I have them on deep sixes for my 67S for road use and really like them.
I have them on deep sixes for my 67S for road use and really like them.
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I didn't mean for my quick post to be a review, I was just very disappointed and asking for opinions out there just to double check - maybe there are things that I can do on my end - like waiting for them to scrub in more, redo the alignment (even though it was fine before), rebalance the fronts for sure... just a bit frustrated after the $$$ spent and no positives other than looks - and even then I prefer the look of fatter rears honestly...
Anyway I was running 31/33 as a "let's start there" pressure - not incredibly high... maybe it is too high for these ? I lowered to 28/31 and will experiment again... Mostly it's the front end that seems nervous but maybe the poor balancing contributed even before the vibration can be felt at 70+... All in all though I think I like 195/205 better on this car, feels a tad more planted.
The gravel thing is amusing... My older tires used to drive over them without a fuss (little culvert at the end of the street), the CN36 must be very grippy or have the best tread to catch them, I'm spitting them out for 10 minutes literally, it's a cacophony of pings. I'm not a Pirelli hater but I've always had bad experiences with them on modern cars and prefer michelins, should have gone that road... They feel grippy - I'm puzzled - will play some more - I just wanted to be sure (if 5 of you have come out to say they sucked I'd know I screwed up...but nope).
Greg.
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72 911T - 73 2002
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All softer tires pick up gravel. It's the trade off for grip.
72S, 72T now ST
Lars has the 185 x 70's CN36's all round on his 356 C sunroof coupe, his 73S .. and on his once owned '73 1/2T...
None of these are particularly driven for performance but for comfort, roadability, smoothness, and quietness...
I've driven all of these cars, but not with that new CN36 setup... But never heard any complaints from him...
In fact he liked the feel so much on those cars that he then put'm on the '72 hot rod in the staggered size...
Keep us posted bud...
Chuck Miller
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Interesting “original mounts” comment as starting assumption ... Weren’t other brand tyres like Michelin the original mounts on 6inch all round as fitted to TES?
Were 185/7015 Pirelli cinturato CN36 ever fitted by the factory to 911TES on 6 inch rims all round during the long hood era? They were certainly factory fitted to 73 Carrera RS — in fact a small automotive historical first — RS having front / rear different width rims along with tyres of different width profiles on any road-car. Not aware of them being used by factory on TES before end of 73. Although owners may have done so as change of course ...
- Arne
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Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Don’t know about Saab cn36 tyres or tyres on modified VW however the cn36 were tube type and of different construction as first used on Porsche 911. Several years layer the construction was changed (steel belt/nylon iirc ) and also cn36 went tubeless around 75 iirc. There is a thread on this somewhere which maybe worth noting attempting to draw any comparison of the reissued different tyres to the even then evolving “original fit” Pirelli produced back in the day (which several posts appear to be doing).
Pirellii brand yes I don’t disagree ... But cn36 Cinturatos specifically though ? I am not a career tyre expert but I wasn’t convinced cn36 was used yet by factory in My 1970.
Certainly would be interested to see hard evidence of cn36 (rather than other Pirelli) were on model year 70 TES or longhood ...as had always thought ( maybe incorrectly) cn36 was first used in RS even though it was first produced late sixties
Coincidentally I had read longranger post with this Kardex today and that he seemed to assume Pirelli shown on his kardex was actually a cn36 om a 1970 model car ? I wondered since no designation beyond Pirelli if it was cn36 already from reading it earlier today hence I raise it here. Something to be queried because I noticed a similar assumption of cn36 original fit Had also kicked off this thread.
Always open to learn from experts and specialists. Happy be corrected if I’m proven wrong with specific factory reference to cn36 being a factory fit during longhood.
Last edited by 911MRP; 05-30-2020 at 07:16 PM.