[6pack] Tire sizes

[Gary Fluke]

Rick,

While it seems as though more rubber is better, to a point, I found the 
comments of no less than John Surtees, World F1 Champion of 1964 driving a 
Ferrari, to be very interesting.  A few years ago he drove and wrote about 
several British sports cars for one of the major British classic cars 
magazines, including the TR6.  He had lots to say about the difference 
between a TR6 with stock tires and the somewhat wider tires on the subject 
car.  If I remember correctly, he preferred the stock size tires, especially 
regarding steering traits.  I wish I could tell what magazine it was in, 
maybe someone else here can.  I'm not an expert on John Surtees, but I seem 
to recall that he can be, or is, a first class fussbudget, for lack of a 
better term that is not rude.

Regardless of the above, I run 205-70 Michelin X One tires on stock rims and 
they look good and have performed well.


Gary
'73


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Norris" <rnorris1 at swbell.net>
To: "6-Pack List Serve" <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: [6pack] Tire sizes


> Okay, here's an opportunity to expound on tire sizes! For general
> cruising, no auto-x or other aggressive driving, which tire size would
> be more appropriate, 205/70R15 or 205/75R15?  I currently have 195/75R15
> Michelins mounted, one of which was destroyed by road debris and my
> spare is a God only knows how old Michelin red line, so I am planning on
> 5 new 'uns. Any clearance issues with either size? Would general
> handling qualities be better with the 75 than the 70?
>
> Thanks, as always, for the good advice!
>
> Rick Norris
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