Elan +2 tyres

[ericbushby]

Hi All,
As mbell says above the grip can be reduced considerably.
Having bought a car requiring a lot of work, I did not notice that the tyres were old and they looked OK.
Twice when giving it a little power when exiting a roundabout, which is a thing I tend to do, the car spun out of control and I could not correct it. Both times the road was wet.
New tyres cured that. I suppose the rubber had gone hard.
Eric in Burnley
S3SE DHC

[mbell]

I had car with what looked like good but older tires do a four wheel drift/slide down just normal road camber in the rain, this was while passing a tractor trailer. Luckily I manage to catch it before I got too close, but wasn't a fun experience.

[The Veg]

Grip was my main concern since all tires eventually harden with age- not if but how much. Being a bit spirited in some curves near me they’ve seemed okay; a little drift but as I have no experience with fresh rubber on this car I really can’t say how much grip they’ve lost. I won’t worry too much for now.

[elancoupe]

The good news is that towards the end of this year i will be getting a Pirelli Cinturato CN36 which will be fantastic on and Elan +2. I am hoping to keep the price down as well, but that is tricky on quality manufacturers making small batch tyres. I will be happy if i can keep it bellow a £onner

These cars will handle better fitted with proper Classic tyres rather than a tyre that just happens to be the right size.

Currently i think the only classic tyres in the 165R13 size are the Dunlop and Michelin XAS. Sadly the Dunlop are no longer actually manufactured by Dunlop themselves, they are made else where under lisence. The Michelin however is made by Michelin, and for now i have no doubt in suggesting that these are the best tyres for an Elan. I had them on a ZeTech engined Cortina that i raced they were epic. But when the CN36 is made then the XAS will have some competition.

Reifen test AB Klassik table.jpg

Any updates here?

[dougal cawley]

Hi

Reifen test AB Klassik table.jpg

Any updates here?

Yes!

They are on the shelf

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classi ... /elan.html

and all being well we will have a 155R13 CA67 too as well!