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Would like to buy a used set of 4 competition tires for our ’79 Scirocco. I have 13” and 14” stock rims. Doug, what size would you recommend? Otherwise what would be a good choice for Street/solo tire for our Cars? I presently have 185/70/13 Michelin All Season on the White Roc and BF Goodrich Comp T/A R1 205/60Z/R13 on the green Roc. I’ll be using the R1 at the practice event for the first time. Since we have two ’79 Scirocco’s I’m looking for solo tires for both. All advice will be greatly appreciated.

i remember the michelin all seasons my car came with from the factory. ditched them after about 5,000 miles. any summer tire will be a substantial upgrade, but i have no idea what kind of tires work well on VW's.

Go to THE TIRE RACK and do a search for 14" tires. Probably not the greatest selection. We have that problem finding the best tires in 15"

Are you looking for R tires, or just really good street tires? Probably don't want to start off on R tires ... although there are Not Maximum Grade R tires ... that would typically not be competitive in a R tire class. Used more for Track Days.

This is a handy tool to help find matching tire diameters, etc., especially if you can Plus your tire size. Make sure you know what you can do with your wheel size depending on what class you're going to run in.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html