295/50R-15 and 245/60R-15 tire options

[SPF1061]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

Wow, thanks for the fast reply.

I'm having a hell of a time deciding on tires. Shouldn't be this tough. lol

You must drive yours a lot. There's a lot of people that can put a lot of money into their cars, but those of us that can't, $2k for just tires is hard to swallow. Plus shipping and mounting and balancing....

If I do purchase them, I'll either buy the Rubber letters spelling AVON RACING or GOOD YEAR EAGLE.

How are they as throwing pebbles like the Billboards ?
Can you still break them loose for fun or too sticky ?

In life, I'm always reaching for the best of all worlds.

Do you think that there's enough interest here and on other forums, to have a Group Buy for AVON's ?

I have had my SPF for 20 years and have driven 86k miles so far. I understand spending $2k on tires is hard to swallow. If your car is well sorted and making good power there is nothing else you can do to it for anywhere near $2k that will give you the performance increase as a set of Avons. You will be able to tell the difference every time you drive it. They will throw rocks if you are in small loose gravel like at the track but not as bad as Billboards. On the street I hardly ever notice them slinging rocks. I had my inner fender wells sprayed with Linex and that protects against star cracks. I guess wether you can break them loose or not depends on how much hp/torque you are making and your gearing. My car is making 470hp/480fp at the rear wheels with a 3:27 rear. It will light the rear tires up in first gear anywhere up to about 4500 rpm. After that they hook pretty good. At the strip I have found that they hook better than MT drag radials.

[fastd]

Originally Posted by SPF1061

Curious as to what you don't like about the Avon's as a street tire and why you prefer the SR's. I have a LOT of street and track miles on Avon's. I personally have never found anything not to like about them but am very interested to learn.

They are dangerous if they are not warmed up, they are useless in anything other than dry pavement, they break loose when pushed without much warning.

[fastd]

They are a great track tire though; I just don’t need track tires on the street. Especially for 2x the price of mt sr’s

[FUNFER2]

How do you like the M/T SR ?
Pro/Con ?

What is you side wall height ? Do they have a 295/50/15 ?

[SPF1061]

Originally Posted by fastd

They are dangerous if they are not warmed up, they are useless in anything other than dry pavement, they break loose when pushed without much warning.

I agree they don't give much warning before breaking loose. I haven't found them to be dangerous or useless in any sort of conditions in 50k miles of driving. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[fastd]

Pros: good all around tire
I like the flame pattern but not everyone does
Don’t need to warm up like the Avon’s do
Can channel some water if you get caught in the rain (unlike Avon’s)
Fairly predictable (unlike Avon’s that are known for breaking loose all of a sudden when pushed)
Roughly half the price of Avon’s

Cons:
Don’t have the absolute grip that the Avon’s do. If I were to track both cars on dry pavement I’m sure the Avon’s would be 2-3 seconds per minute faster.

[FUNFER2]

With the bias ply of the Billboards that can wander, is the same with every brand ?

I found this one.

Pro-Trac Street Pro Tires | Wide

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/pro-...-pro-wide.html

https://www.performanceplustire.com/...bias-ply-tire/

Photo big enough ? WOW ! Lol...

[FUNFER2]

In my heading, I meant to say 275/60, not 245/

[FUNFER2]

Bump....

[Bricklayer]

I run 295-50-15 Rear and 235-60-15 Front M/T Sportsman ST on my Hi-Tech. Got rid of my Billboards for safety reasons. M/T tires are great on the road.