oh yeah, forgot about some of the crazy 15" sizes they used in the 80's... i
think sum early shadows also had 195/50r15 if i'm not mistaken. also i heard
someone mention the size tire for the imperial as a 195/75r14. when it tis
suppose to be 205/70r14. i found that my 15's were just a wee bit shorter
than the 14's
(of course the vans also had differant sizes but that is out of the question
lol)
man do i love K cars
on 1/5/03 11:44 PM, Rob P at fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm surprised they only had 14s. It sounds like my bicycle speedo. I don't
> think they are too hard to recalibrate, there must be some aftermarket
> support because most 80s-90s mopars are fairly standard, but I don't have
> any first hand knowledge.
> All K based mopars with 15s didn't come with 205 60 15. I know my '84 Laser
> came with 195 60 15 and my 85 with 205 60 15. My '86 xt came with 225 50
> 15. And that is just 3 consecutive years of almost identical G-bodies (all
> black with black leather :)
> I'm sure the j-bodies and others had different sizes.
> Rob
>
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>
>> From: Jim Gathmann <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: IML: Alternate rims for a 90's Imperial
>> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:59:34 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> All of the 90's Imperials I've seen (correct me if I'm
>> wrong Brad et al) are 14's.
>>
>> Actually, the speed sensor its self is purely simple-
>> its the way the signal is used which is complex. It's
>> a pulse sensor which basically uses a magnetic wave
>> (?) to make a pulse at a certain wieght baised on the
>> speed.
>>
>> Don't know how hard it would be to do anything with
>> the sensor, never even seen it (never needed to touch
>> it and haven't been near it).
>> --- Rob P <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why can't you just get the proper speedo gear for
>>> whatever wheel/tire you
>>> are running?
>>> I believe they still have the plastic gear even with
>>> the computer. I
>>> thought you could change the gear and keep the
>>> speedo should read the same.
>>> Or did they make it a more complicated computer
>>> thing?
>>> If the factory offered the size you are adding they
>>> must have the right set
>>> up somewhere.
>>> The difference in speed to the speedo will be
>>> proportionate to speed, so it
>>> won't be much around town, but when you get up to
>>> 70+ it can be
>>> considerable.
>>> If you just want to add bigger rims, you could go
>>> "plus 1" and just get
>>> lower aspect ratio tires, keeping the same diameter.
>>> That won't throw off
>>> your speedo, but you'll lose some ride quality (and
>>> gain some handling)
>>> I'm surprised 90s Imperials came with 14s. All my
>>> fwd mopars (80s Daytonas
>>> and Lasers) had 15s
>>>
>>>
>>>
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