Who has run 275/40 17 ET Street Radials?
04-18-2012, 11:41 AM
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Who has run 275/40 17 ET Street Radials? Just wondering how well they work. I run the same brand tires on my Buick with good look, but are on 15" wheels.
I heard 15" wheels won't fit on the back of a F body. The one I have has a 9" in it, but they retained the stock brakes, so I'm guessing 15" wheels won't fit.
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I heard 15" wheels won't fit on the back of a F body. The one I have has a 9" in it, but they retained the stock brakes, so I'm guessing 15" wheels won't fit.
TIA
04-18-2012, 06:14 PM
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Well there are 15" wheels that will fit the big brakes on F bodies.Billet Specialties make a specific F body rear wheel and welds RTS wheels are made to fit late models with big brakes.There are other companies making new wheels to fit newer cars to-do some checking.That said alot of people are running 275/40 17 MTs( including me) and are happy with them.I guess depending on your car and hp the 15s might do better.
04-21-2012, 12:10 PM
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I ran a 1.61 60 time with them on 17s & quite a few 1.6s but if track prep isnt perfect I break loose a lot. They dont last too long either so dont drive around a lot, save them for the track. I got 5k miles out of a set but I did do some serious burnouts. I am going with a bias tire with smaller diameter wheel this year.
