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Old Aug 13, 2015 | 11:24 PM
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Tire size recommendations please

I have a nicely built 460 ( ported heads, aluminum intake, holley 750, xe262h cam, 1 7/8" headers, 2 3/4 exhaust) in a 78 bronco frame with a fresh C6, a fresh 2200 stall converter, and 3.55 gears. Anyone confused by the username, it has a 65 f100 shortbed sitting on it. Basically it will spend mostly street time with the option of unsticking myself on the occasional off road journey. It's not a crawler and that's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking to scare children and burn 4 bangers/ super cool bro diesels. I'm thinking 33's will give me a nice cruising speed and it will still move. I'm most curious about going fast. Even I were to stick some 28" donuts on there, I'm thinking I won't accelerate any faster than I could with the 33's. Maybe I'm wrong, experience? Opinions? Thanks.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 08:20 AM
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33s with 3.50 gears is decent. Any bigger and it'll be doggy.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 12:43 PM
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Being that you have a mild 460, the gearing/tire combo should be fine. If it were an M motor, I would say 4.10s
 
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