DeTomaso Mailing List: December 98, Message #75

Mike: forgive me for missing maybe the obvious-- but 84.5" diameter i.e. 
7 feet?  ARe you sure you don't mean circumference?

Kirk Bailey
Red 71 #1907
Toronto, Canada



On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Mike Cox wrote:

> > From: "Melton, Charles P" <charles.p.melton@lmco.com>
> > Subject: RE: Your new wheels
> > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:28:33 -0500
> > 
> > 
> > The issue that went around the list recently concerns the "look" or ratio of
> > wheel size to tire size and wheel arch size...(front and rear).
> > 
> > Does the 17" front wheel look odd ?  Is the front wheel taller than the rear
> > ?
> > There was someone at a recent PCNC meeting that had a set of tires on the 
> > 17" front wheels, that actually looked (and measured ?) taller than the rear
> > wheel & tire combo.  Thus the concern.  I believe with the correct (?) tire
> > choice
> > the front wheel (& tire) will be the correct height compared to the 17" rear
> > wheel.
> > Will it look "odd" is a matter of personal opinion.
> 
> I bought a set of 17" Kinesis K5 wheels with Michelin tires (245/40 and 315/40)
> a couple of months ago. The diameter of the fronts was pretty close compared
> with the 205/60/15 I had (78 inches for the 17" vs. 77.5 for the 15"). The 15"
> rears 255/60/15 were 84.5" in diameter and the 17" came out to 81". So the
> 17" rears are about an inch taller than the fronts and the 15" rears are about
> two inches taller than the fronts.
> 
> When I compared my 17" 315 rear tire with a 17" 335 Dunlop at Halls a couple of
> weeks ago the tires were darn near the same size. In retrospect I wish I would
> have gone with 335's, but I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to buy new rears before
> too long... :^) Anyways my 315s appeard to be about the same height as his
> 335s.
> 
> What I am saying is all wheels and all tires don't seem to be created equal.
> I doubt the offset of any of the 17" wheels is the same and just because the
> tire has the same size stamped on the side it isn't necessarily going to have
> the same deminsions.
> 
> 	  --mike                   | "Nothing is ever really broken,
> michael.cox@elsegundoca.ncr.com    8  it just lacks duct tape."
>          '71 #1739                 |  Tim Nyberg - "The Duct Tape Book"
> 
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