I ran a 275 Mickey Thompson drag radial on my 17X8 tribars. It had a bulge, but hooked pretty darn good for my stock engined car. Didnt corner worth a ****, but thats not what they are made for.
FWIW, I've held in my hands BFG 275s DRs that were ran their entire life on a 17x8 rim, all the way until belt was showing. It was very obvious that the narrow rim was distorting the contact patch, all the wear was on the inside. Belts were showing in the middle, but the tire still had tread left at the outer edges of the contact patch. Now this could have been partially due to overinflation, but it forever convinced me not to run tires on a narrower rim than they are rated for.
I ran a 275 Mickey Thompson drag radial on my 17X8 tribars. It had a bulge, but hooked pretty darn good for my stock engined car. Didnt corner worth a ****, but thats not what they are made for.
I would never tub it. That's just ruining the car IMHO for what I want to do with it. It's just a street car.
I figure right now, as it sits, my car with 245's and the 17x8 '97 cobra wheels on there sits flush with the fender lip. Hit a bump and it moves past and makes no contact.
If i were to put a 275 on the 8" rim, the bulge would be equal on both sides and the rubber would get closer to the lip
Now, if i take the same 17x8's and widen them to 9.5" or so, now the 275 is stretched inwards away from the fender lips.
My question is how far inwards I can go
Widening SN95 wheels on Fox's is not common. I have yet to see it done. Poking my head under the cars ass, i do have clearance to the inner fender liner.
I guess all i can do is think really hard about it and decide from there.
ALl my buddies own Sn95's, so maybe one has a 275DR mounted on a 17x8 i can test fit. Maybe i'll try that
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