Posted by Clint Dixon on Monday, September 02, 2002 at 10:10PM :
In Reply to: 20 inch rims again posted by Junkyard dog on Monday, September 02, 2002 at 7:22PM :
I doubt that the bolt circle on those 1-1/2 ton Dodge wheels would be the same as the Power Wagon. The bolt circle is probably of a slightly diameter. The 20" wheels found on Ford AA trucks do fit and the newer the truck, the wider the wheels. When I got my '48, it had 20" Ford AA wheels with the centers rewelded further to the inside so the track width of the Power Wagon remained stock, with the result being that the wheels could no longer be dualed.
I had 8.25 X 20 tires on that truck. This equated to a 10% increase in road speed at any given RPM. Replacing the 5.83:1 gears with 4.89's equates to a 20% increase in road speed. A 10% increase in road speed was hardly noticable. I noticed no decrease in performance whatsoever. The things that did improve with these tires and wheels were ground clearance and winter traction.
I have had no experience with 11.00 X 16 tires.
Clint
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