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1. Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:24:19 EST; I have an opportunity to buy some used sticky tires for autocross. I have a '77 Midget. The tires that are available are Yokohama and Bridgestone, (I don't know the model) and they are available in; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00534.html (7,872 bytes)
2. re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 99 15:56:26 EST; Get the 185/60s. Even that is really a bit wide for stock wheels. 205s would be terrible. Might also not fit under the square arches regardless of wheel. 205/60s would also affect your gear ratio in; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00538.html (8,756 bytes)
3. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:23:48 -0500; Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Cowboys and Cowgirls, I am always perplexed by these tire size discussions. On my Sprite Mk. II, I originally mounted 165's and had a problem with them rubbing i; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00540.html (9,627 bytes)
4. re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 99 16:38:46 EST; Were they just "165" or 165/70? A 165R13 (note no "/70" or similar designation) usually defaults to approximately a "/80" aspect ratio. This would be two sizes larger in diameter than stock tire dia; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00541.html (9,269 bytes)
5. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:44:48 -0500; Thanks for the info, I guess I will have to look at the exact size when I get home. I still have one of the 165's I took off. I have stock wire wheels, in a wire wheel rear-end. Jay Fishbein East of; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00544.html (9,898 bytes)
6. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Swift Justice <samesq@pacbell.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:53:13 -0800; On my '79 I put on 165/60's on the rear (Goodyear Corsa GT's). A month or so later, when I had some more money, I went to put the same size and brand on the front. Found that they would rub, especial; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00547.html (9,026 bytes)
7. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:40:20 -0800; Are they the "sticky" ones; "Tread Wear: 50" are there abouts? WFO Herb; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00561.html (8,985 bytes)
8. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:44:03 -0500; Move your seat forward. ...; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00563.html (8,374 bytes)
9. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:27:22 -0800; I think you are off on your tire sizes. Stock is 145-13 which translates to 145/80-13 (or 78 or 82 depending on who you ask). The 165s you put on were probably 165/70, same diameter as stock. If the; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00567.html (10,278 bytes)
10. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:34:54 -0800; 205s won't fit, 185s may if your wheels have just the right offset and you use a Panhard Rod. Do you know the history of the tires? How old are they? How many times have they been used? On the stree; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00568.html (10,120 bytes)
11. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:52:52 -0800; Besides freespace issues between your suspension and bodywork, too wide of a tire on too narrow a rim will prevent the tire from making the correct contact with the road surface. The bead gets pulled; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00574.html (11,574 bytes)
12. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Jpp963@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:19:23 EST; << I guess I will have to look at the exact size when I get home. I still have one of the 165's I took off. >> Jay, if you want to get those 165's on the car just fold up the rear fender flanges and; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00580.html (8,455 bytes)
13. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:58:29 -0500; No need for that. A friend that owns a wrecker service used two weckers to hook each rear fender and just pulled. Pete Rose "What bet?"; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00586.html (8,918 bytes)
14. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:30:19 EST; << On my Sprite Mk. II, I originally mounted 165's and had a problem with them rubbing in the rear. That was more than 6 years ago, so maybe I did something wrong. But I am always amazed when owners; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00588.html (8,291 bytes)
15. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:30:15 EST; << Are they the "sticky" ones; "Tread Wear: 50" are there abouts? WFO Herb >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yes, that's what I was told. I haven't seen the tires yet. One of our SCCA region members b; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00589.html (8,212 bytes)
16. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:08:21 -0500; This is how things become facts. I have heard about the baseball bat trick and suggested it to someone on the list. But I have never tried the "bat trick". Now "Mark" has suggested using a bat, but I; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00621.html (9,322 bytes)
17. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:24:39 -0800; you have succeeded. Especially since the rolling the baseball bat trick does NOT work on a square arch Spridget. I have tried it. The structure is so strong that this doesn't work. I have cut some o; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00633.html (9,903 bytes)
18. re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 99 20:51:45 EST; I tried this on a Fiat 850 coupe once. Didn't work. Ended up using one of Frank's favorite tools. A big one. :-) Even with extra air in it the tire wasn't stiff enough to resist being flexed by the; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00635.html (7,824 bytes)
19. Tire help (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 16:36:10 -0400; Well I am back from my vacation in Jellystone. Saw a Mama Grizzly and 2 cubs, not that that has anything to do with LBC's but thought I would mention it as it was the first time I have ever seen a Gr; /html/spridgets/2001-08/msg00057.html (7,428 bytes)
20. Re: Tire help (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:01:19 -0400 FILETIME=[0C719500:01C11ACE]; Sure it does......Doesn't "LBC" stand for "Little Bear Cubs"? Bob Thanks a much; /html/spridgets/2001-08/msg00063.html (6,645 bytes)

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