That sounds a lot like the Dunlop D84J. I have a problem with the fronts
overheating at TWS and going off. The front right did the same thing at
Hallet, too many hard lefts! OTOH, we have a lot of people running the
205-60-14 size A032r in MGB's and they seem to like them. I'm not sure if
they are running the newer compound or the street compound, but I think it's
the later since they have been running them for a couple of years.
Bob Kramer
rkramer3@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
To: "Wes Dayton" <oilyrag@hsrca.org.au>; "Friends of Triumph"
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: Tires - A032R - 205-60/15"
> About 3 years ago, when the A008 were first disappearing, I spoke to the
> Yoko performance tire distributor in Southern Ca. about a replacement.
They
> told me about the A032r tires and sent me literature concerning them. What
> they have since told me is that the compounding is made for autocross use
> and is to soft for use a a road racing tire. They apparently work good for
a
> couple of laps and then overheat and "go off". The source for this
> information and the best Yoko race tire distributor that I know of is
> Precision Tire Service Race Group in Southern Ca. Their phone # is 949
> 589-5394.
> They should have all the correct info.
> ] Regards,
> Greg
> Solow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Dayton" <oilyrag@hsrca.org.au>
> To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:51 PM
> Subject: Tires - A032R - 205-60/15"
>
>
> > Given I had opened my big mouth about this, I thought I'd better do some
> > checking. I jut got off the phone with our Sydney Yokohama performance
> tire
> > distributor and tried to see if we could figure out why these tires are
> > available here but not in the U.S.
> >
> > His estimate was that they sell around 100-150 sets in this size aross
> > Australia per year which is sufficient to justify importing them from
> Japan.
> > I would be very surprised if the market in the U.S. wasn't much bigger
> than
> > that; his estimate was that it's generally about ten times the size.
> >
> > What we did wonder was "are the U.S. tires manufactured locally"? It's
> > quite possible that Yokohama hsa a plant somewhere in the U.S. producing
> > performance tires including the A032R? If that's so, maybe you're
runninvg
> > into a case where they just don't make that size locally, and so someone
> > needs to organise importing them.
> >
> > Can't think of any other reason that makes sense.
> >
> > Wes Dayton - Sydney
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