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- From: paal-sb@hsr.no (Paal Steinar Berg)
- Subject: Re: Different tyre sizes & remoulds
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.094049.18562@hsr.no>
- Keywords: Tyre, Tire, Remoulds, Size, Panda, Fiat, Ireland
- Sender: news@hsr.no
- Organization: Rogaland University Centre
- References: <dagraham.715196459@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 09:40:49 GMT
- Lines: 54
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- In article <dagraham.715196459@unix1.tcd.ie>, dagraham@unix1.tcd.ie (David Graham) writes:
- >
- > Hi,
- >
- > A couple of months ago I posted a question about the advantages of using
- > wider rather than narrower tyres. Now the time has come such that at
- > least one of my tyres needs replacing, so I expect (since I'm not rolling
- > in money) that I may replace two of the tyres at a time since I have at
- > least two tyres with plenty of tread depth left. I may well go up one or
- > possibly two sizes after reading the responses to my previous post, so
- > I'll go from 135 to 145 or perhaps 155, although I'm not sure how well
- > 155's would fit on my 4" wheels.
- >
- > My first question is, is there anything wrong with having two of the
- > tyres wider than the other two tyres? I'd be inclined to put the new
- > tyres on the front (steering and drive end) and would thus end up with
- > slightly wider tyres at front than at back. Could this cause any problems
- > for the handling, traction, steering, etc?
- >
- Changing fron 135 to 145 or 155 won't make a great difference. The steering may
- get heavier, but this depends on the type and make of tyre. On a front wheel
- drive you'd better start with the wider tyres in front, since most of the wight
- is there. How about the authorities, do they allow you to use different size
- tyres?
-
- > My other question is about remoulds; I don't know if these exist in the
- > US where most of you will probably be reading this, but anyway. Small
- > cars are popular here in Ireland (not what you'd call small in the US- my
- > Fiat Panda is small but not the smallest and weighs 600kg (~1400lb), has
- > a 45bhp 903cc engine and is 3.3m (133") long and 1.4m (57") wide, just to
- > give you an idea.) Because of astronomical prices and various taxes,
- > a large proportion of cars on Irish roads are small and under 1000cc in
- > engine capacity. (Comparison- 1992 top of the range Civic here is IR#18000
- > = $34000!!) Anyway, I'm wandering a bit; remoulds are also popular amongst
- > people with small cars and little money. Now, I have no intention of buying
- > remoulds, but when I got my Panda last February, three of the tyres were
- > remoulds. My question is this: I know remoulds aren't really great, but
- > how bad are they? What is the comparison (handling, traction, steering,
- > etc) between a car equipped with remoulded tyres and a car equipped with
- > new, 'ordinary' tyres?
- >
- In our last meeting in the Club Alfa Romeo of Norway, we ran a racetrack on an
- air-strip, and the only car that spunn out was the one using remoulds! When
- watchin, it was obvious thet he had a lot less grip than most of the other cars.
- In addition remoulds have a tendency of not being completely round, thus causing
- vibration and wobble.
-
- > Many thanks, please excuse my verbose posting,
- >
- > David
- > --
- >
-
- Paal ---Alfa Romeo, the living legend.---
-