time for tires
Burning Brakes
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Keith,
I was running 205/55/16 front and 225/50/16 rears until recently....... I moved to a 17" wheel.
In the 16" sizes there are abundant choices.
This is a pretty good resource...... Tire Calculator
I was running 205/55/16 front and 225/50/16 rears until recently....... I moved to a 17" wheel.
In the 16" sizes there are abundant choices.
This is a pretty good resource...... Tire Calculator
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RE71 are available in those sizes and give outstanding grip but won't last long
Another decent choice is Conti EC Sport or BS RE 11, but there are lots of other good choices too, they differ in small ways from weight to section & tread width
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My 88 is set up for aggressive street driving and has Elephant Racing suspension so I went for an R compound tire which I absolutely love, and allow for incredible handling. The exact model on my 16" wheels are the Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 R. They pull right up on Tire Rack. They have worn very little over 5000 miles so far. I only log about 3-4K mikes of driving in this car per year so performance over wear is my priority.
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My 89 carrera is all stock except bilstein sport shocks and turbo tie rods. I just put Michelin Pilot pe2 exalto on it. Yeah. There are for sure better more aggressive tires but these to me look and feel period. Another is the pirelli p zero rosso n4
SO sort of depends what you are looking for.
SO sort of depends what you are looking for.
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My 89 carrera is all stock except bilstein sport shocks and turbo tie rods. I just put Michelin Pilot pe2 exalto on it. Yeah. There are for sure better more aggressive tires but these to me look and feel period. Another is the pirelli p zero rosso n4
SO sort of depends what you are looking for.
SO sort of depends what you are looking for.
https://www.porsche.com/usa/accessor.../tyreapproval/
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Same here on my stock 16s. Love Michelins and as above, look great and are the recommended tire from Porsche if that is important to you.
https://www.porsche.com/usa/accessor.../tyreapproval/
https://www.porsche.com/usa/accessor.../tyreapproval/
I'm of this mindset:
I have my 'period' cars and my 'hot rodded' cars.
For the period cars, I want period mods/tires/suspension/alignment/look.
For my hot rodded cars, anything goes. Like RComp tires on my 964 in very wide widths, and aggressive totally modern feeling chassis...
There is something fun about driving these as they felt (mostly, i'm sure rubber compounds are MUCh better now) back in the day.
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time for tires
We are the same way. Wife insisted the radio could only be replaced with Blaupunkt product as well as speakers. Never added whale tail for same reason. Although were look to replace stock muffler with after market one now! Its only taken 35 years for that!
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yeah the ones I have are "N" spec. Great list and thanks for that link!
I'm of this mindset:
I have my 'period' cars and my 'hot rodded' cars.
For the period cars, I want period mods/tires/suspension/alignment/look.
For my hot rodded cars, anything goes. Like RComp tires on my 964 in very wide widths, and aggressive totally modern feeling chassis...
There is something fun about driving these as they felt (mostly, i'm sure rubber compounds are MUCh better now) back in the day.
I'm of this mindset:
I have my 'period' cars and my 'hot rodded' cars.
For the period cars, I want period mods/tires/suspension/alignment/look.
For my hot rodded cars, anything goes. Like RComp tires on my 964 in very wide widths, and aggressive totally modern feeling chassis...
There is something fun about driving these as they felt (mostly, i'm sure rubber compounds are MUCh better now) back in the day.
The 'vintage' tires lack modern construction/tread patterns but often have modern rubber compounds in them - so I've always wondered how they feel in comparison...