Why did you do that?
Are you racing?
I'm curious. I have 64 E Type and a 63 E Type. Identical cars, except
the 65 has wider
tires, the 63 has stock tires. Both are fully restored. The 63 handles
very nicely and rides very nicely.
The 64 is an absolute pig. It rides and handles like my grandads 53
Ford F-150
The 64 is much harder to steer also.
Mike Moore
59 TR3A
On Apr 20, 2009, at 3:23 PM, KingsCreekTrees@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Pete;
>
> I'm not sure if this helps, but I fitted TR6-type painted wire
> wheels to my
> TR3A that was built in October 1957. I don't know what the offset of
> the
> wheels are, but I think they are 5.5-inches wide, as per original
> TR6.
>
> I did a load of research on tyre sizes at the time. Interestingly, I
> found
> the greatest volume of information from the Australian TR Register
> guys.
>
> Anyway, I ended up fitting 195/65-15 tyres, which I believe may have
> been
> an original fitment to some TR6's (sorry if I'm wrong, TR6 guys). On
> my car,
> there is no tyre interference even over bumps, except that on absolute
> full turn there's a little bit of rub. It's no problem, though. The
> results of
> my extensive research showed that, when fitting wider-than-standard
> tyres
> to sidescreen TR's, it's a case of luck of the draw because no two
> cars are
> built exactly the same. Some guys have a bit of interference with
> this
> size, but most do not. I even had an e-mail from a TR3A racer in
> Australia who
> has 205/60-15's on his road car (no suspension modifications) and
> he has
> no interference problems. I did communicate with some other guys
> who had
> attempted to fit the same size tyre, though, and had some problems.
> The
> favourite seemed to be the 195/65-15's, however, if you really want
> the maximum
> amount of rubber on the road (as I did), with the minimum risk of
> interference.
>
> I hope that helps and I'm sorry I can't give any solid information on
> offset, etc.
>
> Tim
>
> Tim Dyer, Proprietor
> Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
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