-=> Quoting Jack Schwendener to Landon Robinson <=-
LR>BIG is what I want (on the back anyway). I had some 30x9.5x15" light
truck
JS> I can't think of any reason why you'd want a tire like that, but you
JS> could fit some P235-75R15s on a 6" rim. They're almost 29" tall.
I just had them lying around and though if I could find a rim that would fit
both the tire and the axle I'd try it.
LR> I want to
LR>turn the thing into one of those muscle car era street machines with the
bac
LR>bumper about three/four feet off the ground. Plus having big tires on
e
JS> For a muscle car look you need some really wide tires back there, like
JS> a 295-60. Jacking it up just to get the rear end high doesn't look
JS> like a muscle car, it just looks dorky ....
I just looked up some things in a book of mine and I should able to fit a
P295-? in there without having to tub it. It's only another 8cm.
LR>back will up the final drive ratio to make the thing seriously launch at
JS> No, it will kill it off the line, it makes the overall gearing higher,
JS> (lower numerically)....
I keep getting nailed on this one. Someone told me that having bigger tires
would make it launch faster I guess they had it backwards and actually it
lets you go faster at the top end.
Thanks for the info.
-Landon
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