<VV> EM tires and braking

[Bryan Blackwell]

Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anything much wider, other than as 
a convenience for sizing.  A 195 works fine on a stock rim, so I was 
thinking a 195 just because I know they're out there.  You can get trim 
rings in 14 or 15 inch, the tough part is the hubcaps.  You might be 
able to get steel wheels that a non-Corvair Chevy dog dish will fit, so 
it would look stock to the non-Corvairisti.  Sort of like '60s Rally 
wheels on a late.

The main thing you need are *better* tires, not bigger, IMHO.  Quality 
greatly outperforms size when it comes to tires.  In fact, for braking 
performance a wider tire sometimes doesn't work as well as a skinny one 
- all else being equal - since the contact patch is loaded the short 
way.

--Bryan

On Aug 15, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Tony Underwood wrote:

> Sure, go aftermarket and use wider rims, or pick up some 14" 4-lug 
> Japanese rims and use wider low profile 14" tires that would keep the 
> same height...  which would make it difficult to use the dogdish caps 
> and trim rings...  ;)