Home page
  Home Page   Contact Us   Our History   Advertise with Us   Sponsor List   Link to Us   Compare Levels   Member Agreement   Privacy Policy   About C3VR
  Community Forums   Active Threads   Forum Search   Top Posters List   Private Messenger   C3VR Email System   C3 Corvette Quiz
  Members Vettes & Pictures   Member Stories   Member Stats   Real Time Member Map   Member Search   Lifetime Member List   Member Calendar Entry Form   Who's Online
  C3 Registry Data   C3 Corvette Statistics   C3 Corvette Tips & Tricks   C3 Corvette How-Tos   Corvette Club Listing   Corvette Event Listing   Mechanic Directory   Corvette VIN Decoder   Save the Wave   Corvette Emblem History   C3 Corvette Birthday Calculator   C3 Corvette Build Dates   Corvette Parts Illustration Catalog   Shark Bytes - Online
  C3 Corvette Parts Auctions on eBay   Corvette Books   C3VR In-Stock Apparel & Accessories   C3VR Member Name Badges   C3VR Custom Apparel & Accessories @ Zazzle   C3VR Window Stickers   C3VR Member Deals & Discounts   C3VR Member Calendars   Shop Amazon.com
☰
SPONSOR AD SPONSOR AD

Topic: Tires/Wheels for '77

in Forum: C3 Handling Components


Already a Member? Click Here to Login

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 1/22/03 1:27pm Message 1 of 7
C3RVETTE
Former Member
Send PM
Anacortes, WA - USA
Joined: 12/16/2002
Posts: 1293
Vette(s): 1979 Red #72 C3 Corvette,T-350,Black interior,air,tilt/tele,K&N.And a 1978 Olds Cutlass 350/350,auto,air,2-dr.,buckets
I was wondering about going with a wider tire wheel setup,without doing any modifications or creaying any claerance issues.Or going back to the stock rally look(is there a larger footprint for these?)What about 16" wheels and what they might look like? |headscratch| |toungecool|


Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|

SPONSOR AD:: (Our Sponsors help support C3VR)

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 2/4/03 7:33pm Message 2 of 7
garry72conv
Former Member
Send PM
BRADENTON, FL - USA
Joined: 8/4/2002
Posts: 669
Vette(s): 1972 convertible 350 auto trans, delux int, air, ps, pb, t/t wheel, pw, 79,000 org miles Rare one year only color
here's a link to tire size conversion. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

also try the forum answer very simular to yours http://www.c3vr.com/c3vforums/message_go.asp?MID=9135


|IMG|http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/1301_1400/1333/br80.jpg |/IMG|

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 5/16/03 1:03pm Message 3 of 7
groovyjay
Former Member
Send PM
Joined: 5/15/2003
Posts: 110
Vette(s): 1979 Black on Black, heavily modified. 1975 Orange, bone stock (for now).
You can go as big as 20" all around, widest tyres I've seen tucked under a sock bodied C3 is 305! These requires custom backspacing and offset trailing arms. You can fit 295 on the 8" stock wheels and make them work, by just relocating the parking brake cable from side of the TA to top of it. You can get ralleys up to 18" diameter. |cheers|


|B|JOIN THE 1979 CORVETTE REGISTRY! |/B| |URL|http://www.vettefinders.com/79registry/ |/URL| |IMG|http://www.vettefinders.com/79registry/homesivu_tiedostot/79regyla01_tiedostot/bannerthe.gif |/IMG| |URL|www.c3-r.com|/URL|

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 5/18/03 11:42pm Message 4 of 7
C3RVETTE
Former Member
Send PM
Anacortes, WA - USA
Joined: 12/16/2002
Posts: 1293
Vette(s): 1979 Red #72 C3 Corvette,T-350,Black interior,air,tilt/tele,K&N.And a 1978 Olds Cutlass 350/350,auto,air,2-dr.,buckets
How bout w/o relocation..on 15's or 16's.I saw a set on an '80 Vette at the Vette Show I entered this weekend(got a 3rd place trophy by the way,for C3 class),that had 15x8 with 265's I think. |confusing|


Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 5/19/03 5:19am Message 5 of 7
groovyjay
Former Member
Send PM
Joined: 5/15/2003
Posts: 110
Vette(s): 1979 Black on Black, heavily modified. 1975 Orange, bone stock (for now).
275 is possible without any mods. |cheers|


|B|JOIN THE 1979 CORVETTE REGISTRY! |/B| |URL|http://www.vettefinders.com/79registry/ |/URL| |IMG|http://www.vettefinders.com/79registry/homesivu_tiedostot/79regyla01_tiedostot/bannerthe.gif |/IMG| |URL|www.c3-r.com|/URL|

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 5/19/03 2:17pm Message 6 of 7
C3RVETTE
Former Member
Send PM
Anacortes, WA - USA
Joined: 12/16/2002
Posts: 1293
Vette(s): 1979 Red #72 C3 Corvette,T-350,Black interior,air,tilt/tele,K&N.And a 1978 Olds Cutlass 350/350,auto,air,2-dr.,buckets
Thanks,..Do you have to use backspacing to keep freom potruding past the fenders? |headscratch| |cool|


Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|

Tires/Wheels for '77

Posted: 5/19/03 8:53pm Message 7 of 7
luvmy76
Former Member
Send PM
LE ROY, NY - USA
Joined: 3/28/2003
Posts: 242
Vette(s): 1976 L-82 stingray white with red interior,T-Tops, Automatic
hey jon congrats on your third place at the show |cheers| let's see a picture! |thumb| |wavey|


|IMG|http://www.C3VR.com/member_uploads/2801_2900/2805/Ann_Corvette_1a.jpg|/IMG| 1976 white L-82 Stingray|IMG| |/IMG|

in Forum: C3 Handling Components


SPONSOR AD: (Our Sponsors help support C3VR)