Marcos Maniacs

Had to be Roger Kraus Tires!  I lived right across the street and 
hung out there often.  Even went with him on one trip to Monterey 
Historics.  I have found that Cooper Tires (owner of Avon Tires) 
carries a 185/70-13 and a 195/70-13, both "T" rated (118mph 
sustained).

Don Lattimer
Willits, CA  

At one time I 
> pursued it enough to end up at a tire place in Castro Valley (?or 
at 
> least in that general area)  The hot set-up at that time, as I 
recall 
> was Avon tires that were street legal, "racing tires" that met the 
> regulations governing the various Vintage organizations.  The tires 
> were, as I recall, close to the original OEM type tire in 
construction 
> and size. The shop in Castro Valley was closed on weekends because 
> they went to the various Vintage events selling tires. But they 
knew 
> what they were talking about.

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., donlattimer@p... wrote:
> Had to be Roger Kraus Tires!  I lived right across the street and 
> hung out there often.  Even went with him on one trip to Monterey 
> Historics.  I have found that Cooper Tires (owner of Avon Tires) 
> carries a 185/70-13 and a 195/70-13, both "T" rated (118mph 
> sustained).

Could be, I'm afraid I have "old timers" disease when it comes to some 
things. The Cooper tires sound good, what is their rolling height 
(outside diameter"?

Mike Denman
Marcos 1800

Mike,

185/70R13 23.21 inches outside diameter

195/70R13 23.80 O.D.

Should be tall enuf.  The originals were 175R13.  I would think they 
were "80" series tires.  Correct?

Don Lattimer

Maniacs . . .

Someone was asking about tires a little while ago.  As you can see from the
picture on the website, my Mantis has the 13 inch Marcos alloys.  I am
currently using Bridgestone SF-402's P185/80R13.  This is an all-season
tire, so not the sexiest rubber one can get, but the 80 aspect ratio gives
me some much-appreciated ground clearance.  The tires seem to do all that I
ask of them, which may mean that my driving is not aggressive enough.  I
don't know what others experience has been, but I have to use tubes with the
tires, as the Marcos alloys have been very 'leaky' from day one.

Regards . . . Ron McLeod

Ron,
According to the chart I referenced in "message 23", your tire has a 
section width of 7.2", a diameter of 24.57", and a tread width of 
5.1".  The original 175SR13s' had a section width of 7.0", a diameter 
of 23.94", and a tread width of 5.0".  So your tire is wider, taller, 
and has a little more tread width.

I just ordered some "H" rated 195/70R13s' that have a section width 
of 7.9", a diameter of 24.10", and a tread width of 6.1".  So they 
are taller than the original, wider by almost an inch and the tread 
is an inch wider.  Don't have them yet but will let the list know how 
they fit.

When I bought my car in June, it had 205/70HR13s' on the rear and 
175SR13s' on the front.  With that difference the car is level but I 
bottom out relatively easily (not fun).

I will take your advice on the tubes.  My Jensen-Healey had "leakey" 
wheels also.  www.rogerkrausracing.com site also has tube fitment 
charts.

Your car looks great!  Hope to see it in the "flesh" some day.
Don Lattimer
1971 Marcos 3 litre V6 #3M5759
Willits, CA


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., Ronald McLeod <ronald.mcleod@a...> wrote:
> Maniacs . . .
> 
> Someone was asking about tires a little while ago.  As you can see 
from the
> picture on the website, my Mantis has the 13 inch Marcos alloys.  I 
am
> currently using Bridgestone SF-402's P185/80R13.  This is an all-
season
> tire, so not the sexiest rubber one can get, but the 80 aspect 
ratio gives
> me some much-appreciated ground clearance.  The tires seem to do 
all that I
> ask of them, which may mean that my driving is not aggressive 
enough.  I
> don't know what others experience has been, but I have to use tubes 
with the

> tires, as the Marcos alloys have been very 'leaky' from day one.
> 
> Regards . . . Ron McLeod