*Wheels and tires question*

[bahljs]

Hello there all, first post here on the GBF...Okay, I want to do a wider tire in the back and skinnier in the front to give it a more aggressive look to match the chevy small block 355 I have in it, question is, what are the wheel sizes and tire sizes I can do so. I want a slightly staggered look with either a 15x10 and 14x7 in front or something less aggressive like a 17x9 in back and 16x6 in front. Anyone have any pictures I can check out to get a idea of what some of your set ups look like?

Thanks to all, JB

 

[565bbchevy]

I would go with a 15" x 8" or 8.5" in the rear, a 15" x 10" even with a frame notch would be a very tight fit if you are trying to not have the tire stick out. For the front why not just go with a 15" x 7" or 15" x 6" and a shorter tire rather than a 14" rim.
You limit your options on rim choices when you try to use two different diameter rims and 15" has probably the most choices in tire sizes.

 

[Evan11]

X2. Back in the day, I had 15x6 up front with 215-65-15 tires(you could run 235-60-15 as well) and I had 15x8's on the back with 295-50-15's. I believe the b.s. for the rears was 4 or 4.25 inch. I had to run a 1/4 inch spacer. I also had to run air shocks. If that sounds of interest, I can upload a pic if ya want? 10 in wide wheels are a pain on these cars. Olds rallyes are hard to beat on these cars tho IMO! I currently have the 15x7 inch hursts on, i'd like to find some 255 or 265 60 series tires for the back, but they're dang near impossible to find.

 

[dogsht]

Car looks sharp. FWIW for cheap with the rims you have you can run a 205/70/14 ie 25.4" tall up front and a 245/60/14 ie 25.6" tall in the rear to give it a slight rake and the fatties & skinneys looks. Plus your speedo & odometer would still be correct. 6.4" tread width up front and 8.5" in the rear so just over 2" for an immediate distinction when people look at your car.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... &tab=Specs

 

[bahljs]

To 565bbchevy, what's the wheel set up you have on your 83? That's about the exact look I want to acheive