Steve, Fred and all;
I have 15" X 5.5's wheels on the front of my Tiger - 15X6's on the rear.
I'm running 195/50 Yokohama tires on the front, and 203/50's on the rear.
LOTS of clearance, but then, I have stock, or close to stock ride height.
There are two problems with these low profile tires - they significantly
harden up the ride, good if you are heading to the track or parking lot
competitions, bad if you are setting up a daily driver. The better halves
generally don't like the buck-board ride.
Second, because of the larger footprint and generally much more sticky
rubber, it takes a lot more loud pedal to steer with the rear wheels. So not
as much fun being bad where you shouldn't.
(:O)
I have just about worn the front tires out, so I am going to try slightly
larger diameter tires this time around - perhaps 60's, and I don't think I
will have any clearance problems. There is a.lot of air over the tops of
both front and rear 50's. Since I also have 3:07's in the rear end, I will
drop a few revs at highway speed, another good thing for us road trippers.
Good luck with your tire choice and clearance - please be sure and let us
know what you do and how it turns out.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Waybright" <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>; <WHIZZZBANG13@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] (Tiger) wheel clearance
> Fred,
> It's difficult to say for sure without knowing the width you have in
> mind as well, but 60 series seems very big on a 15" for a Tiger. The stock
> rolling diam is a little over 23". Looking at some specs on
> TireRack.com....
> if you get a 205/60-15 tire, it's diameter is about 1-1/2" bigger @
> ~24.7",
> and I'd expect some problems. A 195/60-15 tire is a little better @ 24.2,
> but
> I'd lean toward a 195/55-15 @ 23.4 or a 205/50-15 @ 23.1".
>
> Going bigger on
> diameter makes things much worse very fast, especially with the front
> lower
> valence.
>
> For ref, I run 16" rims with 205/45-16 F and 215/45-16 rear on a
> lowered suspension.
>
> What do the guys with 15" rims use?
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