what would be the widest tires i could fit in the wheel wells of my '71 without having to chop it at all?

What would be the best strip tires i could get that would still be street legal?

thanks a lot

If you use the search function on this forum you will find an endless supply of info on this.

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Chris Dagenais
'71 Malibu with a home built 454! 12.7@107
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It will also depend on the wheel size as 17 or bigger can go to 6 and even 6.25 inches of backspacing if the rear axle is perfectly centered to the wheel wells.

With the 17 inch+ wheels you can get 295 to 325 wide tires to properly fit.

With 15 inch wheels 275 is the widest for proper fit but some put 295's on wheel rims of 8 inches and 5 inches of backspacing.

You will need to do a test fit to be sure the combination will work on your car as many cars are not centered well. My 69 SS is offset about 1/8 inch which means one side has 1/4 inch more backspace than the other side.

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Redrum (or Mike)
68 Corvette - 383 CI 427 HP
69 SS Chevelle being updated to Pro-Touring
97 Z-28

What wheel are you using size and back spacing 15x8,15x10,etc

Look at what i just told 70bowtie ,still need to know what yor using