I'm putting 17x8 ince rim on my 1971 coupe.  I'm having trouble finding the correct tire size.  If anybody has any experience with this application i would appriciate the input.

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Stock Tire - 255/60R15         >Search Tires	Tire 1 - 255/50R17         >Search Tires
Section Width: 10.03 in 255 mm	Section Width: 10.03 in 255 mm
Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm	Rim Diameter: 17 in 431.8 mm
Rim Width Range: 7 - 9 in	Rim Width Range: 7 - 9 in
Overall Diameter: 27.04 in 686.81 mm	Overall Diameter: 27.03 in 686.56 mm
Sidewall Height: 6.02 in 152.90 mm	Sidewall Height: 5.01 in 127.25 mm
Radius: 13.52 in 343.40 mm	Radius: 13.51 in 343.15 mm
Circumference: 84.94 in 2157.4 mm	Circumference: 84.91 in 2156.7 mm
Revs per Mile: 769.2	Revs per Mile: 769.5
Actual Speed: 60 mph 100 km/h	Speedometer1: 60.0 mph 100. km/h
Speedometer Difference: -	Speedometer Difference: 0.039% too fast
Diameter Difference: -	Diameter Difference: 0.04%

wetvet2011-01-28 20:47:41

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Steve, You are a wealth of information! Thats about as close as you can get to the stock size!

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I was going to put that size 17's on my Vette, but did not.

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thank you for all the information

 

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beautiful car by the way wetvet

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I just printed that and it's in my info folder!! Great stuff Steve!