[FC] FC Rear tire size question

Douglas Musselman corvanatics@corvair.org
Sat Nov 1 13:35:01 2003


I use 195/75R15 on my Rampside with 3.27/4 but your speedo will be off. 
  55 on the speedo is 65.  You can see a picture of my Rampside on the 
back of the Nov/Dec Corvanatics.
I run 225/75R14 on my Greenbrier 3.55/4 speed.

Douglas Musselman
'61 Greenbrier
'63 Rampside

On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 01:14 AM, Hyosilver@aol.com wrote:

> It is physically possible to install 225/75R15s all around.  That's 
> correct,
> 225/75R fifteen's.  It's a close fit on the rear, with the tires about 
> 1 inch
> away from the sheet metal.  But no situations I ever encountered 
> caused any
> rubbing.  It is tricky getting these big fat tires into the rear wheel
> wells--you have to do some jockeying around with various jack heights. 
>  But once in,
> they fit.  It's an easy fit on the front.
>
> So if you want bigger, there's lots of room to go way bigger.
>
> Larry Hickerson
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