max Duster tire size

I'm looking at a 1970 Duster for my 14 year old son, since he wants a Duster like his dad and since I have an extra 10 pt cage and a set of 15x3.5 Centerlines for the front already. But I'm wondering if N50x15's on 15x10's will fit without sticking out. Has anyone got these to fit, and if so what did you have to do. And what offset worked. I'll relocate the springs 3", but will I have to mini tub it too?

an N-50 should fit. They are 28X12" you'll have to mini tubb it. Im going to try that very size whan I do mine. You'll nee 7.5" back spacing on a 10" wheel.

Thanks for the info, can't wait to see yours when it's done.

I cant wait either 8)

I think I just found the max tire size you can fit on a Duster if you mini tub it and relocate the leaf springs 3". I went to a Mopar Show in Fremont, California with my son on Sunday.
I noticed a KILLER LOOKING 71 prostreet plum crazy Duster pull in sporting some pretty big meats. So we went and talked to him. He had Mickey Thompson 29 x 15.5 x 15 sportsmans. He said the rims were 15 x 10's but he didn't know the backspace :(
The outer edges of the wheel wells were untouched!
All he did was trim that inner lip, the one that fat tires always rub on when you hit a bump, to about 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide to give the tires some bouncing room. Some people just roll this up.
This car looked Bad Ass!
I bet these tires would look killer on an early Cuda. :wink: Are the wheel openings the same size as a Duster, sure look like it?
Too bad I forgot the camera, hopefully he will be at the next one.

a 10.5 tread width is max for any A-Body.

Check out this thread I did with pics. This should give you some help.

http://www.mopartech.net/Cgi-Bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=openforum;action=display;num=1083524 571

I still havent done my relocation but last time at the track I saw a Duster with 30X13.5 ET street on it. It had the 3" relocation kit was mini tubbed and had the whell wells opened up a bit.

My 70 duster has 29X15.5X15 MT's on 10" wheels with the springs moved in 3" on each side and has full tubs. The rear end has been cut down too. Lets see if these pics works.

http://www.fotohost.com/fotohost/members/MarkS/ND620028.JPG

http://www.fotohost.com/fotohost/members/MarkS/ND620027.JPG

I've got M/T 29.5/11.5 slicks on mine with some room to spare, however, my springs are moved into the frame rail, it's mini tubbed, the quarters have been rolled and pushed out and the opening has been massaged both fore and aft. You are somewhat limited on overall diameter with out major surgery, especially with slicks that grow. About 30" in diameter is all you can go. Otherwise I have had a 15/33 in there on my 10", 7.5" backspace rim and it only touched lightly so there is room as far as width goes. The tire was only about 1/4" from the front wheel opening at the rocker panel though so it had no room to grow. I'm going to go ahead and narrow the rear about 3 inches per side and use a 12 inch rim with some 29.5/13's on it though soon. I figure by narrowing the rear the exact amount needed to perfectly center the wheel in there I'll be able to fit a little more.

a 10.5 tread width is max for any A-Body.

You can fit a 10.5" tire on a Duster without moving the springs?

I've got 9" wide tires on my Duster now, and I've got about 3/4-1" of room between the tire and the spring. I thought if I went with anything bigger it'd be too close to the leaf.

I'd like to go with a 10 or 10.5" tire, though, so if it'll fit... ?

I ran a 9 X 29 on my Duster and had a lot of room. I use the offset hangers and shackles. It did have 11.5 X 31 Goodyears when I first got the car. They were mounted on 10" Centerlines and would just touch the lip of the fender if the car sat too much.