<VV> Tire Advice

[Ebarr19 at aol.com]

I autocross and the lower the rating the BETTER the traction, that's why  
CORSA requires a 180 or better rating for stock classes.
 Gene Barr
 
 
In a message dated 1/3/2013 3:01:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

But, a  tire with the least wearrating woll likely have the least traction 
(ask  any autocross driver).  You don't get both so which do you  want?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Durham"  <62vair at gmail.com>
To: "Brian" <bmoneill at juno.com>
Cc:  <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:22  AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Tire Advice


> Brian, since tire  brands vary from different parts of the country, other
> than the major  brands, you should take the time to study the treadwear
> ratings of the  tires you have available to you, and get the best tire for
> your  driving conditions. A name brand tire may not give you the 
durability
>  you want. I know when I was researching my last set of Corvair tires, 
>  (this
> is when you had a choice of several brands) I got the tires with  the best
> treadwear ratings I could find. See this web  site:
>
>  http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers/Tires/Tires+Rating
>
>  Generally speaking, the higher the treadwear number on the side of the
>  tire, the longer the tire will wear.
>
> Major tire suppliers,  like Discount Tire, tire Rack, etc., also provide
> this free  information
>
> Mark Durham
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at  7:20 AM, Brian <bmoneill at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a  2009 GMC 2 wheel drive 1500 series pickup truck.  Currently,  
it
>> has P245/79R17 M&S tires by General.  They wore out  much sooner than I
>> thought they should.   Anybody have  any suggestions about replacements?
>>  Thanks in  advance.
>> Corvair content---I use thsi truck to pull the car  trailer with either 
>> the
>> track car or the Corsa  convnert.
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