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just got a 1985 244 would like to put larger tires 200

posted by  Aye Roll on  Mon Mar 3 12:55 CST 2003
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Your stock tires should be 185/70R14 for a 244.
You could pick up 15-inch wheels from any 240 Turbo, 740, 760, 780, 940 or old 960 and use those, with a 195/60-15 for a good size match.
The speedo will read right with that combination.
If you can find them, the 16-inch wheels that were on 1990 740T and 91-94 940T cars (5-spoke alloy, called Hydras) allow a 205/55-16 tire fitment. With any of these sizes, you could certainly go up one size with a small effect on the speedo reading.
All these wheels are good options for the car:
http://brickparts.d--r.com/wheels/index.htm

Very wide tires will run into clearance problems in the inside of the rear wheelwell- they hit the wall of the trunk. Tall tires will run into a limit up front hitting the bottom of the strut spring perch. With really large tire fitments or other wheel offsets, clearance to other parts will be a problem.
--
Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: "Roterande Fläkt Och Drivremmar!"






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