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Title: Front tire choice Post by: kingsburgphil on October 18, 2009, 06:54:41 am The 66 ex race car that I'm buying, currently has 145x15 front tires mounted on Deano type wheels. Any reason why I can't use 125x15 tires like the old school Gasser's?, if driven carefully. Your thoughts please.
Title: Re: Front tire choice Post by: DKK Ted on October 18, 2009, 07:41:32 am To small of a tire for, 135/15 sounds better and still looks good.
Ted Title: Re: Front tire choice Post by: nicolas on October 18, 2009, 19:24:08 pm driving carefully is what you do the first 2 miles, but after that with 125's it is just and accident waiting to happen.
when i bought my fastback it had 125's (citroën 2cv tyres) at the front (yep bad combo) it wouldn't handle a bit. the baddest thing was i bought it without wipers, wiperengine and when i left the garage where i bought it i ended up in a storm. the car actually stopped better not hitting the pedal. it was a complete nightmare and it just could have put me off completely on old cars there and then, but nothing happend, i skidded half the way back and got lucky. the tyres were one of the first things to go and the wipers and wiperengine were the first things i bought for the car. sorry for the ramblings Title: Re: Front tire choice Post by: kev d on October 18, 2009, 20:29:42 pm On a simmilar thread a while back someone suggested tyres from the new type mini (can't remember the size though ::)),
they have the same overal diameter as a 135 but give a much wider footprint. Only a suggestion :) Cheers, Kev Title: Re: Front tire choice Post by: kingsburgphil on October 19, 2009, 05:26:32 am The 66 ex race car that I'm buying, currently has 145x15 front tires mounted on Deano type wheels. Any reason why I can't use 125x15 tires like the old school Gasser's?, if driven carefully. Your thoughts please. Perhaps I should clarify my use of the car. I'll trailer it to local car shows or take a quick blast down the street.. that's all. Since it still has slicks, spool, race motor/ trans and no wiring its not good for much else.I ran 135's decades ago on a street car with zero problems, so I just wondered if 125's would work ok for my application? Title: Re: Front tire choice Post by: Wünderwolff on October 19, 2009, 07:00:37 am I drove well worn (ask Jelle/Lowfastbus just how well worn ::)) 125 on my 59 on a regular basis. never had the scary moments and lock ups everybody is talking about. I often drove it in wet weather as well. I only had a 1200 in it though, so no hard accelarating and needing to brake in a hurry. I probably crept through the eye of the needle when I hear all the other stories, but when driven with care it is not what it is made out to be.
Cheers, Tim |