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Phase 2 - GT-350R Look - What tires?

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bravenrace

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From what I can tell, the GT-350R's had 6.00x15 front and 9.30x15 rear tires. I'm not going to open up my rear wheel wells, so the 9.30x15 is probably out. I'm thinking 215/60-15 on the front and 225/60-15 on the rear, with Torque Thrust 15x7 wheels.
My main problem is finding tires that will look right but survive on the street. Ideally I want a combo street/track tire, but nothing I've found has that vintage look, and the tires I've found that do are either track only tires or street only tires. If only Coker had a Blue Streak clone that had a street compound!
Anyway, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do this with one set of tires, but I thought I'd ask here before I gave up. So I'm looking for tires that look vintage (bias or radial), and what you think of the tire sizes I'm thinking of running. Or any other suggestions. I don't so much have to mimmick the Gt350R, but want the combo to help emulate a race car look, and be adequate for some limited track use.
 
If you are going to do some track time use same tire size at all corners so you can rotate them. 6.00x15 work great.


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Good point on using the same size tires. Have any suggestions on what actual tires to use?
BTW, I have a stencil that allows you to paint the large billboard "Goodyear" on any tire. Not sure if I'd do that, but if the side wall looks like it would work, I may. I'd just run goodyears, but I've been told that they are terrible on the street.
 
Silverblue - I was looking at your cardomain page. What size tires are you using, and is the tire size the same in all those pics?
 
I've run many diff types. Will elaborate when I get to a computer.


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Just a heads up, I have a '67 (may have a little more fender room?) and I run 225/60/15 on 15X7 TTD's. I also have mideye leafs, I had to roll my fenders to clear the bulge of the tire, which I had no issue with rolling as I'm due for bodywork and repaint. Different tires will have different amounts of bulge I've read so you may clear/may not, rolling gives you ~an extra 1/2" safety and gives a smooth rolled surface vs. the sharp edge of the stock lip if it does ever touch the tire.

I have Yokohoma YK-520's which served me well on the street but I never put them through any track time and they are >4yrs. old now but the car has been apart for 3 of those years...
I am going for the hunkered full fender TransAm look and this fits perfect for me.
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I'd like the billboards too for track and cruise ins but they'll have to be on dedicated rims which will come much later.
Jon
 
Been busy starting up a business, completely forgot about it!


Here's what I've run to date.


Dunlop Qualifiers - 215/60R-15. Street tire, hard as a rock, no traction P.O.S.


Nitto NT-01 - 225/45R-15. Awesome track tire for the money. I doubt they'd be any good in the rain.


Hankook Ventus RS3 - 225/45R-15. Good track tire, not as grippy as the NT-01's. I'm using them as street tires now.


Hoosier R6 - 225/45R-15. Awesome track tire, loads of grip, expensive, can't run on the street.


Goodyear Bluestreak - 6.00x15, bias ply tires. Fun as hell on the track, very expensive, streetable...barely.


I ALWAYS run all 4 the same size. That lets me get the most use out of the tires by rotating and flipping on the wheels.
 
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