What is the most common size skinnies for the front of a 67 Chevelle. What is the largest slick or tire you can fit the 67 rear wheel well?
Skinnies and fatties on a 67
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My '66 is running M/T 28x7.5 fronts #255669 on 4" wide rims and M/T 275 rears #3754X on 8" wide rims.
A slightly wider tire could fit in back but it would be too close IMO, especially for a stock suspension that has considerable movement. Fronts are perfect for what I'm doing.
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A slightly wider tire could fit in back but it would be too close IMO, especially for a stock suspension that has considerable movement. Fronts are perfect for what I'm doing.
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What kind of events are you doing and just how often? Do you drive yours on the street?
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Well...I never race. Closest thing to racing is once a year at Norwalk's Halloween Classic. I'm more of a professional test-n-tuner. The car is street driven, but not as much as I used to. For some reason it likes to break valve springs so it has me gun shy. It's on it's 4th set in 5 years.
I started running these Radial Pro's 5 years ago and probably did ~1500 mile/yr then. Street use never hurt the 60' time and can get about 3000 miles and 50 passes a/yr. No highway use.
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I think what your doing there is what I will be doing once I get my journey over and the car is all together again.
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With the 7" wide SS rims, 4.75" backspace, I ran BFG DR 275/60/15 and folks thought she was tubbed! Now I use 8" steelies with a 5" backspace. You can go up to 10.5" wide with 5.5" backspace I believe.
No rolled wheel openings, all oem sheet metal.
No rolled wheel openings, all oem sheet metal.
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What size skinny wheel is used with that tire?
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It’s a 14 x 4 front 15 x 8 rear Convo Pros so light the boxes felt empty.
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FWIW, that pic looks like M/T's Sportsman bias tire, not their radial.
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WELD Draglite 15 inch - DFS Street Wheels | WELD Racing (weldwheels.com)
Here is the page where you can find a good set for your ride.
Im looking at a five inch wide skinny or there about.
Here is the page where you can find a good set for your ride.
Im looking at a five inch wide skinny or there about.
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Yes they are.
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