Tires for 2002 V6 mustang
 

Hello everyone I am kind of new here and this appeared to be the best place for this topic, I am having a hard time on decideing what tire to put on my 2002 3.8L V6 mustang and would like some help decideing on which tires would be best the car excepts P225 16" tires, I live In North Florida so driving conditions var greatly, but the car is not race so a vary soft compound will not be nesscary I would prefer the tires be at least 55K tires and I would like to spend 600USD or less thanks everyone for your help in advance :)

Re: Tires for 2002 V6 mustang
 

I inherited the following this winter from the previous owner:

Front: Kumho P225/55R16 - 94H
Rear: Yokohama P225/55R16 94V

She (who left her maintenance and repair receipts with the owner's manual) seems to have left some overhead for speed in a sports car's version of all-weather touring tires. The setup develops a cool whine at highway speed.

This question interests me from a buyer's perspective as well. I've got a long way to go on the set but expect to put something as good or better on for the next round.

Re: Tires for 2002 V6 mustang
 

what do you think of kumho P225/60R16 97H BSW 5.5 - 7.5 26.6 8.7 on 6.0 10 440/AA/A tires

Re: Tires for 2002 V6 mustang
 

Kumho (www.kumhousa.com) promotes their Ecsta tires as touring tires ("long driving") with speed rating "H":

S 180km/h or 112mph
T 190km/h or 118mph
U 200km/h or 125mph
H 210km/h or 130mph
V 240km/h or 149mph
W(ZR) 270km/h or 168mph
Y(ZR) 300km/h or 186mph
ZR Above 300km/h or 186mph

If your proposed spec. fits, enjoy. I've been impressed by the "cruisability" of my Mustang -- 65MPH at 2000RPM all the live long day if I want. The top posted U.S. speed limit I've heard looks like 75MPH. If you give that some customary social space, you've got about 80 whatever in a vehicle that I'm guessing could gallop comfortably across, say, Nebraska at 105MPH if the laws and the law were willing. (Anyone know the 5250RPM red line speed on the V6)?

Counterpoint: nationalism. If anyone has a tire engineering or manufacturing rationale for preferring a U.S. competitor's tire in the same class, that might make for an interesting discussion.

Thumbs up here on Kumho touring tires.

--Jim