[JAGNUTS] Tires for my 1979 MGB

[Andrew Martens]

Dan
What was the orig tire size on the 1979? For CBBs, on the std tire
calculator, 185 R70-14 gives the same circumference as the orig 165-14s
which had an 80 aspect ratio. That's what I put on mine last time -they are
plenty wide enough. Occasionally, 195s are put on, but the aspect ratio
should be dropped to keep the speedo reading correct.

here are a couple of calculators, you can bookmark to play with the numbers.
One is more detailed, but you can leave fields like offset blank if you
like.

http://www.geocities.com/xtremephoenix/tire.htm

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

Andrew

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Kirby" <dankirby@sasktel.net>
To: "Jagnuts" <jagnuts@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: [JAGNUTS] Tires for my 1979 MGB


> I'm looking at replacing the tires on my MGB. I currently have 185 75R 14
on it now and I know that they are not the right size (too tall). I am
currently looking at a set of 195 60R 14 which will improve the handling
quite a bit, but I don't know if they will fit. Has anyone had any
experience with this and is willing to share with me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan Kirby
> Lumsden.
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