some notes on tires and tire sizes

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	rim	dia	ts	o/s	section ht	2ht	tot_dia	total ht	brand	model	pic	comments
	(in)	(mm)	(nominal)	-	(mm)	(mm)	(mm)	(in)	-	-
15
	15	381.0	175-65-15	s	113.75	227.50	608.5	24.0	Continental	?	-	-
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n	112.75	225.5	606.5	23.9	Bridgestone	Potenza S-03 Pole Position
	15	381.0	195-60-15	n	117.00	234.0	615.0	24.2	Yoko	AVS Intermediate	-	discontinued in 2003
	15	381.0	195-55-15	n					Yokohama	AVS ES100
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Yokohama	AVS ES100
	15	381.0	195-55-15	n					Toyo	T1-S Proxes
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Toyo	T1-S Proxes
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Toyo	Proxes FZ4
	15	381.0	195-55-15	n					Dunlop	SP Sport 9000
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Dunlop	SP Sport 9000
	15	381.0	195-55-15	n					Falken	Ziex ZE-512
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Falken	Ziex ZE-512
	15	381.0	195-55-15	n					Kumho	ECSTA Supra 712
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Kumho	ECSTA Supra 712
	15	381.0	205-55-15	n					Continental	ContiExtremeContact
	15	381.0	205-50-15	n	102.5	205.0	586.0	23.1	Kumho	Ecsta V700	-	-
	15	381.0	205-50-15	n	102.5	205.0	586.0	23.1	Kumho	Ecsta V710		Recall alert 2004 April 05
	15	381.0	205-50-15	?	?	?	?	?	Hoosier	A3S04
	15	381.0	205-50-15	?	?	?	?	?	Hoosier	R3S04		First available size is 205-50-15 (aka Spec Miata). announced 2003 October.
16
	16	406.4	195-55-16	s	107.25	214.50	620.9	24.4	?	?	?	?
	16	406.4	205-45-16	n	92.25	184.5	590.9	23.3	Hoosier	A3S04		Coming spring 2004
	16	406.4	205-45-16	n	92.25	184.5	590.9	23.3	Kumho	Ecsta V700	-	-
	16	406.4	205-45-16	n	92.25	184.5	590.9	23.3	Kumho	Ecsta V710		Coming spring 2004
	16	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	16	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	16	406.4	215-40-16	n	86.00	172.0	578.4	22.8	Hoosier	A3S03		More Hoosier fitment pics
	16	406.4	215-40-16	n	86.00	172.0	578.4	22.8	Hoosier	R3S03	?	Roadrace compound
	16	406.4	215-40-16	n	86.00	172.0	578.4	22.8	Hoosier	A3S04	?	Coming spring 2004 ?
	16	406.4	215-40-16	n	86.00	172.0	578.4	22.8	Hoosier	R3S04	?	Coming Spring 2004 ?
17
	17	431.8	205-45-17	s	92.25	184.50	616.3	24.3	?	?	?	?
	17	?							Pirelli	PZero
	17	?							Kumho	ECSTA Supra 712
	17	?							Yoko	a520
	17	?							Yoko	Parada
	17	?							Yoko	Parada Spec-2
	17	?							Firestone	Firehawk

More Hoosier fitment pics

MINI Cooper with 215-40-16 Hoosier
215-40-16 Hoosier clears the front strut
Mr. Garfield's MINI Cooper S with 215-45-16 Falken Azenis mounted on a 16x6.5 45mm offset wheel (Enkei RPO-1)

A3S03 by Hoosier:

Random comments from mini2.com:
I would at least run a 195 or 205 on the Cooper. For autocrossing, the
205/50R15 is perfect at .9" smaller in diameter. For the road, a
205/55 is only .1" smaller in diameter so speedo error would be
unnoticeable, and they come in several variations of performance tire.

optional 16x6.5 rims.  Shod those with
the current 205 Kumhos or the new 215/40/16 Hoosiers 
215/40R16 from Hoosier

wheels are a stand-alone option. 
For the same reason in H Stock you can run the 
15x5.5 OR the 16x6.5 
(which is what I've been running on the Cooper, X-lites). 

It may even be an idea to run 215's up front and 205's in the rear. 
It just depends on what tire you're going to run. If you run 
Hoosier R3S03's, there's the 215/40 front, 205/45 rear. 

In order to fit a 225 with good clearance, the offset of the wheel would be
about 40mm for the 16x6.5 or 17x7.  The lowest you can legally go would be a
42mm (or 41.5?, don't have the calculator nearby), since the stock offset is
48mm.

All of the 225's for 16's or 17's are a 1/2" taller than stock, and a full
2.0" taller than the 215's we're running.  Your choices are either
225/50R16's or 225/45R17's, both almost the same diameter.

1. OZ F1 Cup [TireRack]
2. hoosier tire chart
3. 15 inch internal diameter STS legal tires [Chris Thomas]

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