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Date:         Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:57:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help!  For anyone with Hankook tires on a Vanagon/Bubble Bus
Comments: To: Bill Bowman <bill@BNNTA.COM>
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The 185's will be taller than the Michelin 205/70. The 195's are slightly taller than 215/70's. With the 205/70's you are not going quite as fast as you think you are.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bowman Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:36 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Help! For anyone with Hankook tires on a Vanagon/Bubble Bus

Hi all,

I'm trying to decide on the purchase from the Bus Depot of a set of Hankook RA-08 195 series (not the 185's) tires for my '87 Vanagon Westy. Perhaps - OKAY! - I'm definitely getting anal about this. I'm hoping that the outer tire diameter of the 195 series Hankook's is a bit bigger/taller than the Michelin MXL 205/70R14" tires currently on my Carat alloys.

Is there anyone out there that has a new to fairly new set of mounted/inflated Hankook RA-08 195 series 14" tires on their Type 2??? If so, I'm hoping that you might quickly jack the tire off the ground and run a tape measure tightly around the outer diameter of the tire in the center of the tread width and then e-mail me the exact measurement (example: 81 1/4 inches around, etc.) Yeah, I know, I know...

I'll be doing the same on my older Michelins later today and I want to compare the numbers to see if the 195 series Hankooks might be larger in diameter than my older 205 series Michelins. Right now, in my auto trans Westy I'm doing about 3,900 rpms at an "indicated" 70 mph, and I'm looking for a tire that'll get me a little more top end for the same rpms. I already asked at the Bus Depot and they didn't have any tires there that were mounted and properly inflated - let's say for comparison purposes at 32 psi.

Anyway, thanks in advance to anyone out here that can help out in this tire size comparison. If there is interest, I'll post any results that I recieve afterward.

Bill Bowman http://www.bnnta.com - it's almost here!


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