[Fot] Tire recommendations

[Mike Harmuth]

Hi David, check with the racing group(s) you plan on running with too. HRG
will allow any DOT or treaded tire designated to be of a vintage racing
spec. Many other groups, VRG, SVRA, VSCCA etc, are not as lenient.

thanks
mike

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:40 PM David Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> You’ll have to forgive me for this question, as I’m sure it’s frequent and
> the inter webs hates these questions!
>
> I’m having trouble getting good data for our cars on current vintage tire
> selection.   I’m running a 15x7 wheel on my TR4; last year I ran 225/45/15
> Hoosier street TDS (and a very used set at that). I’m thinking of going
> with:
>
> Option 1:  225/50/15 Toyo R888R
> Option 2:  23x7.5 15 Hoosier street TDR
> Option 3:  225/50 15 Hoosier speedster.
>
> What do y’all run?   I’m thinking that maybe the Hoosiers would be faster
> on the first race weekend, but end of the season the Toyo would be faster-
> but that’s a guess.   What would you pick and why?    Any other tire I
> should consider?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Dave Gott
> 1962 TR4 “80” HRG3/EP
>
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