90GT

No offense taken. Unfortunately ,I still have to use wheel spacers on my new 5.0. I just know that someday a tire is gonna come off.Lol

cammedlx

I run 1/4's on the front of mine and never had a problem but i do have long shank welds lugs too and not the acorn style lug.

black89gt

255's are WAYYY to wide for the front dude.. with a 17x8.5 rim int eh front.. i would go with a nice staggered set up like 235 in the front and 255 or so in the back.

Quik

going ot help you out on this one. 40 is the aspect ratio of width to height. its 40% of the width. so its 40%of 255 that gives your height that + rim size X2=tire height so the 40 isnt the width just the height

Quik

keep word you got replicas. your front rim is kinda wide for that use on the front. also what back spacing you running? also i think there is a difference in the banger spindles and the 5.0 ones. best bet its not the springs or struts going to matter in this one its the spindle you need to worry about. many ppl for drag run the banger springs up front so that leaves that part out for you. check to see if the spindle is different if it is great replace it if not then guess what.........get new rims for front, or get new less wider front tires or just get a spacer. not to many choices here my friend

tinner7

the rims and tires I have DO fit on a stock 5.0, front and back without rubbing. I have tried them myself on my freinds car. They don't fit on my car, since mine was a 4 cyl. So there is a front suspension differance in the two cars. I will check into the spindles. just look at them with the pics I took between the two, the spindles do look differant, as does the hat of the rotors, the 5.0 haveing a smaller hat and what looks like a thicker base on the rotor, the struts look the same though.

wildstang87

the hat of the rotor on a 5.0 is thicker, thats the diff. in offset. you could fix this with a smaller strut to spindle upper bolt, so that you could pivot the wheel out some, but then you would need c/c plates to get the camber back in specs.. this route would be alot cheaper and serve the same purpose... i personally run 17x9s front and back with 245/45s, with no rub at all, not even on the gt bodykit... and they sit under the fender.

Quik

some are also forgetting that pre 91 cars had smaller fender openings but its probably the spindles like i said

wildstang87

87-93 used the same fenders right??? anywayz, i still say its the brake setup.. the shorter rotor hat is letting the wheel sit further in. the spindles are exactly the same.

tinner7

i am not sure I agree that the spindles are the same, if you look close at these two pics, one from a stock 5.0 (with upgraded calipers) and the other with the 2.3 setup, you can see some differances

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...Rod/Stock5.jpg - 5.0

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...Rod/Stock2.jpg - 2.3