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Radiator and tire
- Thread starter Dave2g
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B67FSTB
The NorCal dude from Belgium
"Grabber70Mach" said:
Not at all. I just did my car the way I wanted to after a heck of a lot of research.
As far as tires are concerned, they must work with the stance you are going to be attempting to achieve. Since you mentioned you need all season tires, I assume the stance of your car will be higher than what I have on my rigs. Do you have power steering?
On the 65 with manual steering, I run 205 in front and 225 in back. Very easy to steer even at very slow speeds. On the 68, I'm running 225 at all 4 corners, again manual steering, I will say it is a bear to park the car but I'm so use to it now, no big thing and I love high speed steering cruising in the mountains.
You mention 215 or 235. I can't imagine 235 especially in the front unless you have power steering and assuming the offset in the wheels will allow the tire to sit into the fender far enough preventing the tire to be outside the fender lip. What size rims were you considering?
Size of rims or wheels might be governed by the type of all season tires readily available. I don't know who makes a good all season tire but I'm sure there are plenty of manufacturers.
Thus, I would first determine what brand you might be wanting. Do they make the tire in the size rim you are considering such as 15" or 16". What profile are you considering 50/55/60 or what? Does your choice of tire make it? Once you pic a rim size and tire profile, you then need to consider if any suspension modification will be necessary.
For basic stock stance 215/55/16 might be the way to go.
So many choices
As far as tires are concerned, they must work with the stance you are going to be attempting to achieve. Since you mentioned you need all season tires, I assume the stance of your car will be higher than what I have on my rigs. Do you have power steering?
On the 65 with manual steering, I run 205 in front and 225 in back. Very easy to steer even at very slow speeds. On the 68, I'm running 225 at all 4 corners, again manual steering, I will say it is a bear to park the car but I'm so use to it now, no big thing and I love high speed steering cruising in the mountains.
You mention 215 or 235. I can't imagine 235 especially in the front unless you have power steering and assuming the offset in the wheels will allow the tire to sit into the fender far enough preventing the tire to be outside the fender lip. What size rims were you considering?
Size of rims or wheels might be governed by the type of all season tires readily available. I don't know who makes a good all season tire but I'm sure there are plenty of manufacturers.
Thus, I would first determine what brand you might be wanting. Do they make the tire in the size rim you are considering such as 15" or 16". What profile are you considering 50/55/60 or what? Does your choice of tire make it? Once you pic a rim size and tire profile, you then need to consider if any suspension modification will be necessary.
For basic stock stance 215/55/16 might be the way to go.
So many choices
kb3
Well-Known Member
just don't ask Craig about steering wheels....... :ns
You would have far more tires to pick from if you went 16, but yes that means changing rims as well. IMHO, 235 are pretty big but if you can find rims with a big enough back spacing to tuck the wheels under the fender lip, then ok.
You can't open the speedcooling link? Works fine with me. Nevertheless, the radiator they sell is the Engineered Cooling Products series. Here's a ebay link to their 67 Mustang radiator.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=engineered+cooling+products&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xengineered+cooling+radiator%2C+1967+mustang&_nkw=engineered+cooling+radiator%2C+1967+mustang&_sacat=0
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=engineered+cooling+products&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xengineered+cooling+radiator%2C+1967+mustang&_nkw=engineered+cooling+radiator%2C+1967+mustang&_sacat=0
B67FSTB
The NorCal dude from Belgium
Are you ordering a radiator with the lower snout on the driver's or passenger side. Make sure you get the right one per your water pump's snout location.
"Dave2g" said:
70 is sidewall height, 70% of width.....or 150.5 mm
70's sure seem like a pretty tall tire.