[DeTomaso] 15" Pantera tire sizes

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Mike,

185/70 (front) and 215 or 225/70 (rear) for early narrow rim equipped cars, right? :-)

Tomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <PanteraPlace at hotmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 26 april 2006 16:15
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 15" Pantera tire sizes


> 
> In a message dated 4/25/06 16:35:34, PanteraPlace at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> << What size 15" tires do we need for our Panteras?
> 
> 225/50ZR15
> 285/50ZR15 >>
> 
> >>>The cars originally came with:
> 
> 185/70 (front) and 215 or 225/50 (rear)
> 
> The Goodyear Arriva was sized and shaped totally differently; it works out to 
> about 205/60 front and 255/60 rear
> 
> The Euro GTS cars came with 10-inch rear wheels, and used 225/50 and 285/50.
> 
> It's important not to mix up aspect ratios; if you have 60-series tires in 
> the back, they should be matched with 60-series tires up front.
> 
> The exception to this is the cars that have rear tires that are substantially 
> wider, i.e. GT5 or cars fitted with 17-inch wheels....in these cases, the 
> rear tires are SO much wider that if they had the same aspect ratio, the 
> sidewalls would be similarly taller.
> 
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> 
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> 
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at realbig.com
> http://ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>