will deep dish 6's with 185/70x15 fit narrow body?

[turfclubroad]

Can anybody tell me if running deep 6's with 185/70x15 tires on an "O" series is possible or not (straight line but also with max turning)

thx

[Bobboloo]

I've seen a 68'L with 7x15's on all four corners so I can't imagine why you couldn't put on deep sixes. I have no first hand experience however.

[Shawn]

I had a set of those mounted on 4.5J X 15" factory steel wheels. They came that way with my 67 car. I removed them promptly.

Deep six's with 195/65 R15 tires are a perfect fit for swb cars. Well any early car. I would imagine that 185/70 series would fit as well.

I have 205/60 R15's on my deep six's. I know many guys that run the same, and larger on thier (mostly) unmolested early cars...from 67 to 73!

I am a period correct only junkie when it comes to early porsche stuff. But, good tires are a life safety issue. Performance too.

shawn.

edit: to add "Well any early car."

[Steve@Rennsport]

Can anybody tell me if running deep 6's with 185/70x15 tires on an "O" series is possible or not (straight line but also with max turning)

thx

No problem at all although you'll likely need to add a touch more negative camber for tire clearance, depending on the brand of tire you are using.

[Porsche Rescue]

I have thought about changing my 4.5"/165 set on my '66 but my "period correct" genes have been controlling to this point. However, I have always thought the fender flares of the '69 cars were to accomodate the 6"/185/70 combo. The widest factory wheel on the non-flared cars was the 5.5" in '68.

[NeunElf]

I have thought about changing my 4.5"/165 set on my '66 but my "period correct" genes have been controlling to this point. However, I have always thought the fender flares of the '69 cars were to accomodate the 6"/185/70 combo. The widest factory wheel on the non-flared cars was the 5.5" in '68.

I have both the original 4.5" steel rims with 165R15 tires and 195/65VR15s on 5.5" Fuchs for my 1965. The 195/65 tires take one spacer (roughly 5mm) each. There's no fender clearance problem.

It would be a crime to get rid of your original wheels at this point, but there's no reason you can't add another set!

[ttweed]

(straight line but also with max turning)

With max. steering lock, the larger tires on 6" wheels will rub the tread shoulder on the inside of the wheel well on the SWB cars. This only happens at very low speeds (in parking situations, etc.) so it is not a damaging situation, unless you are concerned about a short arc rubbed in your undercoating. Straight line, there is no problem.

I run 205/60-15s on 6" wheels for the street and 205/50-15s on 7" wheels for autox on my '67S with stock fenders. The lips had to be rolled for the 7s, and I have a more agressive alignment, with 1.5 degrees negative camber dialed in F&R.

TT

[tenzing]

TTWEED,
Are the 7s that you mounted on the rear, the 7Rs as in 911.361.012.05 or the normal 7s as in 911.361.020.41?
If you mounted the normal 7s, then is it possible to go to a plus one setup with 7 x 16s? Assuming the lip is rolled and fender slightly massaged out.
Also, what is the big deal about deep 6 wheels? I thought there was only one offset in the 6 wheels, as in 911.361.012.06. So, no need to call them 'deep' or 'deep dish' as there was only one anyway. Am I wrong?
School me...

Tenzin

[Porsche Rescue]

Offset/width on all the 6x15's is in fact the same. Difference between early "deep" wheel and later (sometime in '71 I think) is in the design of the center web which causes the early wheel to appear to be wider. The difference is cosmetic. The later wheel had the so-called "safety bead" which was intended to keep the tire on in case of a blow out. The early wheel's design requires mounting tires from the rear of the wheel.

[John Fusco]

I had 7 inch phone dials on the rear of my 67 with 195 /15's and though I don't miss the look of them the performance diff I REALLY miss.

John