Don:
If you are looking for Treadwear Rating of 60, you're looking at R-compound
DOT legal race tires like the Khumo Victoracer, BF Goodrich Ground Force R1
or the Hoosier A-series. These are the stickest tires around that are
legal for road use (as opposed to racing slicks which are not DOT approved
for road use). I use the Khumos on my CRX track car to good effect and they
are available at a lower price. I wouldn't suggest this tire for daily
drivers, as the tread pattern wears very quickly to a slick, and that's not
good in the rain on the street. Also, these tires really transmit a lot of
load into the suspension, so I wouldn't recommend using these tires on a
car with an old, stock suspension as you'd have a higher chance of breaking
something. The Yoko AVS (my CRX track car's street tires/rain track
tires) have a tread wear rating of about 160, and are one of the best
street/track tires in smaller sizes. I don't know what sizes all these
tires are available in for the TR6, as I'm buying 185/60-14 and 205/55-14
for my CRX, but hopefully this helps anyway.
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:33:21 -0500
From: "Don" <cdon2013@earthlink.net>
Subject: RIMS / TIRES
My question is at what time did they make the 15 - 6 " rim ?
On my 76, I notice the same code ( F6D ) that Pete has mentioned, and they
are clearly stamped J15 - 6.
This year at a British show I happen to see a ..B.. with a rally / race
patern, and when asking if they had good holding power, his reply was there
were very sticky.
He being a rally racer, started to explain the rating system of tackiness to
the road, and like Matt stated, the ####s around 60 would be a very sticky
rating.
I would very much like to find a sticky tire with NO SIPES, for a 15 or 16
'' wheel.
What do you think Matt, is it out there?
DON
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