i've heard of someone using 15x8 on the ft. and 15x10 on the rear of a MGC
w/Jag. IRS to get enuf' "wide sticky" for a 390hp small block
Chevy............................HoYo
murray arundell wrote:
> 16"x8" rims! Now I'd like to see that............:-)
>
> Murray Arundell
> Brisbane - Australia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <frank.walker@insurquote.com>
> To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Wheels & Tires
>
> >
> > on my 71 MGB I am running 245ZR45-16 front and rear. I narrowed a 82
> > corvette rear suspension and enlarged the wheel wells inside the car. I am
> > using 16X8 rims from a camero.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>@autox.team.net on 06/27/2000 04:15:14 PM
> >
> > Please respond to Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
> >
> > Sent by: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> >
> >
> > To: Larry <larry@larryembrey.com>
> > cc: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@colorado.edu>, Michael Hartwig
> > <mhartwig@midsouth.rr.com>, Wake074@aol.com, mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Wheels & Tires
> >
> >
> > All-
> >
> > I can believe the 225's in front, as there is lots of room there. I had a
> > set of
> > 205/60/14's on 7" rims on my first V8 roadster, & it looked like I had
> > lots of
> > room to spare in front.
> >
> > Not so in the rear. The biggest I have actually seen was 215/60/14's on 7"
> > rims
> > in the rear. It may be that 15" rims place the tire in a more advantageous
> > location, but to have any room at all for lateral movement- no pan hard
> > rod- I
> > had to do the baseball bat flare on the fender & apply the very large
> > calibration hammer to the area of the rear axle bump stop just to fit my
> > 205's.
> > This was with a narrower wire wheel C axle & small spacers to place the
> > wheel in
> > the best possible location.
> >
> > I would really like to see "how it was done" as Kurt would write in the
> > Newsletter.
> >
> > Jim Stuart
> >
> > Larry wrote:
> >
> > > The proverbial can or Worms has been spilled, there are some many people
> > > trying so many things. There is a thread going now about Ford rear
> axles
> > in
> > > the V8 section of the UK MG site. A gentleman has said he has 225's up
> > > front and 245's in rear. I am in contact (via email) with him now
> trying
> > to
> > > sort it all out... I want to try and get the same size 225/50r15 all
> > > around on custom wheels 15x6or7, so am also trying to figure out offsets
> > > etc..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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