Tires . . .

[Bamfster]

So I've been driving the hot rod pretty much daily, rain/snow mountains/plains, you name it. I'm in one of those funks where I'm hung up on driving what I built. Anywho, I need some new tires. The last few snow storms have really driven this point home.... Remington xt 120s w/about 3/32 tread left.

Looking At the Mastercraft Avenger G/Ts .... They're reasonably priced have a decent traction rating and such, anyone run them? Suggestions on something better?

[1badmonkey]

mastercraft is a decent brand, and cooper has recently re-aligned the pricing on that brand, about 10% cheaper....

what size?

i am guessing 275-60-15?

[realsteelfreak]

I buy tires according to treadwear ratings. The higher the better for best mileage, for performance I have to give a little up. Just me.

[ksj2]

Its your car so Id say Hoosier QTP's. You asked. LOL.

[skullbucket]

The higher the treadwear the harder the tire.

[1988montecarloss 2]

white-letter bfg's

[Bamfster]

Its your car so Id say Hoosier QTP's. You asked. LOL.

I tried those the first snow of the season Don, but I think they were too worn .... LOL

[fast Ed]

The Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 are a nice alternative to the old BFG Radial T/A. Similar pricing and size availability, but a newer design tire with better performance. We put a set on my boss's 67 Mustang to replace an old hard set of T/As, they work nice on it.


cheers
Ed N.

[Bamfster]

275x60 on the rear, and since I'm going back to power steering, probably a 235 or 245x60 on the front. I don't want "snow" tires, just something that is decent in snow and has good tread wear.

Looking around, there's not a lot out there in the 15" world anymore....especially in a 60 or 50 series.

[milner351]

Tire rack is a good source of information - it's funny to read the reviews - some are amazingly conflicting.

I'd say buy what's made here - but that's getting harder and harder to do - regardless of brand.

Look at the TTT ratings as mentioned, and look at the DOT codes on the tires they're going to install - make sure you don't get a set that's been sitting around for years in the shop. Some tire "experts" say you should scrap tires that are as new as 7 years old regardless of treadwear. DOT codes are four digits - first two are the week, second two the year. A tire made this week would have a 0312 code.

[STINEY]

This is the 3rd winter with a set of Mastercraft Touring LSRs on my #4000 Dodge Magnum. In the snow, they are much better than the factory Goodyears they replaced (even when the goodyears were new) and on the street, I'd say they are within 85% of the stickiness of the Goodyears.
They are wearing well, and roadnoise is equal to the Goodyears, which is nill.

Had a small issue with losing air, but that is due to the crap metal these newer factory rims are cast from. Seems they react with rubber and lose the seal, what a deal for a rim and tire to have huh? But again, according to my tire guy, its new newer factory rims only.

[moparmaniac07]

This is the 3rd winter with a set of Mastercraft Touring LSRs on my #4000 Dodge Magnum. In the snow, they are much better than the factory Goodyears they replaced (even when the goodyears were new) and on the street, I'd say they are within 85% of the stickiness of the Goodyears.
They are wearing well, and roadnoise is equal to the Goodyears, which is nill.

Had a small issue with losing air, but that is due to the crap metal these newer factory rims are cast from. Seems they react with rubber and lose the seal, what a deal for a rim and tire to have huh? But again, according to my tire guy, its new newer factory rims only.

I have a '97 and '98 with alloy rims and there's always 1 tire that doesn't seem to hold air, one goes down to 15 eventually and the other 25 psi. They're older tires too, but as far as I can tell, it's the same deal. I guess I'll see when I get new tires for the truck.

My brother has a set of Mastercraft's on his Coronet, not sure the model, but they're the same tread pattern as my Cooper Cobras. He doesn't drive it much and never in the snow, but I did notice his cheaper Mastercrafts were made in USA but my more expensive Cobras were Mexican. The last set was USA though.

[Bamfster]

But how are the Mastercrafts in bad weather?.....snow and such? Do they handle well on dry pavement?

[1badmonkey]

they will be similar to your old remingtons on dry pavement. the coopers have more siping in the tread, so they would do "better" in snow, but really, its a wide tire on a big powered car.... they will only be "so" good


my uniroyal tp gts tires on my suburban did ok in snow. that tread is pretty close to bfg t/a's.

finding matching tread 60's series 15" tires isnt always super easy to do...

if it was mine, i would put the avengers on it....
no, if it was mine, it would be parked and i would drive the 05 monte with the Nitto snow tires on it...

[LORENSWIFE]

You guys are so cool with all your tire prattle! I think tires are one of the most BORING things to buy on earth, I guess that is a chic thing.

and BTW 1badmonkey your sig pic just kills me everytime I see it, what were you up to?