mustang283

Hey everyone,

I currently have a 1991 mustang GT. I have 1998 17x8 pony wheels with 245/45/17 all around. I have the front lowered around 1-2 inches, and have did a full weight reduction on the rear and the back has atleast 2-3 inches from the top of the tire to the fender. (alot of room)

My question is I plan to get Draglite tires, I want the biggest possible tire in the back, I have no quad shocks and it looks like the inside fenders have been beat already.

I was looking at the 15x8 wheels with 5.5 backspacing and Mickey thompson 275/50/15? Or 275/60/15??

Should I get the /60/ mickeys since there 2 inches taller? Since I have alot of space? (i have no back seat carpet or anything i removed alot of crap form the back of my car.

Thank you very much.

Pics of mickeys 275/50 or 275/60 on 15x8 draglite rim would be nice too.

jkrum10238

might want to move some stuff form the front to the back (weight over the rear wheels = traction)

mustang283

yes, im about to put a battery in the trunk and my heavy gas tank lol. and im about to start doing alot of weight reduction on the front.

PRO50SC

What gears do you have? The 2" taller difference in tire diameter will make a big difference in seat of the pants feel and get up. A 50 series tire is 26" tall where as the 60 is a 28. You'll have no problem w/ a 275 on an 8" rim w/ 5.5 b/s.

mustang283

I have 3.73 gears. Will the 275/50/15 fill out the back good enough then? I don't want alot of space above the tire, you know?

Will the 275/50/15 on draglite 15x8 be taller than my 245/45/17 on my 17" ponys? (i know they will be wider.)

PRO50SC

I'll post up some pics later when I have some time. I have pics w/ both sizes on my car. Are you going to be racing it? When I had my 3.73's in and ran 28" tires there was a noticable loss in my et. Went back to a 16" tire.

PRO50SC

OK, my car sits at stock ride height.
Here's my car on Hoosier dr's. They are 275/50/15's. They measure just a tad under 26" tall




Here are the M/T ET drags, 26/10.5/15, 26" tall




Here are BFG dr's, 275/60/15, 28" tall.




Hope this helps

mustang283

Do you have alot of weight in your back? Because I have about 3 inches above the tops of my back tires from the fender and it looks wierd. Do you think the 275/50/15 MT street radials on 15x8 draglites would fill them out really good? What is the biggest running 275/50/15 tire? I know nittos run really small so i dont wanna go with that.

Thanks so much for all the pictures, yea the /60/ look a tad big lol but if you have a lot of weight in the back thts y i think they look big to me not much space

also if i go to 4.10 with the 28" tall tires would that seem like 3.73s with the 26"?


And what is the backspacing on front/back and tire size on the front

I like how it looks

PRO50SC

The 4.10/28" might offset it. I haven't run 28's w/ the 4.10's yet. I'm pretty happy w/ my combo right now.

The fronts are 15x3.5 w/a 1.75" b/s. 165x15" tires. The rears are 15x8 w/a 5.5 b/s.

The only thing in the trunk is the battery and a sub box. Post up some pics of your car so we can see your ride height.

I think the mickeys run pretty large comparatively in size. I'm running those now on a 10" rim. I don't have any pics of those though and they do rub a lil in turns and on harsh bumps. In retrospect I should have stayed w/ a 8" rim for the street.

mustang283

well i can't get a picture right now, but the tops of the tires are exactly 3 inches from the bottom of the outer fender, it looks really spacy.

Do you have rear seats? I took everything out of my mustang in the back, seatbelts, cotton crap, carpet tire sub seat it looks rly plain.