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05-04-2009, 09:08 PM
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Tire Help
Hello,
I'm in the middle of my Cobra build, it's a Classic Roadster kit. I'm looking for a source on tires to fit my 15x10 torq d wheels. I'd prefer BF Good rich or Goodyears and they need to be 315 wide.
Patrick
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05-04-2009, 09:52 PM
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Location: Scotts Valley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2108
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Tirerack.com is a good place to start looking to determine which manufacturer has what sizes available. Plug in your desired tire size, and start looking. 15" tires are getting harder to find.
I went with Firestone Firehawk Indy 500's. The Goodyear Eagle II's get unfavorable reviews, slippery and bumpy. BF Goodrich, not sure.
I looked at www.tirerack.com to get some perspective, but ended up working with a local Firestone dealer who searched through her database and found some the right size, and had them shipped down to their store for installation.
DD
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05-04-2009, 09:57 PM
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Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
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Deleted post. I sent Doug an email with my question.
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05-05-2009, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Bakersfield,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler, 351W
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Patrick
I just installed Mickey Thompson street radials on my cobra. I have 10 x 15 on the front and 12 x 15 on the rear. The fronts are 26.?? in diameter and the rears are 28 inch. Be careful about clearance. I am very happy with the tires coming off of BF Goodrich. My car is street only. Don't know how they would work on the track.
Leo
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05-05-2009, 10:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
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Pat, for my CR I built by Don Scott, BF Goodrich TA Radials, Compomotive Wheels:
Front: 8", 4" backspace, 245 X 60 X 15
Rear :9", 4.6" backspace, 275 X 60 X 15
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05-05-2009, 11:18 AM
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Location: Senoia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 427SO with big twin autolite inlines on custom intake, jag rear, top loader, wembeldon white, guardsmen blue stripes
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DD, I went with the Firestone 500 as well and couldn't be more pleased, sticky sticky = great handling. I couldn't give away those T/A's fast enough.-
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05-05-2009, 09:06 PM
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I can't speak for the Firestones but BFG TA radials should be avoided. I am very happy with my Mickey Thompson ET Street radials. 235/60/15 and 275/60/15 very stickey and handle great.
John
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05-05-2009, 09:48 PM
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427 S/O: Learned about them here on CC. Can't remember who turned me on to them, but I'm very happy with them.
badvnom: What does Classic Roadsters recommend? I'd actually start with the mfg, and then check with other owners.
DD
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05-05-2009, 10:16 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Racing/427 side oiler
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MT all the way!
especially in a 15 in
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05-06-2009, 05:21 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster, 302, roller cam, Holley 650
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Classic Roadsters doesn't recommend a whole lot of anything, anymore. Double Venom might have a thought or two about this subject.
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05-06-2009, 08:52 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Performance Cars Venom 427 Keith Craft 408 Stroker
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I just got a set of Avon's, they are being mounted today. They are replacing BFG Radial T/A's. I'll post later on how they perform.
Based on my research into the available 15" street tires (the sole criteria of which was performance, not looks or authenticity), I would say the medium priced alternative is the M/T Street Radial. If you can deal with the price, the Avon's are supposedly the best performing 15" street tire. The only complaint I have heard about them (aside from the price) is that the soft-ish compound picks up pebbles.
Based on personal experience, I would totally avoid the BFG's. I have put almost 20,000 miles on mine in 6 years of driving, but you would never know it to look at them. They wear like iron. The question is, do you want to drive on tires that have a compound so hard that they never wear out? I have driven them in all kinds of weather. Below 65F on a damp road, you're asking for trouble, such as on a fall or spring morning here in New England. In heavy rain, mud or snow they are not too bad, they have a very deep tread pattern which compensates for the very hard compound. The bottom line is: I don't trust them anywhere near the limits.
On the plus side for the BFG's, the car sits on them all winter and I have never had any problems with flat spots. They balance nicely and seem to be round. As one person observed in another thread, they are a great "build" tire 
Roger Kraus Racing has a very nice cobra page that you might want to look at: CobraTires.pdf
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05-06-2009, 09:29 AM
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Location: Ivins, UT, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428CJ, 4-Speed Ford, CCX-3057
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On my early Contemporary CCX-3057, 15" Compomotive wheels, I just changed from T/A Radials to Cooper Cobras and the difference was very positive. Just for street, no racing, I also went from a 25" or so diam. front and a 27" or so diam.rear to the CCX recommended 26" diam. on both. Handling and traction are both fine at safe and sane street speeds, I think the dimensional changes are a large part of the much improved handling. fairly economical as well.
Kirk
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