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Apr 30, 2016 11:30 am
Apr 30, 2016 11:30 am
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
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