Tire sizes

[strictlypersonl]

Think Avons.

[Pete Munroe]

Oma,

Mickey Thompson markets several street oriented radials in 16" sizes.

Folks assume a M/T tire is only a drag tire but i am not sure that is really the case. BFG drag radial's work VERY well on a friends street driven 911 Turbo Porsche, and he has been actively vintage road racing for 30 years+.

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.php?item=ETStreet[/url]

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...StreetRadialII

Poke around as M/T has more than a few street/race tires.

Easy to say you should get another set of wheels, but 16" is still available in a performance radial...for another year or two...?

I would steer clear of "bias type" tires for the street...they follow every groove in the road...my old Hoosiers T/D's, a bias type, were not fun on the street as they follow every crack in the road.

Are the AVONS and the G/Y bilboards radial or bias? general question.

If most driving is on the street things to consider other than what the letters on the tires side wall say...

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by Pete Munroe

Are the AVONS and the G/Y bilboards radial or bias? general question.

The Avons are radials. GY Billboards are bias ply only. It would be great if GY made a Billboard in a radial.

[decooney]

Cooper Cobra tires in 15" are another option.

In addtion to the list Bob has on the ERA website...
A buddy of mine just scrapped his older TAs, was looking for a 265/50/15s for the front for his Arntz Cobra. If you think finding 15s is hard, just try finding 265/50s for the front. Not much of this size out there. Low and behold, after doing a little searching we came upon the Cooper Cobras tires. After more digging we found out these are actually made by Avon. Even have a Cobra snake logo on the side if you like that. Sort of an older looking agressive tread pattern too. So far so good for another street tire option.

We saw a few guys had these on their cars already at the last Cobra Bash.