<VV> Tires for earlies

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Dave,

The wheels you have now are the same dimensionally as the stock wheels  
- that's helpful since you can use anything that's worked on a stock  
Corvair.

As you've found out, the 205/70-13 is no longer made.  IMHO, the 175s  
you have now are a little small, I'd definitely move up to a 185/80-13  
or 195/70-13.  I agree with Bob Helt, revs per mile is a better  
property to use than just diameter, since bias ply and radials work  
differently.  You're looking for a tire that turns about 850 revs/ 
mile.  Visually these tires will be a little shorter than the  
originals, but they will work well.

I saw your other post about the rear springs, you are correct that the  
car sitting so low is the cause of the excessive negative camber.  You  
should take care of that before you get the new tires or they'll  
suffer the same fate.

More info at http://autoxer.skiblack.com/tires.html

--Bryan

On Nov 14, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:

> My current tires: BF Goodrich TA 175.70R13=22.6" diameter
>
> Stock:               650-13=24.58" diameter
>
> Alternate sizes: 195/70R13=23.7" diameter
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>                       205/70R13=24.3" diameter
>
>
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> My rims: Cragar SS, 13" x 5.5"wide, 4 lug @ 4.5" pattern, 1"  
> negative offset