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Re: tire size for a roadster

To: "rd lib" <bungii69@yahoo.com>, <CalSpeed@aol.com>, <ambradley@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: tire size for a roadster
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 06:37:26 -0500
No, just a comp spring setup.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "rd lib" <bungii69@yahoo.com>
To: <CalSpeed@aol.com>; <ambradley@yahoo.com>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: tire size for a roadster


> Thanks for the info...
>
> How will it look ....having a smaller diameter tire..
> I really like a car with a filled wheel well..
> Did you have to lower your car a bit to get that
> look..??
>
>
> --- CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
> > Recently I was thinking of going to a smaller size
> > tire.  I have been running
> > with a set of Yokohama A032R's, 195x60-14.  They are
> > mounted on a set of
> > Panasport 14x6 rims.  They work well and they stick
> > awesome on the track.
> >
> > I have been thinking of going to a 185x60-14 on the
> > same 14x6 rim.  It seems
> > to me that the contact patch will be roughly the
> > same because of the width of
> > the wheel.  But the profile will end up being lower.
> >  Lower profile... more
> > stable tire...?  Also a tire with a smaller
> > circumference means slightly
> > quicker off of the line.  Oh... the weight is less
> > too.
> >
> > It sounds like a winning combination to me.  Any
> > ideas from the tire and
> > suspension experts?  Anyone interested in a
> > good-used set of DOT Race tires?
> > They have 75 percent tread left on them?  And they
> > stick like stink!
> >
> > Michael "Calspeed" Carion
> > <A
> >
> HREF="http://members.aol.com/calspeed1/motorsports.html";>Calspeed
> > Datsun
> > Motorsports</A>
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