Tyres for 16" Granada Scorpio Cosworth Alloys
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 21:23
Before I go and order some tyres I was wondering if you lovely lot could cast an eye over my reasoning for choosing the tyres I have......
MY standard knackered transporter steelies are shod with 185/82/14
My van project came with a set of 16" x 6.5j Granada Scorpio alloys - 2x tyres fitted 215/55/16 93 (so not load rated!) - so I've decided to use these seeing as they came with the van (changing the tyres though). Longer studs/bolts and correct taper seated fixings already purchased.
6.5j alloys can take a range of widths: 185-215, with the ideal being 195-205
Using the Brickwerks alloy/tyre calculator there seem to be a few sizes available to keep the same rolling radius but I was struggling to find any that are over the 97 min load rating.....
....until I tried 195/65/16 which, when typed into BlackCircles brings up lots of commercial van tyres, 8ply & rated at 104. Must be a common van sized tyre?
At this size Brickwerks calculator suggests this is 6mm (0.92%) difference in diameter to original.
So I think I'm going to buy these:
http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/brand ... ivery-star" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lots of numbers and probably too much detail but can anyone see any issues with my thinking? I'd rather buy correctly rated tyres (and I know they're going on alloys - but I don't know how to check the rating of those!)
Thoughts?
MY standard knackered transporter steelies are shod with 185/82/14
My van project came with a set of 16" x 6.5j Granada Scorpio alloys - 2x tyres fitted 215/55/16 93 (so not load rated!) - so I've decided to use these seeing as they came with the van (changing the tyres though). Longer studs/bolts and correct taper seated fixings already purchased.
6.5j alloys can take a range of widths: 185-215, with the ideal being 195-205
Using the Brickwerks alloy/tyre calculator there seem to be a few sizes available to keep the same rolling radius but I was struggling to find any that are over the 97 min load rating.....
....until I tried 195/65/16 which, when typed into BlackCircles brings up lots of commercial van tyres, 8ply & rated at 104. Must be a common van sized tyre?
At this size Brickwerks calculator suggests this is 6mm (0.92%) difference in diameter to original.
So I think I'm going to buy these:
http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/brand ... ivery-star" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lots of numbers and probably too much detail but can anyone see any issues with my thinking? I'd rather buy correctly rated tyres (and I know they're going on alloys - but I don't know how to check the rating of those!)
Thoughts?
