[Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70

[mwood24020 at aol.com]

205/60-13 in a relatively soft sidewall tire (Falken ZE-912) is too
much for a 5.5" rim. Yes, you "can" do it...but, it is not optimal. You
will have more grip (particularly forward), lower steering effort and
much better turn in with a tire that isn't so pinched.

A 185/70 is a better size. You can run a 205 on the 5.5", if you go to
a stiffer sidewall design, like the Toyo RA-1, with what I would
consider good results.



-----Original Message-----
From: michael <michael at michaelshortt.com>
To: Mark Rense, (GE, Appl & Light) <mark.rense at ge.com>
Cc: tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 3:30 pm
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70

Are there enough Tiger/Apline owners to participate in a group buy. A
container would probably hold several hundred sets.

Michael
On Mar 4, 2014 5:08 PM, "Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light)"
<mark.rense at ge.com>
wrote:

> In that case Owain, I volunteer you to see how much a set of Falken
Ziex
> ZE-912 in 205/60-13" would cost to purchase and ship to the US from
the UK.
> :>)
>
> My paternal family is Swiss and my cousins in Lucerne priced this for
me
> last
> year, it turned out to be almost 220 Swiss Francs a tire, or about
$1100
> for a
> set of four. That's almost two sets of Toyo Proxes RA1s...
>
> Bugz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Owain Lloyd
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 3:17 PM
> To: Thomas Witt
> Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70
>
> There are plenty of good 13" 'tyres' available in the UK.  Shipping
is not
> terribly expensive.   Also many many competition tyres.   Vast
majority of
> historic rally cars run on 13s, together with many small modern cars.
 They
> are not going away any time soon.
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