Tire choice for teardrops

[Indiana_Red at hotmail.com (Ken B)]

Thinking that I may not be able to afford a wheel upgrade before I have to
get new tires for my teardrops (14") on my recent 16v conversion.
I am looking at a decent autocross/street application.  would 195/55 be a
good configuration?  A little lower, a little wider and the Dunlop SP Sport
8000 are about $75 and they are about the cheapest, uh, least expensive for
that size on TireRack but still ist as "ultra high performance".  Wear life
is lower priority as this will be my 3rd car.  (non-comuter)
Thanks for any thoughts on this.  I think I recall this tire getting some
traffic on the "list"
Ken
'79 Scirocco 16v
'81 Diesel Caddy
'86 Scirocco 16v (organ doner)