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    questions concerning lincoln turbines "duw"

    1. are the lincoln turbines (as pictured below) the same width as regular turbines?

    2. if so, what is the widest tire a turbine will accept?

    3. are there caps with the ford emblem made for those turbines or will a normal ford cap fit?
    Last edited by Paul_; 08-26-2009, 06:29 PM.
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    #2
    All the same size, caps are interchangable, technicaly the widest tire within maufacturer specs is like a 225/60 I think. Lower profile the closer to the wheel width that it has to be, higher profile the more room you have to play with.

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        #4
        They look slightly different to me. As far as width. Ive put 14 inch wide tires on em before.
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          #5
          Those are lace turbines. Lincoln-specific I believe, tho you can get the same turbines that came on Fords and Mercs on Lincolns. Those take a different smaller center cap too. Same width as the regulars tho.
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            #6
            yah, according to Epi (has run the regular looking lincoln turbines on SQ), the lincoln turbines use a different cap and wont fit the vic/gm ones.
            When I was shopping for tires i saw that Cooper reccomends no bigger than 235/60 or 255/70 on a 6.5" wide wheel. Id guess that means a 245/65 will work - thats what I would have gotten, but they dont have that size in a cooper cobra.
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              #7
              lacy spoke wheels have smaller caps........otherwise they fit the same........6.5" wide iirc
              scott

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                #8
                The metal part of the lacy-spoked hubcaps is smaller than that of the regular turbine, but the emblem part will most likely interchange - I got a pair of lacy-spoked hubcaps, and as thy wouldn't fit my regulra turbines I just swapped the emblems. As for tires, 255/60s don't look bad at all, and they don't bulge much either. Good luck getting them balanced though...

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                  #9
                  Thanks for the info guys.
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