Re: FYI: gov. rating of most tires

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 22:23:31 EDT


At 11:32 AM 10/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Good info Pedro. I assume the higher the wear number the
>better the tires? A little hard to tell without a legend
>of some type.

Usually, the higher the wear number, the harder the rubber
compound that is used ... i.e. less of a performance tire.
I think that's right.

Bob. Southern Ontario, Canada.
'97 FR CC Sport, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto.
Racing weight: 4,350lb ET: 14.934 Trap speed: 90.78 mph



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