alright boys i need some help i need some 15inch wheels with the biggest drag radials i can throw at them.. i want the tires an rims to stick out the back.. wats the best rim an tire combo to do this?.. also the best lookin rim

 

Best looking rim is a personal preference. My car has Weld Draglites. My truck has American Racing "centerline" look-a-likes.

Doing a few inner fender modifications, you can use a 15x10 rim with 5.5" backspacing. A 28 x 10.5 slick can be made to fit. I have a 29.5 x 10.5 under my car but I also have a bit more fender modifiactions since my axle is positioned back about an inch.

As for a "drag radial" tire, the P325/50R15 can be made to fit but the P275/60R15 would be an easy fit although it only needs an 8" rim.

If you want the tires to "stick out", get a 10" rim with 3.5" backspace.

 

alil more info for tires.. its gonna be a street strip combo deal.. im gonna get QQ plates so im only gonna be drivin it once in a while

 

Your factory tires are 26" tall. You want to stuff as tall a tire as possible under the fenders because it gives a bigger footprint from front to rear however a taller tire also needs deeper gears. Tire height and gear size will depend on how much power the engine makes and at what rpm, type of tranny, converter stall speed if an automatic transmission.

There's stock eliminator cars running low 10's on a 30 x 9" slick so big fat tires are not always needed.

 

well allot of the big fat tires are for looks 2

 

Are you after looks or performance?

 

a combo of both

 

on my car i have centerline auto drags with a five inch backspace and a 325/50/15 bfg drag radial the car does hook hard with stock suspention just some minor work was done to the inner wells

 

i need help trying to post my question can u help

 

just click new thread at the top of the page

 

must be after looks, because unless you're really pushing it(9's or better) it's not neccesary. I'm running 11.7X's in a car that weighs 4000lbs on 315/35/17 dr's(approx 26 tall, 12 wide). 1.6x 60fts consistent. Once I get done, I'm shooting for mid 10's all-motor, full stereo, a/c, power, etc, on 17's. - Hell we're running 4.6X's in the 1/8 at over 150mph on 10.5 tires.......they are 33 tall though.
- 275/60's fit about the best w/o major work. The 325's would go, but it'd take some work to make 'em fit and look right.

 

I currently have 29.5 x 10.5 slicks but I'm seriously considering back halfing the car after the 2006 season and stuffing 32 x 14 radials or 32 x 16's bias under the fenders. The bigger contact patch will help me with traction off the line. If all goes well, I should be at least in the high 9's at altitude this year. 2 tires are only $600 and normally last one season.

There have been cars running 8's with a 10.5" tire so big tires are usually only for looks with a low HP car.

 

i have some pics of my setup if they will help

 

unneccesarily big tires look goofy. pick a tire size that matches your car and forget about what "looks" good. A bad car on a small tire looks way better to me than a slow car on a big tire... I might be silly though. I run a 27x10.5" QTP on a 15x8 5.5"BS rim it fits perfectly, no need to modify the inner fender, and it tucks in under the car. Next set I buy will be 27x11.5" QTP and even those will tuck under the car.

 

who ever these people are they better not come to Florida. We're turning low 7's(getting close to 6's) in the 1/4 in 100% class legal 10.5 tire cars. - again though, 33x10.5, so yes they're big, just not wide.

 

I am using a pair of 275/50/15's on stock 15x7 wheels. Works great but looks like a@@. They don't stick out but they're 28" tall so they fill the wells up If it wasn't a race car they'd be long gone.