1985 ITB Golf - Newbie needs LOTS of help....

[kbee00]

Thanks Bill - I will ask Drew about that.

Ok - the big debate will rage I'm sure - what do you guys recommend for tires? I have the 14" wheels so I assume I will be running the 205/55/14 - Hoosier? Victoracers? Toyo? anyone have some decent used tires they want to sell ?

[Drew Aldred]

...I'm sure that Drew can tell you how he did it.
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Yeah, buy a car with a surge tank already in it !!!!!!

It's not hard, and there are alot of do it yourself ways to put one together. Or buy a cell from ATL with one installed already.

[Bill Miller]

Loren,

As far as tire choices go, it all depends on your goal.

Fastest - Hoosier
Most Consistent and long-wearing, but not max. fast - Toyo
Least expensive (and not as fast or as long wearing) - Kumho Victoracer 700

[Bildon]

You left out the V710.
Cheaper, faster and longer wearing: Kumho Ecsta V710 A real race slick.

http://www.kumhousa.com/Racing/CompTires.asp?RCID=1

[Conover]

Hoosier, just ask Phil, he'll tell ya! Kirk was Mr. Conservative, running Toyo's they'll last longer, then we put em on track with some hoosiers, and he swore off the Toyo's for anything but rain, which he loves BTW. And I hear the new Hoosier R6 is tha Shizinit.

[Knestis]

I flatspotted a Hoosier all to death the first time I drove on them but that was me being a big, lazy dork. A little more attention and a lighter touch and I've become a Hoosier fan. I frankly don't think that they wear any faster than SHAVED Toyos and they are more predictable than I was led to believe. They don't make as much noise as the Toyos at the limit so you have to feel them rather than listen to them and they just flat stick better.

I'd stick with the 14" wheels.

K

EDIT - note that I've never used other current options beyond these two choices so "your mileage may vary."

[Conover]

And I hear the new Hoosier R6 is tha Shizinit.
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Maybe I should aviod posting when hanging out with the St Pauli Girl

[itb76]

Hi, I'm new to this board but have been running an A2 in ITB off & on since '96.

I flatspotted a Hoosier all to death the first time I drove on them but that was me being a big, lazy dork. A little more attention and a lighter touch and I've become a Hoosier fan. I frankly don't think that they wear any faster than SHAVED Toyos and they are more predictable than I was led to believe. They don't make as much noise as the Toyos at the limit so you have to feel them rather than listen to them and they just flat stick better.
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Running Hoosiers for the first time this year; my lap times are 1 second better at Grattan and Gingerman than ever before. Only thing that threw me off is they're super-sized compared to Toyos & Kumhos--I had a rub in the RR corner that required a wheel spacer to correct. No problems with flat spotting or locking up the rears. Too early to tell wear.

I'd stick with the 14" wheels.
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Glad to hear that!