I have a customer who wants to run torque thrust on at 65 as he's going to be driving it. The tires are 215 60 15 Avon's. Will 7 inch fit or do we need to stick with 6 inch? Thanks in advance
Tim
On my '66 I am running repro Style Steel wheels with 4-5/8" BS and 215/60X15s on the front. They will touch the fender lip occasionally - like low speed, wheel turned hard, over a bump. My car sits fairly low. No problem in the back - I am running 235/60X15s.
Quote from: TLea on May 31, 2021, 03:41:38 PM
I have a customer who wants to run torque thrust on at 65 as he's going to be driving it. The tires are 215 60 15 Avon's. Will 7 inch fit or do we need to stick with 6 inch? Thanks in advance
You might check with Cobra Automotive on fitment, but I would think the 15X7 w/ .200" neg offset would fit with those using either the 215 or 225. You might even consider 215's on the front and 225's out back.
Tim. I'm running 225s on my 15x7 Cragers. Rick
Quote from: TLea on May 31, 2021, 03:41:38 PM
I have a customer who wants to run torque thrust on at 65 as he's going to be driving it. The tires are 215 60 15 Avon's. Will 7 inch fit or do we need to stick with 6 inch? Thanks in advance
Tim,
I run a set of PS Engineering TA wheels 15x8 with a 4 3/8" back spacing on my 65 front tires are 225/60-15 fronts and 245/60-15 rears. Unfortunately these wheels are no longer available from Phil Schmidt.
There are however American Racing 15x8 Torque Thrusts new version "D's" with a 4 1/2" back spacing. In order to achieve the same positioning as the PS wheels I have to add 1/8" spacers. I believe these wheels are readily available.
Wheel on the left is the AR 15x8 the mounted is the 15x8 PS Eng. wheel (see pic).
A currently available 15x7 only has a 3 3/4" back spacing which only allows a 215/60-15 and possibly another size without flatting the fenders/un-modified. It will also allow a 6.00/15 race tire, i.e. Goodyear Eagle, Hoosier, etc but needs fenders to be flattened (modified).
Cheers,
~Earl J
American Racing 15 x 7 Torq Thrust with 225 60 x15 front and 245 60 x 15 rear. Wheel lips flattened for additional clearance. Have 255 60 x 15 Comp TA R1's for the rear also, but they will rub if full tank of fuel in an R-model tank.
Don
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