I would like to know if I could use firebird 16x8" take off wheels with hoosier 28x10x16" slicks on a 1997 Trans Am WS6. I do not want to have to mess around with after market wheels by having to install longer studs when you can get 16" take offs for $50.00 ea. and use stock lug nuts. I see that the 16" wheel has a 14 1/8" vs. 15 9/16 brake clearance diameter, not sure if this would be a problem or not. SLP shows them fitting 93 thru 2002 F-bodys.

 

Buddy of mine is running the 28x10x16 Hoosiers on 16x8 salad shooters. He only had to trim a little on the rear of the fender. If your trapping less than 120 mph you might not have to trim anything. He just did it as a safety precaution.

 

What settup can you run without having to trim the fenders or mess with wheel studs if you are only planning to use slicks to run once in a great while because drag radials spin all the way through first and second gear. I thought they would at least hook up some at the track but they are totally useless.

 

You can get 26x11.5x16 ET Streets and put them on a set of stock 16x8 wheels. I had them on the car and no modification was needed. I used to run them before I got my ET Drags. I pulled multiple low 1.6 60fts. with the ET Streets.

 

I just looked at the Jegs site and I see they show a 26x11.5x17LT if this is so I guess I can mount them on my 17" WS6 wheels I don't see what the LT means because some of the 16" tires show this and some 16" ones don't. I am also curious is the valve stem for the tube standard size or is it the larger stem that are on slick tubes, don't really want to drill larger hole in wheel if at all possible.