911 SC - Tyre recommendations

[chockymonster]

I'm in the process of getting an '82 911sc back in the road. It's been stored in a garage for the past 13 or so years and one of the last things I need to do to get it driveable is get tyres for it.

My local tyre place has said that they'll only fit N rated tyres to it which seems a bit stupid as I didn't think the N ratings were around at that point.

The car has 16" fuchs which i think are 6 and 7" wide.

Any suggestions on what works well would be appreciated

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Sport contacts are n rated & fairly cheap, I had them on mine & found them good

[Nurburgsingh]

Your local tyre dealer is looking to sell you some nice expensive tyres by the sounds of it.

Falken fk452's should be available in your size. Or take a look at the vred sessanta's. I've not long put these on my 993 and they are a great all rounder in wet and dry.

[BrewsterBear]

I've had this at a number of local independant tyre sellers. It's got to the point now that when asked I refuse to tell them the make of the car. They hear the word "Porsche" and the £ signs roll in front of their eyes whilst they spout bks about they must have N rating by law, blah, blah.

Buy your tyres from Camskill then take them to be fitted at a garage that does it for a fee per tyre. The one I uses charges £12 a tyre, although last time as I took the wheels in loose it was £40 all in for the four. Buy the ones you like as rubber is a subjective and emotive debate. Personally I use FK452s, but I'm thinking of changing next time.

[chockymonster]

BrewsterBear said:

I've had this at a number of local independant tyre sellers. It's got to the point now that when asked I refuse to tell them the make of the car. They hear the word "Porsche" and the £ signs roll in front of their eyes whilst they spout bks about they must have N rating by law, blah, blah.

Buy your tyres from Camskill then take them to be fitted at a garage that does it for a fee per tyre. The one I uses charges £12 a tyre, although last time as I took the wheels in loose it was £40 all in for the four. Buy the ones you like as rubber is a subjective and emotive debate. Personally I use FK452s, but I'm thinking of changing next time.

I wouldn't mind but the N ratings weren't even around when the SC was made.
Apparently it will void my warranty if I don't have them which is why I'm now going elsewhere no matter what, I didn't realise Porsche offered a 30 year warranty on their cars!

I've never been a fan of the contis, especially their wet weather performance but I'm not sure if that was the car I had them on which is why I'm a bit worried about fitting them.

Thinking about the Kumho Ecsta KU31s they seem to be well reviewed

[supersport]

I have Sport Contis on my 3.2 and have been very happy with then in both dry and wet.

[uktrailmonster]

Camskill sell 'N' rated Conti SportContacts for not a lot of money. Bought a set very recently for just under £350 delivered. They obviously don't need to be 'N' rated but these are anyway.
Correct sizes for 16" 6&7s are:

Front 205/55/R16
Rear 225/50/R16

[NJH]

Pretty sure there wasn't the N system back then. However Porsche do recommend certain tyres for the older cars:
http://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/cl...

[chockymonster]

I can actually get the N spec contis fitted cheaper than camskill sell them for and also cheaper than the Kumhos so I think I'll go for them this time round. I'm dying to get the car on the road, it's there mechanically, the little bits of bodywork will be done over time.

[mollytherocker]

Pics?

[uktrailmonster]

chockymonster said:

I can actually get the N spec contis fitted cheaper than camskill sell them for and also cheaper than the Kumhos so I think I'll go for them this time round. I'm dying to get the car on the road, it's there mechanically, the little bits of bodywork will be done over time.

Where from and what price? I'd be interested to know for future reference. If they are really cheap, make sure they are not old stock that have been sitting around for several years. Check the manufacturing date.

[chockymonster]

mollytherocker said:

Pics?

mollytherocker said:

Pics?

Nothing fancy to show yet, just it's poor abandoned state.
Here it is after cracking the door open into the garage



Apologies for the poor quality, low light and being worried the car port roof was about to collapse and bury me with the car rushed things along! Fortunately it stayed up for the two hours it took to free the poor thing from the cave.

Here it is with 13 years of dust, seeing sunlight for the first time. (it even had a tape player!)

Hmmm, public dropbox image linking doesn't seem to work here for some reason - moved somewhere else

Edited by chockymonster on Friday 17th August 08:33

[mollytherocker]

Interesting pics. Whats the story?

MTR

[chockymonster]

mollytherocker said:

Interesting pics. Whats the story?

MTR

Tough one to answer, heard so many different accounts that I don't know what to believe!
Owner has passed on, he was a mechanical numpty and a wiring nightmare.
Masking tape is not a good insulator for twisted wires behind a dashboard.....

[PigletGN]

Pirelli do make the original P7 again

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres...

That is a Porsche homologated tyre with the N

[Orangecurry]

...but why would you want to? It was a pants tyre in the nineteen eighties, and N-rating didn't exist.

You do realise this thread is eight years old?

[supersport]

And it’s fking expensive, unlike the first time around.

[g7jhp]

Always ran Toyo Proxo T1Rs on my 3.2 Carreras which were great.

I did have JZM set it up was a fast road geo on fresh factory suspension.