BILL TIRELLI
Jun 18th, 02, 5:16 PM
anybody running a wider tire then 225/70/15 on the stock 1971-72 5 spoke rims.
thanks,
bill
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BILL TIRELLI MEMBER#280
1969 BLK CHEVELLE SS396
375HP 4SP 410POSI
1971 BLK CHEVELLE SS402
300HP 4SP 370POSI
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72SS454Chevelle
Jun 18th, 02, 5:49 PM
I am not running them yet but I am planning on putting drag radials on my rims. I am going to use 275/50/R15's. It should give me about 9"'s of tire contact.
Deon
Barista
Jun 18th, 02, 6:33 PM
What's the width on those wheels Bill?, (inside bead to inside bead surface). I've been running 245-60-14's on my stock 7" wide SS wheels for quite a while. That's about as wide as I'd go on a 7" rim.
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Bob Von Kaenel
70 SS 54k orig miles
BILL TIRELLI
Jun 18th, 02, 6:57 PM
BOB,
THEY ARE 7" WIDE,
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BILL TIRELLI MEMBER#280
1969 BLK CHEVELLE SS396
375HP 4SP 410POSI
1971 BLK CHEVELLE SS402
300HP 4SP 370POSI
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pmullaly
Jun 18th, 02, 11:39 PM
Want 'em wider?? With the stock look?
Stockton wheel (http://www.stocktonwheel.com/wheel_widening.htm)does that.
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Philip Mullaly
72 TPI El Camino
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Noneck
Jun 19th, 02, 1:26 AM
I have 275-60/15's on my 15x7 72 SS wheels. http://www.noneckschevelle.com/images/Josh72chevelless32420024.jpg
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Chevyrelic
Jun 19th, 02, 7:48 AM
I just put 245x60's all around on my '71. My signature picture shows what they look like.
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James V. Hambright
'71 Malibu (Drop-Top)
My1971 (http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4035596)
BILL TIRELLI
Jun 20th, 02, 7:12 PM
Thanks guys for the pictures of your tires.
noneck, you put 275/60/15 on the stock rim with stock back spaceing and did not have a problem with tire hitting the shock mount or inner frame.i was hopeing to put 255/60/15 on the rear but if you did that, then it is 275/60/15 for me.
thanks,
bill
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BILL TIRELLI MEMBER#280
1969 BLK CHEVELLE SS396
375HP 4SP 410POSI
1971 BLK CHEVELLE SS402
300HP 4SP 370 POSI
Noneck
Jun 21st, 02, 12:10 AM
PLENTY of room with those! I had 15x8 corvette rallys before withthe same tires. I have a spare set of the 72 15x7's that I am going to have widened and hopefully add some backspace to make them the same dimensions as the corvette 15x8's. I may even go to 9" wide or somewhere in between.
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