[V8] V8 90' wheels
Enzeder
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Sun Sep 19 09:32:23 EDT 2004
No BTDT, but my favourite wheel/tire calculator
(http://toy4two.home.mindspring.com/tire.html) says the "right" tire size
would be
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=225%2F&ratio=30&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>225/30-20.
But there are many other considerations like load rating, rim width,
clearance. Asthetically (as this seems to be the main focus), you'd also
have to drop the car (worsening clearance issues). I've heard that the
distance between the tire and fender should be less than the tire sidewall
height.
Other sizes within 5% (a very generous margin) are:
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=205%2F&ratio=35&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>205/35-20
- 0 tires available
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=215%2F&ratio=35&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>215/35-20
- 0 tires available
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=225%2F&ratio=35&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>225/35-20
- 0 tires available
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=225%2F&ratio=30&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>225/30-20
- 1 tire (load rating = 85)
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=235%2F&ratio=30&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>235/30-20
- 0 tires available
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=245%2F&ratio=30&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>245/30-20
- 2 tires (load rating = 90)
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=255%2F&ratio=30&diameter=20&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search&search=true>255/30-20
- 5 tire (load rating = 92)
The stock tire has a load rating of 93 or 94.
Here are some other plus sizes. All except the 20's are within 1% of
original overall diameter.
Side Tire True Percent Revs
Tire Size Wall Diameter MPH Error /mile
215/60-15 129.0 639.0 70.00 0.00 801.7
215/55-16 118.3 642.9 70.43 0.61 796.8
235/50-16 117.5 641.4 70.26 0.37 798.7
255/45-16 114.8 635.9 69.66 -0.49 805.6
205/50-17 102.5 636.8 69.76 -0.34 804.5
225/45-17 101.3 634.3 69.49 -0.73 807.6
235/45-17 105.8 643.3 70.47 0.67 796.3
255/40-17 102.0 635.8 69.65 -0.50 805.7
205/45-18 92.3 641.7 70.30 0.43 798.3
225/40-18 90.0 637.2 69.80 -0.29 804.0
235/40-18 94.0 645.2 70.68 0.97 794.0
255/35-18 89.3 635.7 69.64 -0.51 805.9
215/35-19 75.3 633.1 69.35 -0.93 809.2
225/35-19 78.8 640.1 70.12 0.17 800.3
255/30-19 76.5 635.6 69.63 -0.53 806.0
205/35-20 71.8 651.5 71.37 1.96 786.3
215/35-20 75.3 658.5 72.14 3.06 778.0
225/35-20 78.8 665.5 72.90 4.14 769.8
225/30-20 67.5 643.0 70.44 0.63 796.7
235/30-20 70.5 649.0 71.10 1.57 789.4
245/30-20 73.5 655.0 71.75 2.50 782.1
255/30-20 76.5 661.0 72.41 3.44 775.0
At 05:52 PM 9/18/2004, BBlake1055 at aol.com wrote:
>Does anybody have any BTDT on putting 20" wheels on 90' V8.
>
>I know the car will probably run like "Sh*t" but it's my sons car and at
>17 years old you can't tell them anything. He's probably going to spend
>more for the wheels than he did the car (if he can even find them)
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
>Bob Blake
>90' V8 (sons car now)
>91' V8
>92' V8
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