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Started by dave73, March 28, 2020, 06:40:22 PM

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dave73

Anyone running skinny tires up front for a drag setup? Wheels I'm Looking at are 15x4.5 with 2.25 backspace. Wondering if anyone has run a similar size and which tire size fits a stock wheel well? I also have wilwood disc upfront with my current 15x7 4"bs wheels and from what I've read the brakes should still fit.

FSHTAIL

Just pop your front wheel off, put a straight edge against where the wheel touches the Hub, measure out from that and go past your caliper, how many inches of clearance do you have in that area, that'll tell you if your wheel will clear. 

1973 BS23H Cuda' 340/TKX 5 speed (70 AAR clone-ish)

HP2

Unless you are trying to fit a vintage wheel from the mid 70s or older, wheels made since then are built with clearance for disc calipers.

With a thin tire like that, you can run upwards of 28-29 inch diameter tire without any issue. Once you get into 30"+, then you might want to check clearance.