[W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?

[Bruce Mendel]

I have pentas (ronal branded) and 3-piece amg's I am selling.

Had two sets of aero i's but both are spoken for.

Might have one more set of aeeo i's inbound in a few weeks.

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From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
Sent: Tue 9/5/06 1:18 pm
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Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?

I called them, they don't have the Aero II's any more Jonathan. I'm
going to call around a few other places, I really want to get a weight
spec on the Aero II.
Also, they say for those BBS's they include 12mm Mercedes spacer and no
hubcentric ring...should I be worried?
Thanks,
Richard

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[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodgman
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?


Yup...I run 5mm spacers in the rear..gets the ET of 30 down to 25..not
so much for rubbing but looks..  the rears sit a little further in then
I like w/o them.

You can buy the Aero II's from the tire rack right now..  But I would do
it sooner rather then later as they will be discontinuing that model.. 
They car they were originally designed for was a 95 C36.

Not exactly sure what factory is...if I had to guess I'd say even lower
then 2K...

Jonathan


On 9/5/06, Shayegan, Richard <rishayegan at davidson.edu> wrote: 

	I remember you said you ran spacers on the back...would 245's
rub without them, or is it just a looks thing (I read one instance of
245's rubbing on an SE, but it didn't mention offset)? Also, you run 17"
Aero II's right? Do you know what they weigh? I might be able to find a
set of those new still somewhere, and I think they look better enough
than the BBS RG-R's I'm considering (I'm starting to think that they
might look silly on 11" rotors) that if they are within 2lbs (the BBS
are 18.5lbs) I might go with them.
	 
	Hmmmm....high stall torque convertor...what's factory, 2000rpm?
But it still wouldn't be a lockup TC, so I guess I probably shouldn't go
higher than that for the sake of highway efficiency/heat reduction.
	Thanks,
	Richard
	
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	I run 245/45 17.  Works great for me...80 plus in HEAVY Florida
rain w/o issue:):)  New tyres do a superb job of ferrying water away
from your contact patch these days.
	
	Not sure what we'll have on torque below 2K, this is going to be
a custom grind so we'll do our best in the computer modeling but only
time will tell. 
	
	We're not tweaking the TC unless that's something you would like
done for a higher stall.
	
	The change in gearing will be so slight I'd be surprised if it
were @ all noticeable.
	
	
	Jonathan
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