Lord Orange

I am lowered on form function coil overs, they are maxed out to the top to get maximum height because it is a daily driver, have no issues with rubbing, have inner fenders (have to because of the rain up here in Washington), cold air intake, air conditioning, can go over speed bumps but just have to go slow and sideways. No scraping. I want to maintain ride height. It isn't lowlow life yet, but it is low.

I just rebuilt a new engine and I am currently breaking it in. I am noticing am having traction issues as the new engine is getting stronger.

Build:
11 to 1, 83mm, b18c1, 8lb flywheel, stock crank, stock rods (shot peen), ARP everything, stage 1 clutch (will be changed to a stage 3 when fully broken in), assembly balanced to 10k, extrude honed head, blah, blah, blah, some more stuff that costs money. I am open differential (just rebuilt a transmission for a buddy and I will be going LSD).

What rim/tire size combo can I go to?
By my calculations

FAT FIVE = 15x7 195/55/15
NEW RIMS = 17x7 225/40/17 not changing offset from the FAT FIVES, unless I can get the whole turning radius.

Is that even enough tire for traction? What is the widest tire you can slam in your fenders wells with inner fenders? I can make anything work, but was wondering about some ideas. I want to be able to make U-turns without grinding off my inner fenders with the tire/rims.

I will be going to paint/body soon, so if I have to roll the front fenders, they will get done before being painted. I still must have inner fenders. I know this is a common question, but this has been done before by others.

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

Fat fives are 15x6. Measuring a wheel's width is from inside the lip, not the outside.

As for what the car can fit, you can run 15x8 +35's on near 0 degrees of camber and maintaining the fender liners (paired with 225/45/15 tires).

Lord Orange

wouldn't dropping from a 55 series tire to a 45 series tire get me closer to the ground? I don't want to get lower ground, hince the rim getting larger

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

No, it won't be lower to the ground. The way those tire markings work are like this:

225 / 45 / 15

225 - The width of the tire in millimeters.
45 - The aspect ratio. The height of the sidewall, this is a percentage of the width of the tire. (So roughly 45% of 225mm versus your standard 55% of 195mm.)
15 - The diameter of the wheel to be used.