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Offline TurboFource

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Re: Tire size question
« Reply #15 on: Friday,February 18, 2022, 03:33:48 AM »
Nice Swift!
The more I do the more I find I need to do....

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Re: Tire size question
« Reply #16 on: Friday,February 18, 2022, 08:32:19 AM »
Swift you have one hell of nice looking Europa!!!

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Re: Tire size question
« Reply #17 on: Friday,February 18, 2022, 09:11:13 AM »
Somehow I missed the picture of your baby, Swift. She really is a beauty!! :beerchug:

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Re: Tire size question
« Reply #18 on: Friday,February 18, 2022, 01:09:24 PM »
  Phil's Tire Service also has Nanking available. 

Grassroots Motorsports did a comparison on the Nangkang CR-1, now called the CRS. They come up to temp fast. Good for autocross. Seems like they tried to copy the A052. The AR-1 is a road coarse tire.

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Re: Tire size question
« Reply #19 on: Friday,February 18, 2022, 07:55:17 PM »
Everyone knows bigger is better. Why not use 20's...  :BEER3:

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just a caution Re: Tire size question
« Reply #20 on: Saturday,February 19, 2022, 06:48:08 PM »
Especially in the front...going too wide and turning full lock in a corner if you hit a bump...like going up your driveway apron?...the top lip of your wheel arch will get broken.  Every one of the *mumble mumble* Europas I've either rebuilt or stripped down that had more than 175 (or 185 with a bit less offset) has shown this.  Not canonical, just observation over the years.

Just be careful; there is such as thing as 'too wide'.

One repair I've done in the past which seemed to work well to strengthen the arches (stock) is to find some half inch (12mm) fiberglass rope.  Mix a big pot of slow resin...soak the rope to wet it out, and press it into the interior along the arch.  let it set off; doesn't add much weight, and adds some needed stiffness in this somewhat thin area.
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