[DeTomaso] 17" tire scarce?

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Joel,

For what it is worth:

1) the bigger the difference between your front and rear tire size, in the order of what you're contemplating, promotes understeer.
2) Dennis Quella's recommendation for Panteras is a max rear tire width of 315 for stock bodied cars.
3) my cars run the 315s on the rear and one has 245-40-17s in the front and the other one has 255-44-17s in the front

Ain't tire buyin' fun?, Chuck Engles



---- michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>I run Goodyear F1 GS-D3s. I think this has been the best tire I've had on a
>Pantera. They have a
>315-35-17 but I see no noticeable tread width difference. Front sizes are
>no problem.
>Michael
>
>
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>>From: "Joel Montero" <jmontero at fcmat.org>
>>To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] 17" tire scarce?
>>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:41:35 -0700
>>
>>Imagine my surprise when attempting to buy tires for my new Wilkinson
>>17" rims that the Pilot Sport, according to the Michelin company rep, is
>>being discontinued in the 335/35/17 size. I'm trying to get a matched
>>set of 235/40/17 and 335/35/17 from a single manufacturer. Is anyone
>>making this combination?
>>
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>>Joel
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