[urq] Tires and premature aging!

[Ed Kellock]

I just went to 225/50-15.

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Tony Lum
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:57 PM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] Tires and premature aging!


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
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