Subject: Re: Thoughts on Blockley tyres?
Hi there
Positive : My pal runs a WO Bentley on Blockleys and uses the car a lot. Whilst the car drives well and he is happy with them they do wear out quickly... which he grumbles about and I remind him he can afford a WO he can afford a set of tyres!
Joking aside they are a reasonable price I guess so the higher wear rate is acceptable.
Negative: I drove a prewar MG with Blockleys and did not like the handling at all ... it was unstable going into bends especially on a rough surface unless you really geared down hard and accelerated hard through the bend.
If the tyres are narrow you only get a few blocks of tread which may explain why they were not nice on the road where rough surfaces are to be encountered.
I did not get the opportunity to check the car over thoroughly so there may have been something else wrong...
Another friend uses his Alvis speed 20 a lot and drives it pretty hard and having raced quite a lot with the VSCC he sticks with the original Dunlop Fort or as close as you can get which is a Dunlop B5, though sadly they are out of stock in most sizes at the moment and will not be replenished until Dunlop make some more...who knows when.
I bought Dunlops for my LG45.
When selecting tyres do consider the load rating and stiffness of sidewall as some of the cheapies have weak sidewalls and low load capacity . This makes the tyre deform badly under cornering which will wreck the handling!
You do get what you pay for where tyres are concerned.
Hope this helps
Bill