Transformer arrives in Colchester

[Strat Fan]

Michelin TB15 215/55/15's have a nice big compliant side wall which shouldn't cause any issues. At the temperatures you are running on the road then I doubt the tyres can really be classed as sticky. Guy runs a wider squarer front tyre which should yield more issues than yours.
Have you actually taken the time to remove the damper & check the bump steer? You have mentioned a number of times that you have altered the front castor. Are you aware that each time you alter the castor you should then double check the bump steer as castor adjustment alters the relationship between the steering arm & the steering rack which in turn provokes bump steer. About 4 pages ago we covered the subject of twitchyness & the subject of bump steer was raised. If you are now happy with your ride height, toe settings & tyre pressures then can I suggest you actually check the bump steer before buying new tyres to replace the ones that plenty of others here run with out issue.

[Lancialulu]

Michelin TB15 215/55/15's have a nice big compliant side wall which shouldn't cause any issues. At the temperatures you are running on the road then I doubt the tyres can really be classed as sticky. Guy runs a wider squarer front tyre which should yield more issues than yours.
Have you actually taken the time to remove the damper & check the bump steer? You have mentioned a number of times that you have altered the front castor. Are you aware that each time you alter the castor you should then double check the bump steer as castor adjustment alters the relationship between the steering arm & the steering rack which in turn provokes bump steer. About 4 pages ago we covered the subject of twitchyness & the subject of bump steer was raised. If you are now happy with your ride height, toe settings & tyre pressures then can I suggest you actually check the bump steer before buying new tyres to replace the ones that plenty of others here run with out issue.

Craig

The old hands at GBH Motorsport (and incidentally Longstone) classed these tb15s as sticky and Bob at GBH road tested the car and said the twitchiness was down to the profile and compound of the front tyre which I beleive is correct. For avoidance of doubt the twitchiness is felt on a notmally smooth tarmac no bumps. I have driven the car puposefully over uneven road surfaces and apart from tram lining there is no apparrant bump steer. I still wish I could find normal compound tyres to fit.....

Tim

Ps in case you were wwondering GBH stands for Geoff Bob and Herindoors....

[Sando]

Can I have your TB's?

[Bernard]

I have run TB15's and TB5's in competition (front 205-215/40x15 and rear 295-335/35x15) and can say that there is NO "twitchiness" whatsoever.......... TB 15's are great in the wet giving excellent grip.... however during a dry 20minute race the tread did rip off in lumps (this was my mistake only having a set of wets available to me at the time)
For short dry stages they were great, giving good grip off the line and not getting too hot and ripping tread off during a 8 mile tarmac stage..... IMHO great tyres

[Bernard]

PS.... the tyre pressure were nothing like as high as some earlier figures

[Sando]

I like this one

[Sando]

.....but I like this one better.....

[strat24v]

IL add to this and say what others are thinking, your set up company hasn't got a clue what they are doing. Just because someone has got some laser alignment kit doesn't automatically mean they know how to use it.
The old guard here know what they are talking about, they have all found what works, over hundreds of thousands of miles between them, which when you check, is very similar to what was run back in the day. I'd suggest your issues are down to the standard of build and lack of knowledge rather than everyone else being wrong.

[john]

As a general observation I don't believe the Stratos actually works the front tyres hard enough to get enough heat into them to make "sticky" tyres work unless some very specific work is done to make it happen.