15x10 WHEELS ON A BARRACUDA

cawley said

Found 15x10s with a 6in back spacing. They are a good price. Really don't want to go through the trouble of mini tubing. I mean I will if I have to. Anyone have a 67-69 barracuda with 15x10s ? I like the look of the wheel & tire tucked under the wheel well.

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Dusters and Demons have a similar sized wheel tub as the Barracuda. I run 18x10’s on my Duster with 295’s, no mini tub. I have a 1/2” spring offset and about a 1/2” taken off the quarter lip.

With a 6” backspace and an A body 8 3/4 even if you’ve got BBP axles you’ll need a 1/2” spring offset at least a spacer on top of that. BBP axles and stock spring locations usually give you about 6” from the wheel mounting surface to the spring on an A-body, so that wouldn’t be any room for the tire overhang or clearance. The 1/2” spring offset would give you clearance but not any more for tire overhang, so if you went 275’s or more you’d need a spacer to account for the sidewall bulge.

Basically that’s too much backspace with an A-body 8 3/4 and BBP axles unless you have a 3” relocation and mini-tub. It’s not the 15x10’s that are the issue, just the backspace for the axle. My 18x10’s are a 7” backspace, but my B-body rear axle is more than an inch wider per side.