<VV> Wheels and Tires Question

[Bruce Schug]

On Sep 14, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Padgett wrote:

> And it depends on what you want: tall or wide. Personally I find 
> anything lower than a 60 profile to be, well, you can tell if the 
> cigarette butt you just ran over was plain or filtered. They also 
> demand wide rims (for street my rule of thumb is a wheel as wide as 
> the tread, racing it should be as wide as the section).

I thought the rule-of-thumb for racing is that wheel width equals tread 
width. You apparently disagree.

> Next dial in where you live. Here we get around 55 inches of rain a 
> year, often an inch in an hour. A very wide tire on a light front end 
> is really not a good idea in the rain.
>
> Suspect I will go with something like either a 185x65x14 or 205x60x15 
> in front and a 215x65x15 in back.

*SNIP*

The 215/65's are awfully tall. 26.0" diameter. Stock 7.00-13's were 
about 25.3" Are you planning on using these for general street use or 
for an economy run? If you want a tall tire that that is generally 
available, you might look at a 215/60-15 - 25.16".

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1981

'67 Monza. "67AC140"