Re: 205/50/15's ????

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

205/50's should be fine for autocrossing.  The problem you had with the 60 
series tire sounds like you either didn't have enough pressure or the 
sidewall was just very weak.  Or maybe your rims are very narrow?  In 
general, I would say that anything above a 55 series tire is too tall for 
autocross.  In autocross you do not want a lot of sidewall height because of 
the rollover problem you experienced.

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Champagne Edition

>From: "Lauri Pettai" <lauri.pettai@netexpress.ee>
>To: "Doug Teulie" <IDougT@email.msn.com>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: 205/50/15's ????
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:45:21 +0300
>
>I was about to ask the same question from the list about the
>tire sizes. I'm about to buy a set of rims for my ATS Cup alloys.
>
>But I would love to get them as wide as possible, but I'm also
>going to autocross with the same tires, coz I can't afford myself
>different set of wheels for autocrossing.
>
>So the alloys are 15x7 and I'm currently thinking of  195/50 in front
>and 205/50 in rear. I'm afraid that 205/50 in front would be too much
>because last year my 195/60/14" tires where too much and they lost
>traction in corners because the sidewall of the tire touched the ground
>instead of the right area.
>
>So I want to know can the 205/50 handle some autocrossing?
>
>Lauri!
>'84 1.8 16v Scirocco GTX Kamei X1 Bodykit (VIN025736)

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