Demon Rear Wheels
I've never told anyone to run a 1/4" of clearance, so I'd really appreciate you not lying about what I've said. Not even the math from your car works out that way. AJ did it above. You get 3/8", and he runs that, and he says it works (as do a lot of people).
As for what the "majority" of people want, why don't you let them decide? The 275's will fit with proper backspace. Yes, that might take a spacer or a custom rim to achieve on some cars. But most of them fit with 15x8's on with 4.5" of backspace, and that's an off the shelf rim. If someone doesn't want that, they don't have to do it and they can run narrower tires. Just like you do. The facts don't change because you decided not to buy new wheels or accept the possibility of running a small spacer (which is completely safe and approved by many racing organizations).
So here's a quick list of a dozen other members currently running 275/60/15's on unmodified sport body cars. I only used examples for cars that the owners said were stock, and had posted a picture for, and I left my car with 275's on it out just in case you think I'm biased. There are tons more folks that have said they've done it without posting pictures. And I'm sure there's even more that I haven't found, but I wanted to limit this to 15 minutes of my time. So, either all of these people are lying about their cars, or you're incorrect. That doesn't mean you have to run 275's, do whatever you want. But it can be done successfully, without rubbing, because they will fit with the proper backspace. And now I can just reply with this post anytime you say they won't fit, so folks have evidence to make their decision.
They fit on DakotaDuster's unmodified '74 Post your wheel and tire combos.
And 1969cuda340 has them on an unmodified '74 Post your wheel and tire combos.
And petnic01 has them on a '73 Duster (not any different than a '74 for tire clearance) 73 duster 275/60/15????
And Sweet416 has them on a Dart Sport (not sure what year, doesn't matter, all the same) 275's on a dart sport
Mopowers runs them "no problemo"Father-Son 1974 Duster Project
OL DODGE did it on a '73 Duster 340 73 duster 275/60/15????
Oldmanmopar runs 275's on his Duster 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
Fisher runs 275's on his Duster 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
Sireland67 runs 275's "no issues" 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
71DodgeDemon340 runs 275's on his '71 Demon front tire size advice
67autocross with a '70 Duster and 275's Post your wheel and tire combos.
Mguner's Dart Sport with 275's Wheel/tire combo for '73 Dodge Dart sport
I've never told anyone to run a 1/4" of clearance, so I'd really appreciate you not lying about what I've said. Not even the math from your car works out that way. AJ did it above. You get 3/8", and he runs that, and he says it works (as do a lot of people).
As for what the "majority" of people want, why don't you let them decide? The 275's will fit with proper backspace. Yes, that might take a spacer or a custom rim to achieve on some cars. But most of them fit with 15x8's on with 4.5" of backspace, and that's an off the shelf rim. If someone doesn't want that, they don't have to do it and they can run narrower tires. Just like you do. The facts don't change because you decided not to buy new wheels or accept the possibility of running a small spacer (which is completely safe and approved by many racing organizations).
So here's a quick list of a dozen other members currently running 275/60/15's on unmodified sport body cars. I only used examples for cars that the owners said were stock, and had posted a picture for, and I left my car with 275's on it out just in case you think I'm biased. There are tons more folks that have said they've done it without posting pictures. And I'm sure there's even more that I haven't found, but I wanted to limit this to 15 minutes of my time. So, either all of these people are lying about their cars, or you're incorrect. That doesn't mean you have to run 275's, do whatever you want. But it can be done successfully, without rubbing, because they will fit with the proper backspace. And now I can just reply with this post anytime you say they won't fit, so folks have evidence to make their decision.
They fit on DakotaDuster's unmodified '74 Post your wheel and tire combos.
And 1969cuda340 has them on an unmodified '74 Post your wheel and tire combos.
And petnic01 has them on a '73 Duster (not any different than a '74 for tire clearance) 73 duster 275/60/15????
And Sweet416 has them on a Dart Sport (not sure what year, doesn't matter, all the same) 275's on a dart sport
Mopowers runs them "no problemo"Father-Son 1974 Duster Project
OL DODGE did it on a '73 Duster 340 73 duster 275/60/15????
Oldmanmopar runs 275's on his Duster 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
Fisher runs 275's on his Duster 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
Sireland67 runs 275's "no issues" 275/60/15 tires on stock Duster
71DodgeDemon340 runs 275's on his '71 Demon front tire size advice
67autocross with a '70 Duster and 275's Post your wheel and tire combos.
Mguner's Dart Sport with 275's Wheel/tire combo for '73 Dodge Dart sport
