DeTomaso Mailing List: March 99, Message #99

TO ORDER BFG R1'Vintage race tires or the new g-Force race tire call
1-800-847-8475....If your NOT a Team T/A member already you need to
call 1-800-RACE-BFG.
Again, you will have a difficult time finding the vintage tires
through tire brokers. 
Good Luck
MD 




---Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yo People,
> Mike Anderson used the BFG Vintage R1 205/60 on the fronts and
> 255/60/15 on the rear at SSCC and liked that set-up alot. These
> vintage R-1's are STILL available from BFG directly but anyone
> planning to use them at SSCC needs to order them NOW. I doubt if you
> will find them at Tire Rack, etc because the demand isn't there. In
> any case do "NOT" wait until your two weeks out from either Vegas in
> April or SSCC in May.
> 
> I used the BFG Vintage R1 225/60/15 on the fronts at SSCC and they
> worked fine BUT subsequently and even with rolled fenders it was just
> too wide AND high for open tracking. You don't have that problem with
> the 205/60/15 tire. It's narrow enough that you never have any fender
> clearance problems. I personally like and have used in the past the
> 225/50/15 tire because with the 255/60/15 rear tire your already
> dialing in some rake. . .but since BFG isn't going to make that R1
> size any longer I'd go with the 205/60/15 if your going to SSCC if you
> want to stay with BFG R1's.
> 
> MD, still in Cleveland Airport job and not on forum right now. Should
> be back in California in a couple weeks.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > All,
> > 
> > Been thinking about Brock's lament on the unavailability of new BFG
> R-1 tires
> > in 225/50-15.  It seems to me you Silver Staters have two choices:
> > 
> > 245/50-15 (if you're running 8-inch front rims) or 205/60-15 on 7 OR
> 8-inch
> > rims.
> > 
> > The 225/50 diameter is 23.8 inches, while both the 245/50 and 205/60
> are 24.6
> > inches (according to BFG's data.)  Since the right height is
> increased by HALF
> > the diameter change, you're talking about a 4/10ths of an inch
> difference in
> > ride height (maybe even less in practical terms.)
> > 
> > The 225/50 tread width is 8.4 inches, while the 245/50 is 9.2, and
> the 205/60
> > is 8.9.
> > 
> > Anybody yet check on the availability of these tires?  I think the
> 205/60
> > sounds like a winner when matched with a 255/60 rear.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> 
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