Tire and wheel opinions

haybag said
Just got my 69 Dart on the road this spring and took it to the track this week. Stock magnum 5.9 efi, 833 4spd , 8 3/4 3.23 sg, 14 x5.5 sbp wheels with 205/ 75 tires. Best time was 15.68 @ 93 mph. Obvious traction problems. This is a daily driver that I am keeping mainly as is (probably some engine mods down the road)but would like to get the most out of this combo. Suggestions on rear wheel tire combo? I was thinking 14 x 7 or 15 x 7 wheels. Drag radials or street tires?

If the primary use of the car is going to be as a daily driver street tires should be your first choice. If you're planning on a decent amount of drag racing, it may be worthwhile to buy a second set of rims and tires for the back. That way you can run street tires on the street for your daily driving duties and run the drag radials at the track. If it was just a weekend car or occasional driver than running the drag radials isn't a big deal, but I'm not a fan of drag radials on a daily. Or mixed tire/tread set ups for that matter.

15x7 with a 4.25" backspace should let you run 245/60/15's if you wanted with the stock spring locations and on most cars that should work without doing anything to the quarter lips. There are some folks here that have managed to get 255/60/15's on the back, but I would caution that you should measure everything before you go that route because on a decent amount of cars, especially the pre-'70 cars that combination might require some rolling or trimming of the rear quarter lip. It depends on your cars body tolerances, ride height, etc.