Suggestions on wheel/tire combo for 71 Demon?

a34 said

Hey Guys,

I bought my son a 71 Demon for his first car. It has been converted to big bolt pattern. I would appreciate any suggestions and pics of wheel/tire combo's for this car.

I wouldn't mind a set of Cragar SS's for that old school look. I can't seem t find any used ones locally. I do have two 14" ralley's. I was thinking of maybe putting those up front with 15" ralley's in the rear. Not sure what size tires to run in that case. But, that would save a little dough.

I'm open to suggestions, what do you guys think?

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To stay w/i budget, I suggest a matching pair for the rallye wheels you already have. In terms of tire sizes, it depends on how wide your rims are. I run cop car wheels on the Demon and Magnum 500s on the Dart. Both sets are BBP, 15 x 7 with 4¼" back spacing. The Demon runs 235/60s, the Dart runs 205/60s. IMO it's better to run the same size all around as larger tires in the rear tend to promote understeer (until the throttle is used to break the rear tires loose).

For the sake of discussion, let's say you find another pair of rallye wheels and that they are 14 x 5½". A 205/70-14 tire will put more tread on the ground than Mopar ever did on the A-body. It will fit properly on the rim and "fill up" the wheel well visually better than a 205/60-14 would.