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Yea, tires have come a long way. I bough a set of 4, mounted and balanced tire for my 1960 VW bug with a smoking 36 HP (when new) for $26. They were re-cap tires. With a top speed, downhill with a tail wing of 65 MPH and 0-60 time of about a 72 seconds on flat ground with no headwind. If there was any incline or headwind it could NOT get to 60 at all.
For my 73 Bug with a screaming 60 HP I immediately put radials on it instead of the bias ply tires it came with. My 914 came with some Semperit radial tires that were horrible. I replaced them with Michelin XWX which were THE hot time back then.
My El Camino with the stock 305 and factor carb could not spin the tires from a dead stop on dry pavement, even at just 42,000 miles. Now with the 350 and much better tires than before, I ccan just get them to spin from a stop if I floor it with no brake jack. I have never done a brake jack, never will. It is hard on the transmission and drive shaft, and totally stupid to do. Especially at 369,000 miles.
The 911 can just has too much traction to spin the tires unless it is in a turn. The 915 transmission is just simply not a drag racing transmission.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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