I'd certainly recommend the 185/65 Contis to anyone with a largely street driven Duratec Plus 4, I'm pushing 180hp and they work great on the road, you really don't need the 195s Morgan fitted, and going down to 185 definitely gives better steering feel. TBH if it wasn't for the fact Monty came with 6" rims and I've increased his power output by more than 20%, I may well have gone with the 165/80s you tend to see on the narrow body 4/4.

Here's Monty sat on his original 195/60 Yokohamas with his wheels in the original polished stainless finish, personally I think it looks ridiculous so something needed to be done!

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Now here he is with the 185/65 Contis and with the wires blacked, much better but to me Monty was still sitting too high

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Finally here's Monty on the 185/65 Contis and blacked wires, but now lowered by 20mm

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I was now happy with the way he sits, but ground clearance seriously suffered, however the bellhousing and chassis fixed that... plus some!

Understandably for the hill climbing and sprint track activity I've started to enjoy with Monty, the Ecocontact 6s that work so well on the road do start to show their limitations, so for my non-competitive fun and games I've found myself in the very fortunate position of purloining a spare set of 6" MWS wires wink

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And once blacked up by my good friend and expert powder coater, this second set of rims will be shod with Toyo Proxes R888R in 195/55r15 85v (gg-medium compound).

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This leaves my road tyres for the road, and lets me quickly slip on a set of super grippy track day tyres for my clubsport activities.

With the lower gearing alone I'm expecting quicker starts and snappier acceleration out of certain corners at Prescott, Monty will get up on his Newman Phase 2 cams that little bit sooner and his tuned Duratec will now wind right out to 7,000rpm as I cross the line.

All this with the additional significant advantage of a lot more grip from the super sticky triple eights drive