[Fot] Hoosier Speedsters for a TR3 Question

[John Styduhar]

Jeff, the recommendation you asked for on Speedster tire selection for a
TR3 depends on several things, like your rim width and offset, front
swaybar interference possibility at full turn left or right, how wide of a
spacer you have or need to run on the front and back, rear fender lip
treatment requirements, leaf spring clearancing, rear axle width if you
have the "Southwick conversion", how much have you lowered your car from
stock ride height, tire pressure, etc. The minimum rim width for the 205 is
5.5 inches.
I can tell you that 205/60 15 Speedsters do fit (barely) on my TR3 but all
the things I mentioned had to be addressed. I do have a slight amount of
tire rub on the leaf springs if the tire pressure is lowered to the mid
20s. You may also see uneven tire wear from inside to outside with the 205s
vs. the 185s because the tire is rolling under with the 5.5 inch rim.  The
205 is a better fit with a wider rim.  I also know that John Hasty uses
205s but not sure about what he needed to do for clearancing or his wheel
selection.

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Bill Babcock via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I”m talking about the front of course, since Peyote is also solid rear
> axle. It’a possible to get camber with a solid axle, but I’ve never gone to
> that degree of trouble since i sometimes have to go back to Dunlops. The
> Speedsters are kind of semi-radial, at least that’s how they respond to
> camber. I get the best tire temps at about two degrees and the best wear
> patterns too.
>
> As far as 185/205 goes, I don’t know what fits on a TR3. Might be a
> squeeze to get 205’s in. I haven’t seen any significant difference in lap
> times between the two, but I never measured head to head.
>
>
> On May 5, 2015, at 4:49 AM, Brian Schirano <bschirano at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I don't run them, still on the TDs, but Mike Moore runs them on a TR4 with
> beam axle that goes like stink, no camber back there
>
> Mike you out there?
>
> Brian Schirano
> 585-305-0349 Cell
> BSchirano at yahoo.com
>
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> On Tue, 5/5/15, Bill Babcock via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Speedsters for a TR3 Question
> To: "Jeff Snook" <jeffsnook01 at gmail.com>
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 3:53 AM
>
> You’re
> going to need a little camber to make them work.
> On
> May 4, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Jeff Snook via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> Hey all, I'm going to need
> a set of tires for my TR3 for Summit Point.  I've
> been running Hoosier
> Vintage TDs for a long time, but am ready to switch to
> the Hoosier Speedsters.
>  My question is what size would be best, the 185s or
> the 205s.  I know most
> TR guys have gone to the Speedsters so I thought I
> could gather some
> collective wisdom from the group.
>
> Vroom, vroom,
>
> Jeff Snook
> http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
> 419-344-0319 (Mobile)
>
>
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