E-Body Tire Combos

[JoltinJoe]

No racing for me.  Mine will be for driving comfort and to fill up those wheel wells!

EDIT: Well guys I've FINALLY found my wheels.  I'm going with the Polished billet Chrysler Rallye wheels from Year One.  Either 17"x8" with 5-4 1/2" bolt pattern and a 4 1/2" backspacing or 16"x8" with 5-4 1/2" bolt pattern with 4 1/2" backspacing.

I am looking to fill my wheelwells but may consider a small tire up front for stance reasons.  Any suggestions on the tire size(s)?

My car is a '70 Barracuda 'vert with a 360 auto and a 8 3/4 rear at 3.55.  Will I need to make any adjustments back there to get everything to fit?  Also, I may be installing the Dana 60 someday so I want to end up with a package that is in line for both rears.

 

[gcbeeper]

My wheels and tires arrived 3/15/10. I decided on:
Front wheels 15x7 Cragar SS, 4.125bs with BFG radial T/A P235x60R15
Back  wheels 15x8 Cragar SS, 4.25 bs with BFG radial T/A P255x60R15

Will post pictures of my 73 440 'Cuda after installation this weekend.

[JoltinJoe]

I ordered two (2) 17"x8" with 5-4 1/2" bolt pattern and a 4 1/2" polished billet Chrysler Rallye wheels from Year One yesterday.  I'll start from there.

[ArcticCuda]

I ordered two (2) 17"x8" with 5-4 1/2" bolt pattern and a 4 1/2" polished billet Chrysler Rallye wheels from Year One yesterday.  I'll start from there.

Have you got your wheels?

[JoltinJoe]

I recently found out that my car is next for the rotisserie.  So I canceled the order as they would be collecting dust for a very long time.  No car for us this season... 

[greenzeppelin]

:canada:Hello there to all you Mopar fanatics, I finally feel at home!

I was up till 3am this morning reading through these 28 pages!

I am the proud new owner of a 73, 340, 4spd. Ive been hounding the guy to sell me it for 6 years!

On top of that I bought my '73 on the day of my 23rd birthday!

So I ordered rims 2 days ago & have now been trying to figure out how there going to fit& what size tires to run

Im going with:

front: 18x8 w/4.5bs(+2 offset)  245/45-18
rear: 18x9.5 w/5.1bs(-4 offset) 255/50-18

does anyone forsee any issues I might have? My only concern was my clearnce on the leaf side...

thanks for your help guys& hope to talk with more of you soon

[greenzeppelin]

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[greenzeppelin]

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[TROUBLE987]

:canada:Hello there to all you Mopar fanatics, I finally feel at home!

I was up till 3am this morning reading through these 28 pages!

I am the proud new owner of a 73, 340, 4spd. Ive been hounding the guy to sell me it for 6 years!

On top of that I bought my '73 on the day of my 23rd birthday!

So I ordered rims 2 days ago & have now been trying to figure out how there going to fit& what size tires to run

Im going with:

front: 18x8 w/4.5bs(+2 offset)  245/45-18
rear: 18x9.5 w/5.1bs(-4 offset) 255/50-18

does anyone forsee any issues I might have? My only concern was my clearnce on the leaf side...

thanks for your help guys& hope to talk with more of you soon

NICE WHEELS..KEEP THE PICS COMING!!

[72bluNblu]

front: 18x8 w/4.5bs(+2 offset)  245/45-18
rear: 18x9.5 w/5.1bs(-4 offset) 255/50-18

does anyone forsee any issues I might have? My only concern was my clearnce on the leaf side...

I'd think you're going to need to run offset hangers and shackles in order to fit those rears. 18x9.5" rims with a 5.1 BS is probably going to put you into the leafs.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

I'd think you're going to need to run offset hangers and shackles in order to fit those rears. 18x9.5" rims with a 5.1 BS is probably going to put you into the leafs.

I agree. I have a bit different setup. My wheel is an 18x9, with 5.9" of backspacing. With that I have 7/16" worth of wheel spacers and run a 295/45/18 series tire. If someone wants to figure out the difference in size from mine to his. Feel free! Mine fits a stock well/spring location..

[greenzeppelin]

see i figure if guys are able to fit a 295/45-18 which works out to a 11.6" wide tire with a overall high of 28.5"...

than me running: 255/50-18 which works out to a 10" wide tire with an over all high of 28"

should technically fit... No?

i figure that i should be safe on both sides because im not running as wide of a tire as the guys who have altered there axle/ spring position...

once again thank you guys for any and all input you've got

[GoodysGotaCuda]

see i figure if guys are able to fit a 295/45-18 which works out to a 11.6" wide tire with a overall high of 28.5"...

than me running: 255/50-18 which works out to a 10" wide tire with an over all high of 28"

should technically fit... No?

i figure that i should be safe on both sides because im not running as wide of a tire as the guys who have altered there axle/ spring position...

once again thank you guys for any and all input you've got

I don't think the tire width isn't the issue, as much as it being located in the wheel well properly. I probably have 1/2" on each side of the tire from the spring, to the 1/4 panel. So not much room to mess with. Crunch your numbers.

[greenzeppelin]

hello 72bluNblu,

so you are running a wheel spacer? 

I measured.. & from the face of the rear hub I have about 6.5" to the leafs & roughly the same to the inside of my fender lip...

thanks for the help

[greenzeppelin]

oh sorry that question was for Goodys!!