Speaking of tires....

Larry C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Tue Sep 4 22:12:52 EDT 2001


Rob,

THe Kumhos seem to run a little large on the diameter end, so you'll
probably be even closer than that. If I had known, I would have gone for
the 50's instead of 55's.

LL - NY

On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 11:51:33 -0400 "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
writes:
>Looks like im gonna go with the Khumo Ecsta Supra 712's.  After 
>reading all
>the positive feedback on Tirerack.com site about them and seeing the 
>cost,
>vs the Dunlop SP9000 or the Michelin Pilot Sports.
>
>I'm also going to change sizes slightly from 205/55/16 to 205/50/16.
>Acording to a tire calculator I found online,  this puts speedo error 
>at
>somthing like + 2.5%.
>
>The caculator i used is here ...
>
>http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
>
>Now I just need to wait till my refund check gets here to go buy the 
>tires.
>
>Rob
>
>86 5ktq (needs new shoes)
>87 5ktq sold
>89 200tqa
>



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