which has bigger contact area?
I want to adjust my curt reply and agree with most of what mvh said. I should have said that in my initial reply.
Interesting note. Is the OP’s car a manual or auto?
What kind of tire is preferable or best for each?
I know that was a very general question..... but a note worthy thing to ask....
I tried running stiffer sidewall tires with my stick cars and it's a nightmare. The worst tire I ever used was the Firestone. Almost cost me the car.
Back then, I didn't roll out my tires. I don't know that Firestone was notorious for sending out tires that would have 2-3 inches difference in diameter. And they rolled out even worse with weight on them. At that time, that was supposed to be THE stick tire. I was running low 11's at that time...1985.
Put them on the car and nearly ran over the tree. Thought I had something on the tires. But decided to move to left lane just in case.
Let the clutch out and nearly hit the guard rail. I peddled it, because I wanted to see what they were like in the gear change. Dumb. Stupid. Ignorant. Foolish. Retarded. I got it rolling and caught second. It went left so quick o couldn't believe it. I was so close I could hear the spectators screaming "he hit the wall".
So I went home and started looking for broken chassis parts or something. Couldn't find anything. So I called the guy I bought the car from. He said "Firestones"? I say yes. He says roll them out. He explained it and they were almost 4 inches different in roll out.
To get them the same, I ended up with a 2 pound difference in air pressure. And the tire still hated the stick.
To my life long shame, I went with Goodyears and not M&H's. I even called Marv and talked to him. It was all I'd used. All the talking heads said GY was the schizznizzle. They weren't. I scrapped the Firestones, sold the GY's and called Marv.
