tire sizing

[RIVBUILDER]

Hi everyone,I'm building a 67 riv and I want to put torque thrust d's on it. Iwant to use16x10 in rear and 16x8 in front.I want to know if anyone can help me figure out what tire sizes I can use,bigger is better. Thanks,Tim Goheen:spank:

[LARRY70GS]

Tim,
What size tires were on the car stock?? If you can tell me that I can look up the tire diameter and see what 16" tire will be comparable. You want to stay within 1/2" so your speedo and rear gears stay the same. Don't know what offset you need to run with big wheels, on GS's it's about 5"
Larry

[RIVBUILDER]

LARRY IT HAD 225AND235 75 15S ON IT IM NOT TOO CONCERND WITH THE SPEEDO GEARING YET JUST WANT BIG MEATS ON IT. THANKS TIM GOHEEN

[LARRY70GS]

Tim,
A 225/75-15 is 28.31" tall, the 235 is 28.86" tall. The biggest 16" tire I can find in my B.F. Goodrich catalog is a 295/50-16 Radial T/A. It's 27.6" tall, has a tread width of 9.5", a section width of 12.2" on a 9.5" wide rim. Section width varies .2" for every .5" change in rim width, so on a 10" wide rim that tire would be 12.4" section width. On the 8" wheel, section width should be 11.6". Get out the ruler and start measuring those wheel wells:grin: Good Luck.
Larry

[staged67gspwr]

I have a set of brand new 16x8 from my `67 GS i am selling cause i am switching to 17`s,they are complete with the z-rated tires,i bought them last year but hardly have driven my car,the rims are Weld Pro-stars 16x8 with 4.5"backspacing,tire sizes are 245 50 16`s all around,it cost me about $1,200 all together including center caps and lugs,i am selling them complete for $1,000,let me know if interested,they need to go soon,cause i`ve ordered the 17`s already.

Thank you
George