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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1990 01:41:08 -0600
To: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
From: Rick Jennings <ijsceva@kcnet.com>
Subject: Re: Tire PSI
Cc: mgs@autox.ream.net
At 10:40 AM 5/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Robert Allen!!
>
>On Sun, 25 May 1997, Robert Allen wrote:
>
>> All things being equal (and they never are) the closer the rim width is
>> to the tire width, the more precise the handling. Conversely, the ride
>> improves (comfort) as the rim width gets smaller than the tire width.
>
>Read and heed people!! What Robert is saying is that the STOCK MG rims
>are too narrow to mount a wide tyre and receive the full benefit of the
>wider tyre. Just 'cause it LOOKS good doesn't make it so.
>
>Every tyre has a recommended rim width, with the narrow size giving you
>that cushy ride, and the wide size giving you the best responsiveness.
>
>BF Goodrich Radial TA - 195/60VR14 5.0"-7.5" rim width
>" " Comp " - 185/70 R14 5.0"-6.5"
>" " Rad. TA 70- P185/70SR14 5.0"-6.5"
>
>If I remember correctly (I am still an Old Fart, so...) the stock MG rim
>is 4" in width, unless you snag a set of GT rims at 4.5"
>
>TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who doesn't like the "feel", or the wheel patter of
> the wider tyres)
>
>I must have got some bad info.. I thought all wheels were egual width, RO
style anyway. I understood the wheels to be 5.5 inches.
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