Race slicks, tubes or tubeless, stiff or soft sidewall, etc.

[65er]

Ah crap, I was looking at the wrong tire anyway. The 18155 is a 12" section, no way that's going to fit.  The 65 Gal seems to have particularly small wheel wells.  Frustrating!!
 I may just get the next BIGGER size and MAKE that sumbitch fit, lol

[jayb]

I may just get the next BIGGER size and MAKE that sumbitch fit, lol

Attaboy, Wade LOL!  Now you're talking like a hot rodder!

[Barry_R]

Late to respond.  Did not really pay much attention to the "tire thread"...

But I was running the M/T 3068 in my car and it seemed to work very well - and rubs pretty much everywhere.
I changed to the similar sized softer sidewall ET Street tire for class legality and its a lot "touchier" getting it to work.  I can get similar results but I need to work a lot harder.

Both time running with tubes - my junk sits more often than it runs and I don't like it leaking down.

[MT63AFX]

Late too and didn't see what the wheel width was 8", 10"? If you're not having contact on the outer edges I'm thinking the rim may be too narrow (too much air can also be the culprit, but not 12/14lbs). My 10.5 M/Ts are on a 10" wheel, which in my thinking puts the bead in, or close, the vertical plane of the outer edges of the tire...Just a different POV, RodC.

[Qikbbstang]

I found it amusing in the article about the durometer changing several points due to ambient temperature changes when they were measured... All I could think of IF the reading changes several points with a minute temp change, what in the world happens with five-seconds of scorching burnout to the durometer reading?...............or a AA/F motor dumping flames and plasma level gasses on/at the tire surface.
    Personally I always thought holding at the line with basically only 1/5 of the tires surface being roasted for what sometimes seems like forever in fuel cars has got to for make variations in tire grip at the tires surface and perhaps encourage "shake" .