cmc offsets

[kdco]

Can anyone help me with the proper wheel and tir size for a cmc with a lincoln rear

[racer24]

I run 225/60R/15 front ,255/60R/15 in the rear.
My rear end is from a thunderbird turbo coupe.
Shocks are coil roll over. I don't know if this is what you are
looking for. Rides great , with good grip.

racer24

[kdco]

do you know what the offset of the wheels areand what rear end you have ? mustang / lincoln couger ?

[B L & sons]

Hope this will help.I am in the build phase but not to this point.I think this well get the info you are looking for.
Bill
www.kitcarbooks.com/tiretect.html

[B L & sons]

well that was no help! there was a thread here at cc that I was able to link to to get this information.I will try to locate it and repost.
Bill

[B L & sons]

try this
www.kitcarbooks.com/techdir.html

stroll down to understanding tire & wheel sizing.
Regards
Bill

[Cobra Dude]

Whoa -- a bunch of (fellow) CMC owners here. With a 87-93 Mustang rear, I use 265-50-15 on 15x8 rims with a 5" backspacing. The fronts are 225-50-15 on 15x7 rims with 4.5" backspacing.

This was after much measurement, and I like the way it looks, except that the rears would look a *tad* nicer with another 0.5" outwards on each side. What I don't like is that the rear tire is not tall enough to fill up the wheel well. I'll be changing them though.

Your Lincoln rear end should be about 3/4" wider I believe.

Because of the curvature of the tire on the rim, and the different curvatures with a given tire on different sized rims, it will be tough to predict what the end result would look like for your tastes. Best bet is to find someone with the rims you want, try one, and adjust the backspacing from there.

Hope I didn't confuse you more

Cheers,
-Neil.