[DeTomaso] Group IV Tires

[asajay at asajay.com]

I think you need to start thinking outside the (Tirerack) box.

Asa Jay

Quoting Dan Courtney <dfcex at pacbell.net>:

> Mike,
>
> I just checked TireRack's website. The closest tires they show to   
> 295 40 15's are Hoosier 275 35 15 (23" short),   
> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/comp.jsp but I doubt if Silver   
> State will accept them. I just send them an email...
>
> Dan
> Dan F. Courtney
>
>
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>
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>   To: dfcex at pacbell.net ; detomaso at realbig.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Maximum Tire Height
>
>
>
>   In a message dated 9/17/08 20 14 8, dfcex at pacbell.net writes:
>
>
>
>     For what it's worth, I've been on this for several weeks, as you know.
>
>
>   >>>Which isn't nearly long enough.  In fact right now is about the  
>  time you should start making these investigations in preparation  
> for  the 2009 season.  Not for this weekend.
>
>
>     Each time I think I have a wheel/tire combination another issue   
> arises (backspacing, height, etc).
>     It seems to be just about impossible to find wide but short   
> tires for the front and wide wheels for the rear.
>
>
>   >>>Excellent tires in the appropriate sizes for your existing   
> wheels are readily available, and have been so since before you   
> first started asking about this, months ago, and people told you all  
>  about them, including exactly where to buy them and what sizes you   
> needed.  All you had to do was just shaddup and buy them.  They're   
> expensive, yes, but they're excellent, and FAR cheaper than buying a  
>  whole replacement set of wheels and tires which won't fit the car   
> anyway.
>
>   But you chose to blow it off.  And now you're screwed.
>
>   When you finally decide to get serious, you can pick up the phone   
> and buy DOT-legal race tires, Michelin TB5 (or TB15, or TB5-R,   
> different tread patterns and compounds in the same sizes, choose   
> your compound and tread pattern based upon your expectations of how   
> sticky they need to be versus how long you want them to last, and   
> whether you may be driving in the rain or not), which are readily   
> available in 295/40-15 front and 345/35-15 rear.
>
>
>
>     But I haven't given up yet. Heck, I've still got two whole days!
>
>
>   Uh...no.
>
>   Mike
>
>
>
>
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