Fishy Dave Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Quoting gundersen: Was that also with the CR500 tyres? Yes, which had made the ride height far too low, so I adjusted the ride height and corner weights to suit. Philip has another set with ZZRs too. I use 70 profile AO21Rs and am also happy with them for the road and the wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter clarke Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Ran on 15" for a while then changed to 13". One of th best changes I have made. 021 good all round tire but prefer the Toyo 888 and really only use the S3 CATERHAM in the dry. Have not experienced any real ground clearance issues; just have to be a little careful sometimes. Using 225 front and 140 rear springs so does not bottom out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Super feedback, thanks guys Any of you got experience with the 8" wide rear wheels? As said, I know they are not needed, just wondering if they will mess up the balance of the car. If not, I might just go for those...just for the heck of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bio Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I now run on 13 inch rims..6 inch wide fronts and 8 inch back shod with R 888 tyres. The 205 60 rear tyres have nearly the same radius as the 185 60 14's I run on for many miles. I have adjustable platform shocks and run about 15-20mm rake and the balance is just fine....evn with a VX lump in the front. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter clarke Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 185 60 on front and 206 60 on rear. Both on 6" rims but could use 8" on rear. Also approx 15 mm rake. Flat floored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I've seen a few sv's on 13's for day to day. You just need to make sure it looks right, and that will probably mean having to change your wings and stays at the front, if you're currently on the 16's. I run mine n 16's for the road, but ditched the zz1's years ago in favour of the zz3. I have a second set of 16's with stunners as per Ric and they are equally as good. I only run my 13's on track. Just need to be very aware of light car on damp road, pretty much irrespective of tyre choice needs a lot more respect than a tin top on similar tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Ok, so I need to add £250 for new wings and stays well, atleast it is good to know up front So, it looks like I will be having myself a new set of 13" with CR500 6" front and 8" rear. Thank you guys for all the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Gundersen, get along and see RJ. He will be best placed to advise on wing stays etc. you could go for the 15's as have already been mentioned and won't need to change things. The 15's look good, do improve the handling a little and have cr500 tyres available too... RJ is your man to help / advise out in Denmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Thanks Mav, Unfortunately we are not exactly local to each other -the distance is around 280 miles to drive each direction. /r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 That makes for a good blat 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Now that is a serious blat 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 As Regin said, not exactly local Also I need to settle a small thing with the tax authorities before I can take the seven to the road, just have to convince them that the dont need £23.000 in registration tax for my 2002 SV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Bo, You'll laugh when you hear what my next step in that case is They'll have a little of their own medicine shortly. Anyway having to visit me for a test would in fact be an acceptable excuse for getting a set of temp plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 280 miles? gunderson must be near the german border, as well as across one expensive toll bridge. gunderson, I have run an S3 Seven for ten years or so on pretty much nothing but CR500s on 13" wheels, 6" fron 8" rears. admitedly more horsepower. In the wet as has been said, drive like on ice. The A021s are a great all round tyre and especially good on long tours, but I would never have them because their advantages compromise their effectiveness in the dry. Big wheels I would not have because of the increase in unsprung weight, which is a major advantage of the CR500 tyre, it is lighter than all the others having been designed as I understand it specally for a Seven. It is also SuperSoft as standard whereas things like the 888s have to be specified as such or you'l get "medium". As far as I am concerned anything but CR500 is a compromise. Ground clearance: are you dry sump or wet? Either way you can I gather increase your ride height in other ways (shocks). Learn your car's clearance and how to drive to it. It has taken me ten years to break an engine mounting possibly due to groundings although more likely due to one big one recently (long story) when no amount of ride height would have been any good. I don't do tracks, road only. I am interested to see how many don't use 13" on the road because of ride height, I was not aware of this. Denmark's roads are pretty good and not particularly bumpy as far as I recall from last year.. despite my camping gear (Regin...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 p.s. aha! near arhus (I was there for a week last year after some fun with RJ) north jutland, cheaper to cross to Sweden and blat South than pay the toll bridge? ! maybe not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Anthony, It's Aalborg, not Aarhus - another 75 miles north. Looks like he'll be here nest Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 thanks to Matthew for the pic. 185/60/13's on the front and 205/55/13's on the back I think. Wheels are 6" fronts and 7" rear. Compomotive cxr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Mav, That'll be on the longer front wings and cut down wingstays, won't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hi anthonym Thank you for the feeback, much appreciated! I have adjustable shocks, so it should be possible to get a good ride height With Denmark being a very small country, you cant get much future away from each other than Regin and I... @Mav: Super picture, tyres look the the part on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Just so as you know they are toyo r888's and the wings and stays were as designed and supplied to suit the 16" wheels I normally run on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 hi gundersen aye I know it's small, regin thinks 75 miles is a long way full of vikings too 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I actually ended up going to Regin to test a set of 13" wheels...it was a refreshing ride After the trip I ordered a set of 13" with CR500 tyres from Caterham along with a set of race wingstays. Darren was very helpful all the way through, and topped it all off by shipping the tyres 1.5 hours after I made the order 😶🌫️ I was under the assumption (and we all know what they say about those) that I could use the current cycle wings with the new wingstays, unfortunately the previous owner was so kind as to expoy the wings onto the wingstays, so they are not going anywhere...guess I just got a reason for buying a new set of race wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Since you all where so helpful guiding my tyre purchase, I thought that I would round it up now that I have mounted the new tyres I ended up buying 13" anthracite wheels with CR500 tyres direct from Caterham, 6" fronts and 8" backs just for the looks I also added the race wingstays and wings. I must say that I am amazed by the change it has done to the car...it is incredible how much better it feels and behaves. I feel much more "connected" with the car (this is beginning to sound like a dating add ). Before it felt a bit like the tin-top without servo steering, now it feels like a cart. Also the gears seem to fit better, before I often dropped it going from first into second. But the lower gearing has cured that. Also the annoying habit of kangarooing at low speeds is almost gone. When I got in from my first test drive after fitting the wheels the wife commented that I looked happier than I had done in a long time 😬 I should have done this a long time ago, but I thought that I would run down the old tyres first, but seeing how little thread a trackday took out of them that was not going to happen. Regarding looks, I don't think the 13" looks all that misplaced on an SV: Before: side front After: side front So thanks for all the help, as you might have guessed I am VERY happy with the result 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myothercarsa2cv Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 😬 looks great! Think the wingstays need to be lower still, but it looks great and glad you're happier! I am also close to buckling to peer pressure and getting better tyres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin J Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good Man Unless you change the wheels John (which I wouldn't as yet more expense) the yoko AO21 will be spot on for you. Doesn't have the ultimate dry grip of the 48's but a better tyre in the wet & will last longer. Just changed my rears after a little over 10k miles & still OK on the front for a while longer. Don't worry what the tread pattern looks like...it's more important that the tyre works. Prepare for a lot more stones to be flung up as the tyres do seem to get sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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