bytes)
8. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 01:52:38 -0400; every tire is sized a little different by its' maker, like shirts and sweaters and shoes are. Having said that, most 185-70s will fit OK on a B, certainly on steel wheels. If you have wires, make sur; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00153.html (8,245 bytes)
9. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Jurgman@aol.com; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:29:59 -0400; Watch out for those temp, traction, and wear ratings. They're useless unless you are comparing tires from one company. There are no standards set by the government or anyone for that matter, therefor; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00172.html (8,488 bytes)
10. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 01:40:10 -0400; On the contrary, the ratings are a government standard and are _Required_ by DOT on any tire sold in the US. I supplied the numbers for exactly that reason, you can compare them to other tires to see; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00212.html (8,105 bytes)
11. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Silikal@aol.com; Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:01:24 -0400; However, manufacturers can give lower treadwear index numbers, as these are only required to be minimums. So a 240 treadwear tire can be legally labelled as a 180 by the manufacturer. Some manufactu; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00261.html (8,010 bytes)
12. Re: Need help in tire selection for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 01:15:44 -0400; Sticky is as sticky does...in this case you look at the heat rating, A being the only one acceptable for a performance tire imho, and anyway why would a manufacture deliberately reduce the "lifespan; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00418.html (9,151 bytes)

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