Current tires on them are
285/40/ZR15, 225/50/VR15 .

RIMS are 15X10 & 15X9
They came off of a '79 930.

Tire Rack does not carry the 285's in 15" for the Kumho's i'm looking at.

WW914CPD? (whatwould914clubpeopledo?)

FYI, I will be using a BF2X4 to clearance the fenders.... The PO encluded a quart of touch up paint.

Roger

Is there a question there? I've read it three times.

There is a tire calculator in the 914Info section at the top of this page.

post pics of the wheels homie.

you will need alot more than a BFH to fit 10's in the wheel wells dude.
cut and splice....

nice paper weights

there is a reason those sell so cheap, no good tires made in that size anymore......

i'll be around today if you want to load it all up and go for a drive...i be good with a hammer

pics???

are they gotti's?

hey Roger, you outbid me when I went to take a crap. Otherwize those would have been my wheels. DOggone it.

QUOTE (shadygrady @ Oct 22 2005, 12:16 PM)

hey Roger, you outbid me when I went to take a crap. Otherwize those would have been my wheels. DOggone it.

you should be thanking Roger

He is going to have a helluva time finding rubber for those.....

last swapmeet I went to, a guy had some cool rims the same size, BBS 3-piece....couldn't find a buyer and all he wanted was $200 for all 4

link to auction?????

Hey guys, sorry for laggin'...

Met a new single massage therapist and she required more time today than I had expected...

Yep dems' da' Gotti's. I'm thinking powder coating them black or flourescent purple to match the valve covers...

I prefer less sidewall and thought 285 represented sidewall height. Yes/No?

My question is isn't there something about "aspect ratio" that the "285" represents? I have no idea what that means exactly...

When I drop that number doesnt the sidewall decrease? (so 225 40 ZR 15's simply have a lower profile than the 285 40 ZR 15's ???)

Roger

Oh and Mark,

My question was is if I cannot find 285's what would the club people do about the right size for these rims.

Hoosier makes a 275/50/15...

p/n 46540 P275/50ZR15 M
tread width 10.3"
diameter 25.3"
recommended rim width 8.0-10.5"

Yokohama is making the 285 again. saw em on 15x11's The guy claimed he had the first set in the USA.

roger

285 = width
the next number such as "40" is aspect ratio, or sidwall height. 40% of 285
and the last number is rim size = 15

285/40/15

I have a contact of someone who was getting 345x35x15 Pirelli's new. They were going for about $600 a pair. I think he's out of them now but my point is they are making the tires just in limited quanties.
The Countach and the 911 rsr shared the same tire as far as I know.

QUOTE

I prefer less sidewall and thought 285 represented sidewall height. Yes/No?

285 is width in mm so 285/25.4=11.22 inches

a 225 on a 9" rim is stretching it....normally 245's are the preferred width, but you'll get quicker steering with the 225's

QUOTE (Mueller @ Oct 22 2005, 05:09 PM)

QUOTE I prefer less sidewall and thought 285 represented sidewall height. Yes/No? 285 is width in mm so 285/25.4=11.22 inches a 225 on a 9" rim is stretching it....normally 245's are the preferred width, but you'll get quicker steering with the 225's

yup...herr mueller is right.

i got 225's on 8's, 225's are even a tad small maybe on 8"s, so a 9" would be nuts

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Oct 22 2005, 04:19 PM)

QUOTE (Mueller @ Oct 22 2005, 05:09 PM) QUOTE I prefer less sidewall and thought 285 represented sidewall height. Yes/No? 285 is width in mm so 285/25.4=11.22 inches a 225 on a 9" rim is stretching it....normally 245's are the preferred width, but you'll get quicker steering with the 225's yup...herr mueller is right. i got 225's on 8's, 225's are even a tad small maybe on 8"s, so a 9" would be nuts

225's on 9" rims, would make them low rider wheels

Oh noooooo.

So now that I look at Tire Rack I see that there are zero tires to fit the rear rims.

Hoosiers..., well I was thinking of this car as a street rod/road racer/daily driver.

Hmmmmm

I USED to believe that there was no such thing as too wide....