Gentlemen what would be the largest directionals that would fit a stock configuration campy's 8&10s? What do you recomend for Quality. Thanks mister.g1 #3115#2005

My vote...

Front: Toyo Proxes 4 225-50-15 (V rated)
Rear: Toyo Proxes ST 295-50-15 (H rated)

Best prices I've found are here:
http://www.ec-securehost.com/OnlineTires.com/Toyo_Proxes_4.html ($71ea.)
http://www.ec-securehost.com/OnlineTires.com/Toyo_ST.html#ToyoST ($100ea.)

My local Wheel Works store matched their price (incl. freight $55). My tires are there now waiting for me to finish restoring my Campy wheels so I can get them mounted. I'll post a pic as soon as they're on the car.

garth - glad to hear you pulled the trigger on these - pls let us know how they work out - i can't remember...do you have 10" rears? thanks, stephen

Thanks guy's, my reply is a little late thank you all for the info! Will process the info and let the rubber hit the road. 160 plus! mister.g1

My Campys are 7's and 8's. However I bought an extra set of 7's and 8's (only to get the 8's) so I could mount 8's on the front of my car. It's taken me so long to get my new tires mounted because one of the 8's I bought was cracked. I sourced another wheel which a fellow member on this board generously donated to me, but it was corroded and pitted beyond being safe, and now I'm waiting for another wheel to arrive from Texas from another generous benefactor on this board (Thanks guys!). Hopefully I'll finish restoring the wheels next week so I can get my tires mounted.

Anyway, here are a list of tires I found a year ago when I began investigating tire options for my stock Campy wheels:
http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/tech_info_tires15.htm

What awesome research. My Comp T/As are about 8 years old, but little wear.

I have 10s and 8s (campys) and found these:

http://www.tirerack.com/upgrade_garage/WishList.jsp?index=user&oEvent=event3

Is this a good combo? I realize the fronts are possibly undersized (and would appreciate your input) but the steering effort is high with my 215/60s right now, which fill up the wheel well pretty good.

I CAN go to a 245/60 in this same tire if advised. Any comments?

Link doesn't work, so I can't be sure of the sizes you're looking at. I believe the original front tires were 185/70, with a load rating of around 91-92. I wouldn't go any lower than that. A 215/60 should be around 94, so that's fine. I also wouldn't go lower than an H speed rating.

I like Garth's combo and after talking to him about it, I ordered the same thing. I have stock wheels but I think the Toyos would work even better with 8's and 10's.

I'm an idiot. The link timed out on 'my garage' function at Tire Rack, but it was for

Yokohamas
295/50 x 15 for my rear 10's
215/60 x 15 for my front 8's

"Minor" problem is that the max wheel width for front is 7.5" and I'd have to stretch for these. Perhaps Garth's rec is good for me too! Back to the website...

Adams,

If it helps any, the original tires on GTS Panteras with the 8 x 15 & 10 x 15 wheels, were 225/50R15 front and 285/50R15 rear. So Garth's recommendation is right on, within the limits of what's available in todays market.

Pairing one model of tire in the front with another model of tire in the rear is normally to be avoided, but under the circumstances, one can't afford to be picky. Its very fortunate to have this quality of tires available in 15" sizes at all.

cowboy from hell

The only Yokohama I see in a 215/60-15 is the AVS ES100. In a 295/50-15, all I see is the AVID S/T. The ES100 is a great tire, very sticky and V-rated. The AVID S/T is a decent tire, but T-rated and not in the same league as the ES100.

The Toyo Proxes S/T and Proxes 4 are much closer together in terms of speed ratings and performance. I spent a lot of hours looking for tires that came in sizes I could run at both the front and rear, and never did come up with anything better than the Toyos.