68 Val, time for new tires and maybe wheels.....

Hey All,

My car is a 68 Val. I just upgraded from 14 in. sbp, drums on all 4 corners to large bolt pattern. I changed to large bolt pattern 8.75 rear with stock spring placement and large bolt pattern front discs with a 73 up sway bar.

The car originally had 245-60-14 rears and 205-70-14 fronts all on rally wheels.

Now that I have the large bolt set up I need to put some new shoes on. In my reading it seems like 245 is about as much as I can stuff under it in the rear, and 225 up front. is this correct?

I have an assortment of 15 in steel rims to choose from in both the stock and police variety. i haven't measured the width yet, but I'm guessing they are all 6 or 7 in.

I want to set the car up for handling (as best I can) not the straight line stuff.

Also I am not adverse to a set of spring offset hangers if it would help me stuff a few more mm of tire under there.

Thanks for any recommendations!

CE