what tire on a 3.5 front skinny

[wildstanggt]

hey guys, I am trying to save a few bucks and want to run a street legal radial on my 15x3.5 centerline autodrags. I have had no luck finding the right tire so far. Will a 165/50/15 work or maybe a 165/60/15? what does everyone else run? We don't have a pep boys here but we have all the other auto stores. any recomendations?
thanks
travis

 

[25thmustang]

Mine just say 165s. They dont have an actual side wall size... They are cheapo tires too, but work great!

 

[MustangMulch]

When i had my skinnies i ran 165R15's. They are the same tires used on VW beetles from back in the day. However, i did get mine from pep boys. I'm not sure if you can get them anywhere else.

 

[giddyup306]

You could go down to HP Motorsport. It's on South 36th street. I beleve the address is 3660. THe phone I *think* is 731-7301.

Good luck,

Mike

 

[Rick 91GT]

When i had my skinnies i ran 165R15's. They are the same tires used on VW beetles from back in the day. However, i did get mine from pep boys. I'm not sure if you can get them anywhere else.

For a Radial tire I found the Kelly Metrics from pep Boys to work and last the longest. I tried the Dunlop and Goodyears and they wore very quick.

I think the pair was around $60

 

[Qwk88LX]

Get some 165R15's from Pep boys.. I've been using Futura's (also ~$60/pair) & they last a long time.. well worth the 60 bucks.

edit: I see you don't have a Pep boys around you, any speed shop should be able to get em for you for about the same price.

 

[tjm73]

Like everyone has said 165R15 for sure. BUT from what I've seen there are 2 common, but different tread patterns. One looks like it belongs on a farm implement and the other looks like it belongs on a car. On my car I run Dayton Daytona Metric Radial Widetrack.

They're made by Bridgestone. They don't have the implement tire look.

EDIT: BTW I got almost 25,000 miles out of my first pair of Dayton 165R's on my heavy (3600lbs) and daily driven 1990 Mustang GT Convertible.

 

[wildstanggt]

do I need to worry about the speed rating. I currently run at the local 1/8th mile at 91mph but might go to a 1/4 mile track occasionally. What speed rating are the tires you are recommending. Should I get speed rated at 112 or higher? thanks for the suggestions
trav

 

[Musclecarfan88]

dont worry about the speed rating as that is for extended periods of time. so unless you plan on doing 112+ for long periods of time (which i wouldnt recomend on skinny ass tires!) then dont bother getting a higher speed rating

 

[Michael Yount]

The load rating is something that should be examined. That's a relatively small tire - and the Stang's got a quite a bit more than half it's weight on the front tires. If it were mine, I'd sure look at the speed rating and be sure it exceeded the speeds I was gonna use the tire at - even for 1/4 mile blasts. You really willing to take any risk with that? --think about a blowout through the lights at 115. Hopefully it's a race only car - there's not much that's more dangerous than running skinnies on the street. Emergency braking and handling are severely compromised.