I want to make a first gen drag car and was wondering how wide a tire I could put in the rear. I'm not all that concerned about a large diameter rim because this isn't really going to be a glitzy show car; I'll use 13in if I have to. Plus, how wide a tire could I put under there if I took a hammer to a few spots?

 

13" will launch better anyways. More sidewall = more straight-line traction.

If you get the right offset, it looks like 10.5" slicks will fir back there.

 

Well, I guess I do want some semblance of a street vehicle. How wide do you think I could go before the wheels start stickin way out and lookin stupid? That's kinda why I was thinkin of takin a hammer to the inside of the wheel well, so I could make the wheel jut in a little more so I wouldn't have to have the thing stickin so far outside the wheel well.

And thanks for the help, Peejay.

 

i know 225's will fit in the rear.. not sure how much wider you can get though.

 

They're not goin to rub are they riff?

 

Mariah(www.mariahmotorsports.com) makes some wide body kits that'll fit a good to huge amount of rubber back there. The Mode One special comes with 15x7s and 225/50s without popping out of the car.

 

every one that i have talked to has said that there is no problem with them. once i get around to getting my new rubber, i am going to put 205's in the front and 225 in the rear

 

Cool, keep us posted man. I figure a 225 in a really sticky, barely DOT legal tire, will really give me the necessary grip off the line. I've been lookin at a lot of cars here on Woodward, real Detroit muscle, and these guys are runnin like 235s and ****, so 225 should be good for a rotary that doesn't produce nearly as much torque as those guys.

Yesterday I got to see a '66 Chevelle with a new 502 big block in it. Damn, was that sucker sweet! Woodward in Royal Oak is the bomb.

 

you can fit 26x8 slicks under a 1st gen easy

 

i just mounted my 235s on 13x8 rims last night. they fit fine and don't look bad at all.

 

You take it for a nice long drive and then tell us all how it went okay?

 

you can fit 235s on the stock 13 inch rims???
i thought you could only go to 205 60 13
guess i was wrong

 

note he said 13X8, not 13X5 or 5.5. so i would guess not stock.

 

When i first got my -SE it had 235/60/14 on the back and it didn't look bad at all.

 

235/45-13 fit okay on 13x8... with the correct offset they'd possibly even fit under the wheelwell lip. Stick like a scared cat on Velcro, too

 

I just got some 14x8s last week. Old slots (I like em!).
Wondering what size I can go with that won't hit the fender even if they do stick out a bit.
Problem is, I have Racing Beat springs, and they make the car just a tad lower.
I read about people "rolling the fender lip". What's that all about, how do you do it right, and what's it do for ya?

 

Rolling the lip, my ***...you take a hammer with a wide head, pull your wheels, wear goggles and bang the inside lip up then out. Start in the middle, go about 6" out in either direction for the next abuse to establish how far to push out the flair and keep repeating until you've covered the entire well. It's like stitch welding sheetmetal. Don't go in a continuous line or it'll be deranged. Once done, 225's will fit easy and not bottom out on the wheel wells or rub. At least, it doesn't on my car and I also am running the RB springs...

 

Well I have a set of BFG Drag radials that I mounted on the rear. size is 225/50/15, but it is very close. I did have to bang the lip up then out like mar3 said. Work nice though.

 

I'm running 235/45 13 NO NEED TO ROLL FENDERS...it's some all weather proxes but man those tires suck. I have no traction whatsoever. I burn them up in third easily. Car doesn't have anything over 150hp yet. Stock ported.

Anybody recommend an specific brand of tires , model or compound for drag (DOT legal please). I want to run 13". I got 13x8 wheels.

Thanks

 

You should get a wide body kit.. On my 79, I have 265/55-15s on the back.. And have a little room to go.. Most widebody kits for the 1st gen will let you do 10x16" wheels..


-Zach