Torslanda tyres

[1971rr]

Can anyone recommend a tyre brand for my '91 Torslanda.I have worn michelins on the front and nankangs on the back.This car is terrible in the wet-very prone to skidding.
A friend said it was the front michelins-they induce skidding easily.Can anyone confirm or deny as I was going to go for 4 new michelin energys.

[ALLOA]

Hi, Had exactly the same thing with my own Tors, especially after i fitted a 2.3 engine into it.
I always like the look of the corona alloys but they are 14" so there will not be that much that you can do with them. I eventually changed mine out for a set of 15" virgoes from a 240 GLT and this transformed it. You don't have to limit yourself to virgoes as any 15" alloy from a 940 will do the same trick

Cheers

Scott

[Mike1967]

Just for the record , Torslanda alloys are actually called Scorpius .

Heres a link showing you the alloys names...............http://tinyurl.com/56t8v7

[1971rr]

Thanks Scott and Stig for the info.Agree with you,the 14'' standard Tors alloys look a bit small.May up the size to 15's before getting the new tyres.

Mike

[Paul240480]

Michelin tyres are made of a very hard 'mix' of rubber. This is what gives them there legendary long life.

As they age the rubber dries out and traction is majorly reduced but tread depth lasts & lasts. I've just changed my Michelins which were the Reinforced type. The fronts were right on the limit & rears okay.

I replaced them with none reinforced Hankook Optimo. The Hankook are on Corona Alloys (Michelins were on original steels).

Ride now is understandably better (reinforced verses non-reinforced) also no reals worries with handling, but them mine is 2.0ltr so not likely to push the car to limits I guess.

[volvo rob]

Also had the Michelins (MXT reinforced) on my 14" corona's and had them changed after 150.000km.

As stated above: "As they age the rubber dries out and traction is majorly reduced but tread depth lasts & lasts".
There was still enough profile, but they were dangerous when wet.

Decided to go for the Vredestein Hitrac 195/70 R 14 91 H

Difference in tiresize is only 3%.
Very good handling, low noice

[James_N]

cant believe anyone hasnt mentioned the nankangs on the rear. They are USELESS. ditchfinder tyres i call them.

Get rid of them and get some half decent rubber on that rear end!

[PTJS]

From what I have been told Nankangs are a hard compound tyre which is what probably makes them skittish in the wet. If the ones on the back of my XJ6 are typical (which were on when I bought it) the tread pattern also seems very 'blocky' but when they get hot they do stick.

I put a set of Michelin Energy tyres on my 1988 240 last time round, I think that was about 6 years ago and they have now done 50k and are still within legal limits. They do tend to be a bit noisy on some surfaces but again probably down to them being a harder compound - seem to handle ok under normal driving. Don't be tempted to do the old trick of moving the wheels around to spread the wear. I did it once and the handling was awful, verging on dangerous, for several weeks until the tyres had worn in to their new position on the car.

Cheers

Phil

[chesters6]

i have just fitted a set of alloys to mine today (15") came off some 240 or other (looking at the link above they are virgo's)the really surprising thing is the wheels themselves actually look smaller ,i had imagined them to be bigger but ofcourse i now realise the tires are less "high" probably to avoid the speedo being to far out ,look strange to me not sure i like them.the original nuts off my steel versions appear to fit fine should they be changed?? (theres still a couple of mm of the stud protruding)
it appears to steer better and corner flatter so i guess theres some advantage

[Paul240480]

If your old wheels were steel then for virgos you need to replace the nuts IIRC.