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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Tyre - fast road / tarmac rally

Hello,

I have a 1965 midget with an 1330 engine (100 bhp at the flywheel).
What size / type (and pressure) type of tyres do you recommend for a fast road use or tarmac rally ?
Thank you for your help.
SD Dubois

choice for a tarmac rally will depend completely on what the regulations for the specific event allow; if held on closed public roads then it will probably say 'any E-marked legal road tyre' but if on private land then maybe slicks will be permitted.
For road-legal I'd suggest 175/60 x 13 Yokohama A048.
For slicks then maybe Yoko A005R in 170/500 x 13.
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David Smith

Thank you but I would like something more polyvalent that A048 (wet condition).
Midget rally

suggest you contact Patrice Wattine in Roubaix, he's on Facebook and does rallies in your area.
David Smith

I am very content with my Vredestein snowtrack 2 155x13
2.3 front 2.5 bar rear for the tarmac IN SUMMER AND WINTER, less pressure for mudd. Nankang Studable Wintertyre seems to be very good as well (and cheap)

Flip
Flip Brühl 948 frog 59

I've got yokohama A539s, which seem good in the dry but really don't fill me with confidence in the wet. However, in fairness I'm running 175/60R13 on a 5.5 inch rim which is probably too wide for optimum wet weather driving in a fast road/sprint Frogeye.
G Lazarus

I run Uniroyal Rain Experts 175/70x13 on 5.5inch wires and although I don't do any rallies I do like to drive quickly in both wet and dry conditions and so far they've been great.

Bernie.
b higginson

This thread was discussed between 30/04/2012 and 04/05/2012

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