help! its tire time. help please....

[yote1234]

while my 65 was in the shop, it was on the lift receiving a 3speed to automatic (700r4) conversion..... two of the 19 year old tires blew out with in 1 week. go figure! thank god that it wasnt on the road!.... anyway i want as close as original size and look, but in a modern tire (radial) for better driving!
its a 1965 c10 short wide with 6cyl. do i need 195/75/15r? 195/80/r15?
h e l p .... buying tomorrow. thx, dave

[yote1234]

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[theastronaut]

I like 235/75's on stock wheel/stock height C10's myself. A 195/75 is rather small for a truck, I have 205/70's on the back of my lowered VW bug!





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[rockdogg2020]

I ran 235/75/15 for a while. If you like a wide oldschool style 255/70/15.

[likaroc13]

you can check out mine for reference...I have 205/75/15 Firestone fr380's

various pics from page 3-7:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3&ppuser=32530

[yote1234]

thank you all for your reply... looks like i might go with 215-75r-15 or 215-70r-15. thx again..........dave

[chevyrestoguy]

Psssst.......blackwalls this time. No white letters...........

Love your truck!

[yote1234]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

Psssst.......blackwalls this time. No white letters...........

Love your truck!

hehehehehehe... thats a big 10-4 buddy...

[doobiebro]

Originally Posted by yote1234

hehehehehehe... thats a big 10-4 buddy...

Small or big white walls will look better...

[jocko]

235-75-15 blackwalls all the way baby!!!! Mine are on the stock skinny steelies (1st pic).
But you can't go wrong with your truck - ANYthing will look great on it!

I agree with Rockdog also, 255-70-15 is also a nice size, but significantly beefier than a "stock" look - see 2nd pic.

[rockdogg2020]

Having a slightly taller tire will also help your rpms. The actual diameter is 195/75/15=26.5in, 205/75/15=27.1in, 215/75/15=27.7in, 235/75/15=28.9in, 255/70/15=29.1in. 6cyl don't spin fast
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[yote1234]

Originally Posted by doobiebro

Small or big white walls will look better...

how about raised white letters? 60's look?

Originally Posted by jocko

235-75-15 blackwalls all the way baby!!!! Mine are on the stock skinny steelies (1st pic).
But you can't go wrong with your truck - ANYthing will look great on it!

I agree with Rockdog also, 255-70-15 is also a nice size, but significantly beefier than a "stock" look - see 2nd pic.

thx for complement... after seeing your truck again i probably will go 235/75/r15.
but wont they look too wide?

Originally Posted by rockdogg2020

Having a slightly taller tire will also help your rpms. The actual diameter is 195/75/15=26.5in, 205/75/15=27.1in, 215/75/15=27.7in, 235/75/15=28.9in, 255/70/15=29.1in. 6cyl don't spin fast
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ahhh so now i hope 235/75/r15 's wont dog it down too much? 6cyl,. 700r4. what do you think. ?????????

[rockdogg2020]

I'm running the 235s now, only problem you may have wit the 700r4 will be connecting the tv cable, especially if you have 1bbl. I've been considering that swap for a long time, but I also have 3.38s in the rear
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[ole dollor]

white wall rule.....

[yote1234]

Originally Posted by rockdogg2020

I'm running the 235s now, only problem you may have wit the 700r4 will be connecting the tv cable, especially if you have 1bbl. I've been considering that swap for a long time, but I also have 3.38s in the rear
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i just got the truck back from the 700r4 conversion and everything is working fine. i just thought that the larger tire might give it too high of a ratio. or loss of power?

[rockdogg2020]

Hey so what do you think about the 700 behind the L6 and what add-ons are you running (gears, intake, carb, exhaust. I was gonna go with a 283 or a 327 bc i wasnt sure how well the little six would handle the 700? Also (and MOST IMPORTANT ?) is how may MPGs are you getting now.

[rockdogg2020]

Is it a 230 or a 250 and if possible could you please post pics of the the tv cable lingage. I hate to bug you but this conversion was something i was really considering and is the last project i havent done besides power brakes and electric fan which i will be doing next year.

[yote1234]

Originally Posted by rockdogg2020

Hey so what do you think about the 700 behind the L6 and what add-ons are you running (gears, intake, carb, exhaust. I was gonna go with a 283 or a 327 bc i wasnt sure how well the little six would handle the 700? Also (and MOST IMPORTANT ?) is how may MPGs are you getting now.

i just got it back wednesday and have only put 1 mile on it due to the bad tires, put it seem to have run out better than the 3speed manual. big improvement!
even that i hated to convert from the "factory originality " i did want to go over 45 miles per hour with out the "high" rpms. im sure it will improve gas miliage..

Originally Posted by rockdogg2020

Is it a 230 or a 250 and if possible could you please post pics of the the tv cable lingage. I hate to bug you but this conversion was something i was really considering and is the last project i havent done besides power brakes and electric fan which i will be doing next year.

its a 230 inline 6 with 59,000 orig miles. i will post pics soon of the tv cable.
thx,dave

[Torqueforce]

Also very interested in that TV setup for the 6, I've been hoping to do a 200-r4 swap. I run 235/75 15s and the 6 can spin them fine, it'll even bark into 2nd. They are skinny though with only about 6.5 inches touching the road in each corner, I'd go with a 255/70-15.

[jocko]

yote wrote: thx for complement... after seeing your truck again i probably will go 235/75/r15.
but wont they look too wide?


yote, as far as performance goes - an inch or so difference in tire size (dia) isn't really going to be noticeable as far as what you feel in the seat of your pants - but you'll just note your speedo is off a bit. As far as width - here is a better shot (pic #1) to show how wide the 235s look - they really don't look "wide" at all to me though - look pretty stock - but you can tell a difference when you see bone stock side by side with the 235s. I just always thought the 235s filled the wheelwell better than stock size (see pic #2 & #3 - #2 is a side shot of a 235, #3 is the no-kidding original 66 bias ply spare on the truck from back when I was experimenting with wheel colors).

[oem4me]

Originally Posted by jocko

#3 is the no-kidding original 66 bias ply spare on the truck from back when I was experimenting with wheel colors).

Love the orig skinny look myself, but for a driver it makes so much more sense to get wider radials under there.
Hey Jocko, you don't still have that spare tire from '66 do you?

[jocko]

nope, it was completely dry rotted - just does't look that way in the pic because I actually sprayed part of the tire too...! It was quite trashed, sorry.

[yote1234]

wow... too many sizes to chose from..!!!! think i will go with 225's

i thank you all for the help. glad i didnt go with 195's... GREATsite!!!