I have cooper response RSTs 185/70R14 on my tourer, I have been very happy
with them. In an autocross the rears will polish the dirt off of the frame
(inner fenders).
I am planning Kumho Ecxta 712s for the V8, but haven't bought them yet.
As for tubes in tubeless tires I have seen some tread delamination problems
when doing this in cars that see road miles. There doesn't seem to be a
problem with using them for parade/show use. I think that the last time we
had this discussion we came to the question of which came first the chicken
or the egg. Did heat build up from tubes cause delamination, or did tube
prevent going completely flat. My opinion, is the tube caused the heat
build up and that caused delamination. How many delaminations do you see on
three year old sports car tires?
As for sealing a wire wheel. Usually you would buy them for tubeless use
and they have a heavy silicone band molded onto the rim. I suppose that you
could try doing this on your own, but you would probably use pounds of
silicone and who knows if you could rebalance them afterwards.
James Nazarian
71 MGBGT V8
71 MGB Tourer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of TJ Tryon, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:06 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: I need tires
Anyone have any issues with tubes in tubeless tires (heat or cupping)? Any
good methods to seal up spoked wheels to be able to run tubeless?
TJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paul Root
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 3:34 PM
> To: Mg list
> Subject: I need tires
>
> So the time has come to replace the Michelin XZXs on the car.
> I bet they are 10 years old.
>
> I'm going with 185/70R14s. As I can't afford to buy new
> wheels at this time (from Kelvin :-) or anyone else really)
>
> I'm trying to figure out what to get. I need 5. The spare
> isn't really a tire anymore. Unless I go to a junk yard and
> get a compact spare out of an Altima or something.
>
> I've been looking at Tire Rack and they have a couple of tire choices.
> There is the Kumho Power Star 758. Looks like an economy car
> tire, it's wear rating is 400AA.
>
> Or there is the Sumitomo HTR 200. H Rated, and looks pretty nice.
>
> The Sumitomo's are out of stock until mid July. I can
> probably live with that.
>
> The Kumho's are also available at Discount Tire, which would
> be very easy to just drive in and have the tires put on for
> pretty cheap.
> Probably a better price than tires + shipping + mount/balance
> from TireRack.
>
> Other tires to look at?
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