Goodrich Radial T/A's

[hamondale]

Anyone running BF Goodrich Radial T/A's now or back when have an opinion on them? Good, bad, anything?

['01GT]

I had two sets on my Sunbird. Personally, I liked them. They handled well in dry and wet and done good in the snow. The only thing I didn't like about them was that they're a 30,000 mile tire, which means I would only get about 20,000 out of them. The roads I drive pretty much suck, a lot of turns and potholes.

[Rhedalert]

If you want a good set of BFG's, get the GForce KDWS's

[hamondale]

If you want a good set of BFG's, get the GForce KDWS's

I wish I could. Here's the thing - I'm the one with the Austin Healey Sprite with the 3.4 crate in it. Currently running 185-70R13s that get no traction. I'm having a heavier duty rearend narrowed and going to wider tires. Spent all yesterday afternoon on the Tire Rack web site searching for 13" and 14" tires. Selection sucks for good stuff like GForce, its all made to fit >/= 15" wheels. Seems evertime I found something that would fit the rear, they didn't make a tire that would fit the front, or vice versa. The searching got to be so much to keep track of, I had to make up a spreadsheet and fill in the possible F/R choices.
At the end of the day, looks like the only thing that will work for me is the Radial T/A's, 185-60R14 front, 245-50R14 rear. Even at that, I'm going to have to have the fenderwells tubbed in back to get them to fit underneath. (Which I think I will like the look of when it's done.) I think that's all I'm going to find in street tires, just wondered what anybody thought of them.

[your_I.D.]

Austin Healey Sprite with a LQ1!! That would be a fun ride!! As long as you were going straight. What kind of trans. are you running?

[geoffinbc]

I run 225 70 R 14 on my truck. I love em. They last along time if you are nice to them. The good thing is they are cheep yet a great performer so you can really haul ass on em and smoke them up and not worry that you are killing a set of expensive tires because they are so cheep.

[firechiken]

Radial T/A's are good for a cheap tire. I get some sort of Goodrich's every time I have to get tires, I've never had problems with them.

[hamondale]

I'd almost forgotten this post, just happened to look today. Thanks for the comments, guys. Glad to hear nobody said they sucked, because in March I did end up buying the Goodrich tires. (Now somebody post up and tell me they suck.) 185-60R14 Traction TAs in front and 245-50R14 Radial TAs in back. As far as I can tell, they should work ok together even though not the exact same tire. I don't think they'll look wierd not being that exact same tread pattern. I wasn't adverse to spending a little more, but I just couldn't find jack in 14". I never did find a matched set that would work. Also bought Panasport FS wheels, and they look pretty good to me.
But turns out the rearend job has been ppd. until fall. My new 3.80 posi unit is three weeks late and the fabricator who was going to do the narrowing ( I sure as hell can't) got behind, and I don't want to start it now. Time to drive it while the weather is good.
Yes, Third Rail is a fun ride, but you do have to be pointed straight when you nail it or you're going to have to do a lot of correcting. My trans is a BW WC T5 that they ran on the V8 Camaros in the late 80s. I should have set it up with the S10 shifter that's forward farther, but I did not learn about that during the original build. Maybe someday.
Your ID, I have pix at http://tinyurl.com/5a92d
You can see the traction problem if you scroll down a few.

[firechiken]

As long as the ones on the front are the same, and the ones on the rear are the same, no problems!