Re: Flat tires and high speed

["David L. Cooper" <d.cooper@ix.netcom.com>]

My  911  has 15" x 10" w/ 285/45 series  and 15" x 14" w/ 345/35 series  P7's.
Guess which are in back?  Using metal valve stems, and duct tape over the
tape-a-weights!

PS. need part no. for 87 5kcstq factory oil filter. TIA

Henry Harper wrote:

> >
> > Don't some Porches have little metal supporters on the wheels for the valve
> > stems to prevent this?
> >
> > - -glen
> >
>
> Yes indeedy, the phone-dial 16"ers on Dad's 86 951 for instance. I promise.
>
> BTW, on his car fronts are 16x7 and rears are 16x8 (um, supposed to be mounted
> this way that is), found out from the monkey-lads at a local tire shop during
> new rear tires mounting. Same size tires all around, but we had one side
> wide-in-front-narrow-in-back. Oops. No handling problems noted though, and it
> was the first time we did anything with tires on that car since he got it. Both
> wide rims are now at the rear with new Michelins, narrows in front with bald
> Gatorbacks. Fun, but Not My Car.
>
> Henry Harper
> http://www.srv.net/~hah
> 1991 200 quattro, 94k, speaking of tire position rotation, do quattros "need"
> it less often than non-awd vehicles?
> 1988 GTI 16v, 179k, back on the road again with wide-ratio 5-speed, lighter
> wallet should help normally-aspirated acceleration, A/C still blitzencoolin
> though