S3/Turbo Tyre Options

[esprit22]

The tyres are not directional, so the letters could be on the inside for the purists,  but I love em! 

[pete]

6 hours ago, esprit22 said:

The tyres are not directional, so the letters could be on the inside for the purists,  but I love em! 

Is the car pink

[MPx]

My Vreds came today - pretty good service from Camskill for £251 all in and just 2 days to get here from order.  Shame I haven't got my car to put them on of course but it will happen soon enough I guess!

[esprit22]

18 hours ago, pete said:

Is the car pink

No, it's green.

[Bibs]

[Bazza 907]

Chris

You can borrow my Essex jacket whenever you want..

[greentengu]

I kind of like that pink/magenta  color Bibs filled in—no joke; it reminds me of a ‘70’s “Hot Wheels” car. 

When I was a kid I used to imagine owning a white Esprit...that used glow-in-the-dark paint so everything but the hood/bonnet would glow eerily at night... 

—Back to Tires! 

 

—Scott

[esprit22]

2 hours ago, Bazza 907 said:

Chris

You can borrow my Essex jacket whenever you want..

Hi Baz, are you still staying at the YMCA?

[esprit22]

2 hours ago, Bibs said:

Thats superb dude!! 

I remember some 20 odd years back, there was a guy who had the exact same car and colour (or color for any Americans) which he raced frequently at Brands Hatch, does anyone else remember this? (or am I having a pink moment...)

[esprit22]

I did actually change the bulbs on my Lexus to pink!

[Bazza 907]

5 hours ago, esprit22 said:

Thats superb dude!! 

I remember some 20 odd years back, there was a guy who had the exact same car and colour (or color for any Americans) which he raced frequently at Brands Hatch, does anyone else remember this? (or am I having a pink moment...)

Yep, remember it well.  It was a pink Esprit race car (S2?) with a Ford Cosworth engine in it.

[cbclotus]

Ho guys .was there a pink car with a tuned rover v8 engined .might be wrong .Mike

[Rick]

I'm going through the same conundrum myself.

To summarise what I think I understand from this thread.

N/A and Turbo are the same tyres?

Mine is an '82 Turbo and I want 4 new tyres so I want to order

Front - 2 x Vredestein Sportrac 5 - 195/60 R15 88V TL

Rear 2 x Vredestein Sportrac 5 - 225/60 R15 96V TL

 

 

[Kevin Wheeler]

I have an '84 Turbo and that is what I a running (except mine do not have the TL at the end. I have no idea what that means!).

I have had them for three years and had no issues with them. I have done 14,500 miles in 3 years. Still plenty of tread and grip left. I have been on track a couple of times and would buy the same again.

[ChrisJ]

+1 for the Vredsteins.

@Rick - 1982 - Great year for a Turbo

[Rick]

53 minutes ago, Kevin Wheeler said:

I have an '84 Turbo and that is what I a running (except mine do not have the TL at the end. I have no idea what that means!).

I have had them for three years and had no issues with them. I have done 14,500 miles in 3 years. Still plenty of tread and grip left. I have been on track a couple of times and would buy the same again.

Thanks, I've not idea what the TL is either, just cut and paste the text, ha ha.

31 minutes ago, ChrisJ said:

+1 for the Vredsteins.

@Rick - 1982 - Great year for a Turbo

A very fine vintage

[Bazza 907]

Yep, in the end I bought and fitted the Vredsteins on my '86 S3 and am happy with them

[NR2k]

For anyone looking I have just managed to order the vredestein tyres in both sizes from black circles.

[mc21.8]

Whats the value of 1 set of old stock new on rim Goodyear NCT for an Esprit,so all still inflated.

they are stored in the dark so out of UV

Maybe for a show car because of age ?

I would use them on road,if I had a car that would wear them..

 

[nello]

On the subject - As Harry Metcalfe has just had Longstone Tyres on his Harrys Garage channel - and as how Harry himself will probably want some tyres at some point for his HC Turbo(!) - I've asked Longstone to look in to what options are available for G T owners.................

[nello]

Bibs apols I'm not sure who owns/runs the LEW site but I've passed this on to Longstone - http://www.lotusespritworld.com/EGuides/EMaintenance/tyres.html#top

As per the Metcalfe Longstone video -  Interested to hear what they come back with!

Longstone Tyres - Vintage & Classic Car Tyres34 minutes ago

oo that's really good. If every car club was as good as that, it would make my job much easier.

 

 

REPLY

[Bazza 907]

The tyres for the S3/Turbo are wrong on the LEW link. They should be

Front: Goodyear NCT 195 60 VR 15

Rear: Goodyear NCT 235 60 VR 15

  

[GTK]

@Bazza 907 I did a bit of cross checking with J. Walton's book on the Esprit and LEW's figures for the Turbo/S3 tally with Walton's. LEW lists the S2's sizes the same as the S1 which is wrong. Correct S2 sizes are 205/60VR14 front and 205/70VR14 rear.

Interesting thing in the book too - say the S3 had the option of having Speedlines with the above tyres on it from the factory.

[Bazza 907]

@GTK  Yes Walton's book is unfortunately wrong. If you look at the press releases the tyres are VR speed rated and developed by Goodyear specifically for the car. I also read that Speedlines were offered but I've never seen an S3 on Speedlines. Would be interesting to see if any ever actually fitted given that they would be 14 inch rather than the BBS and Compomotives were 15inch.  

[C43]

I seem to remember at the time (yes I am that old) that the car was offered on Speedlines but the price difference between Speedlines and BBS was so small it was unlikely anyone would not go for BBS.