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RE: Which tires do you run? - Tony Griffiths - 04-08-2024

(02-08-2024, 07:40 PM)dickie65 Wrote: I am a bad Boy.
( 1934 EB65 )
I have been using Avon SM Rears on my car for years with no problems apart from the rears rubbing the wheel archs on hard cornering.
I have also experimented with 3.25 x 19 Dunlop K70 pattern these have a soft sidewall and squirmy tread so might be better suited to a trials chummy.
I found the Avon Triple duty to be OK for years.
I have now settled on Blockley 3.50 x 19 as the best suited tyre for hard driving. I will be giving them a workout at the MGCC Wiscombe Hillclimb in september. There are a couple of other Sevens entered as well.

At one time the Avon Sidecar tyre could be had as a 3.25. They can't have made many because, in the late 1960s, it took me ages to find a pair. Why on earth would one want 3.25-section tyres? Well, if well worn and fitted to a car with filed-down steering arm stops, it allowed a useful extra bit of lock in driving tests. PS - caution: if you are tempted to improve the lock of your road car, don't bother. It's all too easy to go too far with the steering going over-centre and the drag link hitting the hand-throttle arm and adding unwanted acceleration.

RE: Which tires do you run? - Mike Costigan - 04-08-2024

Tony's PL 3002 on 3.25x19 Avons:


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RE: Which tires do you run? - Hurvinek - 13-08-2024

Well, I am going to order some Longstones now...

Thank you all for your input.

Cheers, Oliver

RE: Which tires do you run? - Nick Turley - 14-08-2024

Good choice  Smile