295/50/15's on a 94 Supercab F-150?
01-06-2018, 03:10 PM
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295/50/15's on a 94 Supercab F-150?
Hello, I'm new to the forum, bought a 94 F-150 Supercab in 4WD, with 300 I-6 and 5-speed manual. I blasted and painted over Thanksgiving some 15x10 wagon wheel and put some 31" white outline Michelin's on them. They look great-unfortunately I just discovered that I have a 3.08 front and rear axle. Nothing like running the VIN through a decoder site AFTER I buy it!!!
So I don't want to spend money regearing the front and back axles. I have a chance to trade my wheel and tires for some 295/50/15's. I like the idea of the fatter tires and the smaller diameter tires to help out my final gear ratio. Since I'm pretty much will only use 4WD in inclement weather down here in Georgia I really won't need the bigger tires anyway.
Question is what effect and what might the pitfalls be in putting a tire of that width on the front and back?. Interestingly they came off a guy's 96 F-150. Will I get some wearing of front-end components and should maybe look for 275/60/15's on some 15x8's? I can always use my factory steel rims I guess. What do ya'll think?
So I don't want to spend money regearing the front and back axles. I have a chance to trade my wheel and tires for some 295/50/15's. I like the idea of the fatter tires and the smaller diameter tires to help out my final gear ratio. Since I'm pretty much will only use 4WD in inclement weather down here in Georgia I really won't need the bigger tires anyway.
Question is what effect and what might the pitfalls be in putting a tire of that width on the front and back?. Interestingly they came off a guy's 96 F-150. Will I get some wearing of front-end components and should maybe look for 275/60/15's on some 15x8's? I can always use my factory steel rims I guess. What do ya'll think?
01-07-2018, 09:29 AM
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Welcome to the site.
First of all, I would not trust a VIN check to determine your axle ratios - Check the doorjam sticker for the axle code, or even better, pop the back end up and see how many rotations of the driveshaft it takes to rotate the wheel one time.
Second, even if you have 3.08 gears, the 300 with a manual transmission is no slouch. The first gear of the transmission has a 3.90:1 ratio and the 300 has good low end torque to get you going. It won't sweat 31" tires.
Third, 295 width tires will almost certainly rub against the radius arms at full steering lock. I have 11.5" wide tires, which is about 290 equivalent, and it will rub when I try to cut a corner too sharply, or backing out of the driveway at too steep an angle.
First of all, I would not trust a VIN check to determine your axle ratios - Check the doorjam sticker for the axle code, or even better, pop the back end up and see how many rotations of the driveshaft it takes to rotate the wheel one time.
Second, even if you have 3.08 gears, the 300 with a manual transmission is no slouch. The first gear of the transmission has a 3.90:1 ratio and the 300 has good low end torque to get you going. It won't sweat 31" tires.
Third, 295 width tires will almost certainly rub against the radius arms at full steering lock. I have 11.5" wide tires, which is about 290 equivalent, and it will rub when I try to cut a corner too sharply, or backing out of the driveway at too steep an angle.
01-07-2018, 09:35 AM
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