R-compound Tires and 79 Targa

[gold911]

Can a 79 SC Targa handle the stress of using R-compound tires for DE's. Someone told me that a Targa cannot handle the stress and would pop the doors open and break the back window under hard corners. Is there any truth to this? Does anyone track (DE's) a targa using R-compound tires?

thought I would ask the experts, thanks

[JeremyD]

poppycock!

[pmason]

I've never heard that.
I run them last year with no problems.
Now there is a little more flex in a Targa than a coupe.
This winter I did had a custom rollbar with door bars to address what little flex there was.
84 Targa

[tonythetarga]

I'd like to find a set of R compounds that would stick half as well as that story

Targa's and Cab's run in DE's (cab's with a roll bar) with R's all the time and won't blow out a window or pop a door. (Unless the car is so rusted out it shouldn't be on the street in the first place. )