[DeTomaso] Tire designations

Thomas Tornblom thomas at hax.se
Thu Jul 29 05:11:09 EDT 2010


Tony DiGiovanna skrev:
> What dope decided to replace numbers with a number?  Would it really be so
> onerous if it said 1389/130?

That would really only be useful in the US.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Charles McCall
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:59 PM
> To: SOBill at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tire designations
> 
> Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!
> 
> The number is the load index, or how much weight the tire is designed to
> support. The number itself is meaningless - you need to look it up on a
> chart. For example, 91 means 1356 pounds, 92 means 1389 pounds, 94 means
> 1477 pounds... 
> The letter is the speed rating- H is 130mph in your example. 
> 
> The speed rating is continuous speed. Short bursts above your speed rating
> is probably fine, but autobahn or ORR continuous cruising at those speeds
> will cause problems. 
> 
> Charles McCall
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
> nombre de SOBill at aol.com
> Enviado el: miércoles, 28 de julio de 2010 19:49
> Para: detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: [DeTomaso] Tire designations
> 
> Can anyone say what the designations at the end of tire sizes  means?
>  
> For example 195/65R15 ...... 91H, 92H, 94H, 98H? 
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Have fun now,
>  
> SOBill  Taylor
> sobill at aol.com
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