Re: tire growth rate ???

whatbumper on September 5th 2010, 8:34 pm

minitubs without notching frame rail seems like a waste to me. Notch those things. Easy to do.

bruno on September 5th 2010, 8:50 pm

nitro717 wrote:with a 28 I thought it looks funny but when you go to a 29.5 looks better. You can probably look at your slicks and notice just the edges look like they never touch the track and just inside of that looks like its a little rough. A friend and I were talking about this lastnight hes still got the 10" rim like i also had before and he noticed this on his slicks after going to a 12" rim tire looks the same all the way across. I went with a 12"x5.5 bs cut like 2 3/4 off each side of the stock 8.8. When I get home I can send some pics of space between tire and frame.

please do ...thxs

bruno on September 5th 2010, 8:51 pm

whatbumper wrote:
bruno wrote:
whatbumper wrote:It's not that hard to clearance the fenders. You will need some little pieces of aluminum and silicone to fill the gaps you make. Takes about 2 hours for both sides. Then you can fit any of those tires. Hell, we can fit a 29.5x10.5W tire.

do you have any pics on what you are talking about

I'll dig something up.

thxs Justin

whatbumper on September 5th 2010, 10:02 pm

I don't have pics of the insides but I found these.

here are a couple before the cut with the 28x10.5 tires

plenty of clearance now with small cuts. When you trim the lower wheel wells you will have to fill in the body gaps that you make or smoke and other stuff will get in. we chose to use small pieces of aluminum to do the job with some clear silicone from Wal-Mart.

nitro717 on September 10th 2010, 1:59 pm

whatbumper on September 10th 2010, 5:15 pm

ours is about the same. maybe notched even a little more but either way that is a LOT more room.

bruno on September 11th 2010, 4:39 am

What size slick is that nitro ???

and justin what rim are you using

richter69 on September 11th 2010, 10:36 am

looks like a W........... Laughing

whatbumper on September 11th 2010, 5:08 pm

bruno wrote:What size slick is that nitro ???

and justin what rim are you using

We are using a holeshot holestar 15x12 with a 6 7/8 backspace. The big tires are 29.5x10.5s. I have no doubt that a w would fit though.

67460 on September 13th 2010, 7:46 pm

Good thread!

bruno on September 17th 2010, 10:15 pm

so you guys think a 12" deal would fit or would i have to notch the frame ??

richter69 on September 17th 2010, 10:17 pm

how much room you have now between the sidewall and the frame? Measure the sidewall to sidewall you have now.............get Justin to get his measurement for you.then you will know.

bruno on September 17th 2010, 10:23 pm

i have 2" from my side wall to the mini-tube and 1/4" to the fender and thats with the 15 x 10 w/ a 5.5 bs

nitro717 on September 23rd 2010, 7:48 pm

Its a 29.5x10.5s on 15x12 with 5.5 bs. I wanted a little deeper dish rim so i cut off a little more than most when putting the 9"ends on. But a 6.5 bs on a 12" rim will put the tire in the same spot as a 10" with a 5.5 bs. You say you have 1/4 to the fender with a 28" you measuring the tread? On a 29.5 it will be up in the fender,I have 1/2 from my sidewall the the fender lip.

bruno on September 24th 2010, 9:59 am

i figured that ... im going to get a set of 15 x 10 w a 6.5 bs and just try the 29.5 and see what she does ..thanks guys for the help