Re: A proper period sports car tyre in the size 145HR13
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:30 am
Mine arrived yesterday, to replace a set of Pirelli P1000s that look almost new but that are at least 12 years old, judging from PO pictures.
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dougal cawley wrote:661 wrote:Indeed, hear hear to getting the right tyres.
And on that note, to encourage us to do the right thing, how about a Club discount...………..
You know you want to.
For UK customers ring up and haggle your club discount.
For the rest of the world, find your dealer on here http://www.cinturato.net/vintage-tyre-f ... guide.html and chat to them.
661 wrote:dougal cawley wrote:661 wrote:Indeed, hear hear to getting the right tyres.
And on that note, to encourage us to do the right thing, how about a Club discount...………..
You know you want to.
For UK customers ring up and haggle your club discount.
For the rest of the world, find your dealer on here http://www.cinturato.net/vintage-tyre-f ... guide.html and chat to them.
Very fair, prepare for the call...……
(Dunlop racing tyres)
dougal cawley wrote:SENC
please report back and tell us about the drive of your car on the Cinturato. We all know they look good, but it is the drive i am interested in.
I know they are great, i have them on my car. However no one believes me, because i am just after your money.
Oo pictures would be nice too.
Dieschelan wrote:Hello
Has someone put 155HR13 in a S3? I will put in my S3 minilites in 5x13 (original the car has 4,5x13). Is better 155 R13 or 145 R13?
I’m between the pirelis or the Michelin Xas Ff.
Regards
dougal cawley wrote:Hi
I am glad you like them.
It is fair to say that if you were going to design a tread pattern to move water out of the way it would not look like the Cinturato CA67 tread pattern. However they do have 2 mayor advantages in the wet.
1/ they use modern Pirelli compounds. Modern rubber compounds give far better results in the wet than old compounds. The carcass gives you the progressive handling but the compounds move water out of the way far better than they did in the 50’s 60’s or 70’s.
2/ I would be very surprised if you aquaplain on these tyres, because they have nice and thin foot print with the rounded shoulder. I would think you were more likely to aquaplain on a modern 155. That will have quite a lot moor foot print.
I only did one race on my road car Elite but It wazzed it down at Snetterton. All the other cars were on Dunlop racing tyres and 120 bhp. They just blew me into the weeds. But what they didn’t know was that I was on Cinturato s. I kind of felt sorry for this chap who would leave me for dead on every straight then I would nail him on every corner. I guess this isn’t much of a reference really because cross ply versus radial, is a battle that was fought a long time ago. But it was a lot of fun.