Tires

Moose

Thanks

Moose

 

 

Here's my setup.  I've had no problems at all. 

 

Magnum 500 15 x 8 wheel:

 

72 Ford Gran Torino Sport

 

Front Tire -P255/60/R15

Rear Tire - P275/60/R15

 

Front Rim -15x8 - (4.50" Backspacing)

Rear Rim - 15x8 - (4.50" Backspacing)-fills the rear wheel nicely.  No rubbing.

 

Center Bore Diameter 2.125 inch with press on caps.

 

Paul~

rear 295/50

front 265/50

 

it is a GREAT set up,

I am doing the same sizes on the Torino, except rear rims are gonna be 15x10 and I think fron tis gonna be 15x7. thats what I have in slot mags at the house.

I know I'm confused about deciphering  the sizes anymore. P275/60R15 used to mean height/width/(radial)/rim size. A P295/50R15 tire is actually shorter than the P275/60R15. I was told it has to do with the width. 40's, 50's, 60's. If you want a taller tire than the P275/60R15 you need something like a P295/60R15. This size (60) would be taller, but in a 50 series the P295 is actually shorter than the P275/60R15. Compared to the P275/50R15, the P295/50R15 is taller.

 

295/50/15 set in place, and yes that is the aircleaner cover in place of the rim, but the tire is centered on the axle to show how it would sit.

Here is a 285/35/20 mounted for fun (YUCK)

 

Here are pics of the front's on it now 225/70/14

 

this is a full shot of it with the 275/60/15 rear and 225/70/14 front it has air shocks... without them blown up the car sits WAY down on the rear putting the tire up in the wheel well about 2 inches.

 

Here is what it looked like the day I got her home, the fronts were something stupid like 205/50 or 60 14's and the rears were SMALL 15's

 

here is the 275/60 from the rear ALSO you can see on my Dakota the 295/50/15s on the rear mounted on 15x8 rims(see the bulge in the sidewall)

 

here is the 295/50 from the rear

 

And 2 more shots of the 275/60s (the truck has it's itty bitty snow tires on it in this pic)

 

 

 

 

I will have COMPARISON pics as soon as the snow clears!

I have the 295/50/15's mounted on the 15x10 rims waiting to go on!

then I'll unmount these 275/60 and mount some 265/50 on those rims to put on the front or close to that size (255/60 maybe)

 

Hope any of this helps!?

 

 

 

The calculator you used doesnt sound right.. You should need a slightly lower (numerically) gear to keep the 4.30 ratio. I'd try another.

 

Need to pump up the tires and air shocks before I do it.

COLD spell running through here again!

 

Going away for the weekend as well so will not get to it til next weekend.

 

CANNOT WAIT for summer and the long sunny warm days!

 

 

There are ONLY two options for LARGE size at the 15 inch rim size (that I've found).

295/50-15 Short and Fat

275/60-15 Taller and no so Fat

Depends on exactly what you want.

for a 10 inch rim... 295 fits best.

 

Of course there are 265, 255, 245, 235 in all different aspect ratios.

 

There are NO/ZERO/NADA 295/60/15s ANYWHERE!

 

IF I could find them in a street radial, not some drag slick then I would DEFINATELY have them!

I am sure many others would too!!

 

for me a 295/60 would be the holy grail, all mighty, blue moon, end all beat all... but alas... it doesn't exist.

 

NOW, I PRAY SOMEONE CORRECTS ME ON THIS!!!