help with a 53... pleaseee
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help with a 53... pleaseee
im currently rebuilding a 53 f100 from the ground up... i got the inspiration for this from the expendables movie, i guess more or less my question is what is the widest i can go with the rearend flange to flange, i wanna use the widest possible tires and biggest wheels something like 22x10's and the tires being something like 305/40/22s, im not really looking to widen the rear fenders. i guess im looking for some direction with this cuz i dont want to go buy everything and end up in a bad situation obviously... thanks for any help you guys can provide!
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first thing I would do is go to the tire shop and get the size tires you want out of the scrap pile..they are free..you can see what fits..and then figger your offset and clearance issues .myself ..I don't think they'll fit..but ..I have been wrong before
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We were having this discussion this morning.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...d-rearend.html
You can run any rear end you want with the right offset wheels. But it makes more sense to decide on your wheel and tire combination and build a rear axle assembly to fit, when the object is a total custom back end. There's too many variables when dealing with non-stock components for anyone to give you an exact answer to a question like that.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...d-rearend.html
You can run any rear end you want with the right offset wheels. But it makes more sense to decide on your wheel and tire combination and build a rear axle assembly to fit, when the object is a total custom back end. There's too many variables when dealing with non-stock components for anyone to give you an exact answer to a question like that.
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Here's what you've got to work with:
- bed is 49.5 inches wide at the rear axle
- fenders have about 11 inches of clearance from bed to inner lip
- frame is 34 inches wide
Soooo...if you keep the stock fenders and you want to go with bigger tires than will fit in the 11 inch opening then you must tub the bed. Subtracting the width of the frame from the width of the bed (~50-34=16) and dividing by 2...you have about 8 inches that you can move inward to align the edge of the bed (really the new tub) with the outer edge of the frame. If you are keeping the leaf springs then you will need around 4 inches of clearance more...so that leaves you with right at 4 inches that you can tub the wheelwells. Adding the 4 inches from the tub to the 11 inches of the fender leaves you with about 15 inches for your tire. I am running the widest tire that Nitto makes in the 555 line and I have tubbed the bed around 2.75 inches. This leaves me plenty of clearance on both sides of the tire...
- bed is 49.5 inches wide at the rear axle
- fenders have about 11 inches of clearance from bed to inner lip
- frame is 34 inches wide
Soooo...if you keep the stock fenders and you want to go with bigger tires than will fit in the 11 inch opening then you must tub the bed. Subtracting the width of the frame from the width of the bed (~50-34=16) and dividing by 2...you have about 8 inches that you can move inward to align the edge of the bed (really the new tub) with the outer edge of the frame. If you are keeping the leaf springs then you will need around 4 inches of clearance more...so that leaves you with right at 4 inches that you can tub the wheelwells. Adding the 4 inches from the tub to the 11 inches of the fender leaves you with about 15 inches for your tire. I am running the widest tire that Nitto makes in the 555 line and I have tubbed the bed around 2.75 inches. This leaves me plenty of clearance on both sides of the tire...
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wow thats exactly the info i was looking for thanks so much! i bought a no limit fat bar 4 link for the rear... what wheel size and back spacing do you have and tire size? if you dont mind me asking, again thank you so much!
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Here's what you've got to work with:
- bed is 49.5 inches wide at the rear axle
- fenders have about 11 inches of clearance from bed to inner lip
- frame is 34 inches wide
Soooo...if you keep the stock fenders and you want to go with bigger tires than will fit in the 11 inch opening then you must tub the bed. Subtracting the width of the frame from the width of the bed (~50-34=16) and dividing by 2...you have about 8 inches that you can move inward to align the edge of the bed (really the new tub) with the outer edge of the frame. If you are keeping the leaf springs then you will need around 4 inches of clearance more...so that leaves you with right at 4 inches that you can tub the wheelwells. Adding the 4 inches from the tub to the 11 inches of the fender leaves you with about 15 inches for your tire. I am running the widest tire that Nitto makes in the 555 line and I have tubbed the bed around 2.75 inches. This leaves me plenty of clearance on both sides of the tire...
- bed is 49.5 inches wide at the rear axle
- fenders have about 11 inches of clearance from bed to inner lip
- frame is 34 inches wide
Soooo...if you keep the stock fenders and you want to go with bigger tires than will fit in the 11 inch opening then you must tub the bed. Subtracting the width of the frame from the width of the bed (~50-34=16) and dividing by 2...you have about 8 inches that you can move inward to align the edge of the bed (really the new tub) with the outer edge of the frame. If you are keeping the leaf springs then you will need around 4 inches of clearance more...so that leaves you with right at 4 inches that you can tub the wheelwells. Adding the 4 inches from the tub to the 11 inches of the fender leaves you with about 15 inches for your tire. I am running the widest tire that Nitto makes in the 555 line and I have tubbed the bed around 2.75 inches. This leaves me plenty of clearance on both sides of the tire...
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My tire size and wheel backspacing is really not relevant because you don't know the width of my rearend (kinda personal ya know!). Measure your rearend width from mounting flange to mounting flange, subtract the width of the frame (34 inches), divide this number by 2 and now you have the distance that your wheel mounting flange sticks out from your frame. Where you place your 4 link on the axle tube will dictate how much of this calculated distance is lost to the rear suspension...if the trailing arms are mounted directly under the frame then you MAY have the whole distance to work with when you calculate your wheel backspacing. The best thing to do is to draw this all up...I use Visio but good ol' graph paper and pencil works good too. Here is a drawing I did when I put Corvette IFS/IRS suspensions on another 56 I built...
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Good question...it all depends on how much lateral movement you have in your rear suspension. I have not had a problem with leaving about an inch. You might get away with less but I personally wouldn't push it if not necessary.
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