[Shotimes] 235 tread width on 7'' rims

[Mark Nunnally]

It also gets worse the bigger dia rim you have.  Ie, what you might could
"get away" with on a 15/16 is going to really not work as good on a 17/18,
etc.

When the sidewall gets smaller, the closer the real world section width of
the tire to the rim width, the better.

FWIW I run 225/45/17 on my 17x8" track wheels.  Works great.  Real world
"width" of those WIDE V700's is 9+ in.  Perfect for an 8" wheel

With a bit more sidewall, I also ran 225/50/16 on some 7.5" rims (same V700
tire) which also fit pretty well.  They were a tick skinnier than the
225-17" tires

For a skinnier (usually) street tire, for the SHO on a nice 17x8" rim,
235/45/17 is probably the perfect size

Mark

> Was that a typo? 235 should be ok for 7.5"-8" wide
> rims  for the common tire sizes and sidewalls. I would
> run a 225 on a 7" wide rim.
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- Mark Mucher <mmucher@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> I think that most would agree that 8" is perfect for
>> 225s
>> 
>> Guess it depends how far off perfect you want to be!
>> <G>
>> 
>> mm in sunny FL
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of van Oss
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:56 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Shotimes] 235 tread width on 7'' rims
>> 
>> 7'' wide rims should be okay wearing 235 tires,
>> right?
>> 
>> VO 
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