[DeTomaso] Michelin TB5 or TB15 tires

[Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar]

Julian,

You need the TB5R.

The TB15 is wet weather tire - the tire life get's killed in the dry
without water to cool it off.

The TB5R is DOT legal and can handle hard drive on damp roads, moderately
hard driving on very wet roads, but will aquaplane in any kind of standing
water as most R-compound tires do.

I love my TB5Rs and highly recommend them.

Ron McCall recently purchased a set of Avon AV3101S in 10.5/23-15 A11 SLK
for the fronts and Avon AV4319S 13.0/25-15 A11 SLK for the rears from Roger
Kraus that he had them put a hand cut tread on. He thinks they are of the
same quality grip wise as the TB5R so you have another alternative if you
are open to cut slicks.

Regards,
Arjun


On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:

> Street or track use? Do they need to be "legal" in any fashion?
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> Tomas
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> Which compound of the TB's is recommended or are people using? Michelin
> have the TB5R partial slick and TB15 full tread dry and I'm seeing
> references to both being used on Pantera's and GT40's.
>
> I need something that will work on a 12" rear and 10" wide front rim and
> there's not a lot of choice out there.
>
> Julian
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   Julian,
   You need the TB5R.
   The TB15 is wet weather tire - the tire life get's killed in the dry
   without water to cool it off.
   The TB5R is DOT legal and can handle hard drive on damp roads,
   moderately hard driving on very wet roads, but will aquaplane in any
   kind of standing water as most R-compound tires do.
   I love my TB5Rs and highly recommend them.
   Ron McCall recently purchased a set of Avon AV3101S in 10.5/23-15 A11
   SLK for the fronts and Avon AV4319S 13.0/25-15 A11 SLKA for the rears
   from Roger Kraus that he had them put a hand cut tread on. He thinks
   they are of the same quality grip wise as the TB5R so you have another
   alternative if you are open to cut slicks.
   Regards,
   Arjun

   On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <[1]guson at home.se>
   wrote:

     Street or track use? Do they need to be "legal" in any fashion?
     Tomas

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: "Julian Kift" <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   To: "De Tomaso List" <[3]detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 7:49 PM
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Michelin TB5 or TB15 tires
   Which compound of the TB's is recommended or are people using? Michelin
   have the TB5R partial slick and TB15 full tread dry and I'm seeing
   references to both being used on Pantera's and GT40's.
   I need something that will work on a 12" rear and 10" wide front rim
   and there's not a lot of choice out there.
   Julian

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