Day 2 tires--- what are you looking for?

[Hemicolt]

Is it possible for the L60-15 to be pulled in to far at the side walls with an 8" rim, causing the contact patch not to be evenly planted on the road surface, out on the tread edges?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SmallHurst</div><div class="ubbcode-body">235/60/15= F60-15
275/60/15= L60-15

Both of these sizes are covered by Kelsey/Goodyear. What sizing needs to fill a gap?

The L-60's work better on the wider rims, but 8&quot; will do fine.

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[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chandler</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is it possible for the L60-15 to be pulled in to far at the side walls with an 8&quot; rim, causing the contact patch not to be evenly planted on the road surface, out on the tread edges?


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8&quot; are fine for L60-14-probabaly the optimium tire for it IMO. Also the original Goodyear L60-14/15 and N50/15's were smaller in width and height than the average comparable tire back in the day. Not sure why. I measured a N50/15 Goodyear (nos) at a swap meet and the outside diameter was 25.75 and the used (slightly) Pro Trac N50's I have are 26.25 and the M/T are taller than that.

M/T made the largest L60/14/15 in width and height back in the day and still do.

[Salvatore]

I never ran 8&quot; rims on any L60's that I ever used. Kurt, you are right L60/14's and H70/14's were a mainstay on my nova 40 years ago. I actually like 6&quot; rims for the cheater slicks I use for Day-2.

[Hemicolt]

I'm saying that alot of the people I talk to today, that have Day 2 cars, are running 8 to 10 inch rims with a tire height 27 to 28 inches tall.
Letting air out of them is not an option for street driving.
When I used to build drag cars we would tend to use a rim a little wide on the 10.5 tire cars. This would put the contact patch dead flat on the track.
I see alot of the old 60 series tires at swap meets with the center wore down and the the outer edges look new. This is from running to wide of a tire on a narrow rim.
But to be honest, I can't say what anyone was doing back in the day. I was born in 69..lol

[Schonyenko2]

I ran Goodyear L60 15s on 8in Fentons on my yellow deuce. 14lbs air pressure. Hooked hard at around 4k. Had 7's on the frt.
The Moses deuce had G50 14s on aluminum rims. I thought it was an unusual size for the time period, but maybe not. An N would have dropped the rear to about 4.56 I think. Mo said she was fast. I don't doubt him for a minute.

[Salvatore]

not many of us messed with rims wider than 7-8&quot; back in the late 60's early 70's. Most ran 7&quot; wheels and if they wanted the tire to stick out they would buy the deep dish version for the rear. Many times the center of the tires wore out because of to much air pressure. Even if you buy vintage tires like I do, you will need to drive on them for 50 years before anything wears out. I drive my cars weekly(weather conditions) but only 8-10 miles at a time. Remember, unless these cars we are talking about are time capsules like Mockingbirds Deuce we are really only cloning a Day-2 car today even if we run all vintage parts its still a vintage Day-2 car of 2011. That is why to me, a &quot;real&quot; Day-2 car is priceless and should by any means not to be restored if possible unless ALL the parts that are on that car for the last 40 years gets restored with it. My 69 Z/28 is in Day-2 trim but it is a Day-2 clone of an original 69 Z/28 that was modified in its day. I like 15X6 in the front and 15X7's in the rear. Its up to the individual.