<VV> Tires again. Sorry

[J R Read_HML]

Bill,

Do you (or does anyone?) foresee a day when 14 inch wheels will be 
considered STOCK class for CORSA autocross events?

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <corvair at fnader.com>
To: "Nick Elzinga" <starship at worldonline.co.za>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Tires again. Sorry


> Nick, I agree. They look "right" and fit well. But that size is no longer 
> available in the US (more than just a little difficult to source) and only 
> in limited availability around the world.
>
> (Larry Claypool had a US source (made in Asia?) for this size and I was 
> able to get an inexpensive set of V-rated tires for my wife's 'vert. But 
> when I tried to get a second set from him for my Corsa, they had dried 
> up.)
>
> A Corvair performs much, much better with at least H or better speed rated 
> tires on it (due to the stiffer sidewall and increased grip). My wife's 
> otherwise stock '67 'vert was utterly transformed by going from stock 
> wheels and 185 section economy tires to stock GM 14x6" steel wheels and 
> those V-rated tires. (Okay, I added a set of Konis as well...)
>
> But these days you can't get anything with an appropriate outer diameter 
> but an S-rated tire in a 13 and nothing better than an H rated tire in a 
> 14 (with all of those still really being too short).
>
> Only at a 15" rim diameter do the choices really exist... and even those 
> are less than what they used to be, the widest selection now being in the 
> 16's.
>
> Bill
>
>
> Nick Elzinga wrote:
>
>>The best tires for a late model Corvair fitted with 14 inch rims are 
>>205/65 14   These are what I have on my car and there are no clearance
>>issues.  They are perhaps a little difficult to source, but they are
>>available.  They also look just right in terms of width and profile.
>>
>>Nick Elzinga
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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