[urq] Tires and premature aging!

[Tony Lum]

Guys,

The urq is going to need new tires this year.  The current 215-50-15 Kumhos (or any tire in this size) are NLA.  The size is also causing my speedo to run 5% too fast which is prematurely aging my urq ;^)
I swapped in the engine and transmission from my '87 5kcstq (top gear is now .73 vs .78), so the correct tire size should be 205-60-15, but that is too narrow for the 8 inch Ronals.  I did runs using a gps to confirm the odometer readings.  The alternative would be a Fuchs wheel (15x7), but I just love how the 8 inch Ronals look.  215-60-15 is available, but now they would be 5% too tall and some shops might refuse to mount them.  I am upgrading the brakes to 300mm front and 269mm rear so that tire size shouldn't be an issue.

TIA,


Tony
'83 urq #302