Hello, new to this forum but I went out and was trying to find forums that discuss the maximum tire size that one could use on a 1988 turbo coupe thunderbird. Here's what I am planning on doing:
1. Rolling the fender lip
2. Knocking in the inner fender as much as possible
3. Cutting where I can to maximize space and still maintain structural rigidity
Now, I have heard something about 'flipping' shocks or something like that. I don't know what they are talking about but I have read it on most Mustang forums and I was just assuming that it could be applied to the 1988 Thunderbird suspension as well. I will be getting the car (to replace the '84 I currently have) in a couple of weeks and would like to get a head start on ordering the tire/wheel combo.
The infomation I would like is... max rim width, tire size, and of course backspacing as I don't trust most of the local shops to know jack squat about drag racing tire sizes and backspacing.
The rearend I will be using is the stock 8.8 with the factory disk brake assembly.
Thank you in advance for your time and knowledge.
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Building my first car from ground up.
posted 08-01-2005 05:03 AM
