Went with the Yokohama Y356 C rated 185/14. While the noise isn't as
bad as the last tires that were on the van, it's still obnoxious at
certain speeds. Dry traction isn't a problem and I haven't had enough
experience with wet traction to make a judgment. When the hurricane
came through we had about 30 mph winds with higher gusts and rain was
in a thick coat on the street. The van was sliding all over the place
but for all I know the tires may have been great considering the
conditions.

I don't have a lot of gripes about the tires, just that I found other
tires I wanted and couldn't get them in my size.

Chris
85 GL
On Sep 23, 2004, at 15:09, Peter Linsley wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Out of interest, which tires did you end up using?
>
> Cheers.
> --- Chris <chris@MCCLURKEN.COM> wrote:
>
>> I've been thinking the same thing. Unfortunately it's getting hard as
>> hell to find the load rating we need in a 14" tire. Took me 2 weeks to
>> get tires a few months ago and had to settle for a tire that was less
>> than exciting. I think the next time I need tires I'll be upgrading to
>> at least a 15" rim just so I can have more choice. Now if I can put in
>> a chipped TDI with euro injectors etc I won't have to worry about the
>> power loss.
>>
>> Everything's a compromise I guess...
>> Chris
>> 85 GL
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2004, at 09:57, Dennis wrote:
>>
>>> An interesting side effect (no pun intended) of larger rims and
>>> tires,
>>> seldom discussed, is rotational inertia.  One of the Canadian
>>> autosport
>>> type shows "Sports Car Revolution", did up a road racing Acura.  When
>>> they
>>> fitting larger rims, and lower profile rubber, they stayed very close
>>> to
>>> stock rolling diameter.  They found however, an 11 HP loss to the
>>> wheels
>>> when dyno testing.  The reason?  The larger rims and brakes added
>>> more
>>> mass, farther from the center of rotation, and thus required more
>>> power to
>>> accelerate.  Granted, once accelerated, the main issue is driveline
>>> and
>>> aerodynamic loss, however most of us don't drive very often in a
>>> steady -
>>> state situation.
>>>
>>> Being that HP is at a premium in most vanagons, it's got me thinking
>>> in
>>> favour of just keeping LT (truck) tires on my 14" alloys.  Food for
>>> thought?
>>>
>>
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