[DeTomaso] Tire advice

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Sat Feb 15 22:39:30 EST 2014


The advantage of conversion cars like the blue GT4 is that you can (and should) buy the wheels and build the car around them, setting preferred ride height before flare fitment, thus providing some degree of freedom to get all the aesthetics right. With factory cars like the GT5 you are stuck with what you have in changing wheel sizes, also I believe the combined skirts and flares provide less freedom of adjustment if you were converting to a GT5 rather than a GT4.
Julian

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:06:01 -0800
> To: davel at emspace.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tire advice
> 
> Hah! Not even close! Stock 345/35-15 tires are 24 inches high and 285/40-15 are about 23.5 inches. Tires for 18-19 inch wheels in the appropriate widths are 26-27 inches or even more.  That's why widebody cars, especially GT5 with the big side skirts, look like jacked up SUVs with big wheels. 
> 
> This blue GT4 does look much better than most, I freely admit!
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 15, 2014, at 18:04, dave londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:
> 
> > But the wheels get bigger and the sidewalls get smaller. Same rolling height, if you take care??
> > dave
> > 
> >> In a message dated 2/15/14 12 42 24, michael at michaelshortt.com writes:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> I concur with Julian, if buying today I would go
> >>> 17/18 (or a bit more radical at 18/19) to ensure a supply of readily available performance rated tires in the future at relatively normally prices.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> >>>...but they look so awful, especially on a GT5 or GT5-S....ugh. :<(
> >> 
> >> Mike (likes 'em low and mean-looking....)
> >> 
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