Drat
04-08-2015, 10:48 PM
I inherited my folks Avanti when my mom passed several years ago. They had it since new and I've been rebuilding it.
ive been focusing on making low and go.
it has a 1968 corvette 350 and Borg Warner power shift that was stock. My mom blew the motor in 77 and was rebuilt in 95.
Ive be done the normal bolt on mods. Headers, exhaust, intake, carb, full msd ignition system, 202 heads, Willwood master, new booster, converted to modern disks up front. Rebuilt the front end and suspension front and rear, and lowered it 2 inches in front and 3 in the rear. My estimates are around 350ish for HP and the car weighs under 3000 pounds.
before body and paint I am now looking to do wheels. It has 15x7 cragar coke bottles on it that my dad put on in 76.
It has 5 on 4.5 up front (ford) and 5 by 4.75 (Chevy) bolt patterns. I think back space is 4.5 stock but I don't know the stock back space for sure, but have been told on the Avanti forums that oem mustang 17 inch 99-04 wheels fit if you use a 1/4 inch spacer up front (his car has ford bolt pattern front and rear).
ive been told by les Schawb that the wheels I like wont work because they aren't rated for that much horse power.. And the bolt patterns aren't avaible, and that the back space won't work, I don't think 350 is a lot, but whatever and from what I can tell on line it seems they might fit with some work.https://www.pro-touring.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=111290&stc=1
I Wanted the TSW nurenburgring in 17 x 8 up front with a 35mm offset running a 1/4 inch spacer I believe a 25mm offset would work without a spacer, and 18x9 or 9.5 out back. tSw told them that my car is too strong for a wheel developed for a in line 4.. And wouldn't be safe... This from the Tsw directly.. Ok... Ummm bs?
then I thought the Niche targa wheels. But I'm getting the same response.
This isnt a serious pro tourer, so I don't mind running spacers. It handles really great compared to stock, and is very quick and I'm hopping with some meat on the ground it will do even better. I drive it aggressive, but don't have any dreams of racing it, it's just a cool family heirloom i wanna make as baddass as possible.
I also only want to spend 200 a wheel plus or minus with 300 a wheel the max. Is this unreasonable? I keep being told 400 to 800 a wheel is my only option. I just can't see that... I thought there was some people running similar wheels on this forum with wayyyyy more HP than I have.
i don't want to put muscle car 5 spoke American racing, foose, cragar, or other typical wheels on it. I want a mullit spoke, like the nurbubring for looks.
i haven't been able to do my own measurements as my garage was broken into and all my tools stolen. So I'm trying to do as much research as possible to give les Schawb. They are being really helpful, but are scratching their heads on what to do for me.
any help would be much appreciated
ive been focusing on making low and go.
it has a 1968 corvette 350 and Borg Warner power shift that was stock. My mom blew the motor in 77 and was rebuilt in 95.
Ive be done the normal bolt on mods. Headers, exhaust, intake, carb, full msd ignition system, 202 heads, Willwood master, new booster, converted to modern disks up front. Rebuilt the front end and suspension front and rear, and lowered it 2 inches in front and 3 in the rear. My estimates are around 350ish for HP and the car weighs under 3000 pounds.
before body and paint I am now looking to do wheels. It has 15x7 cragar coke bottles on it that my dad put on in 76.
It has 5 on 4.5 up front (ford) and 5 by 4.75 (Chevy) bolt patterns. I think back space is 4.5 stock but I don't know the stock back space for sure, but have been told on the Avanti forums that oem mustang 17 inch 99-04 wheels fit if you use a 1/4 inch spacer up front (his car has ford bolt pattern front and rear).
ive been told by les Schawb that the wheels I like wont work because they aren't rated for that much horse power.. And the bolt patterns aren't avaible, and that the back space won't work, I don't think 350 is a lot, but whatever and from what I can tell on line it seems they might fit with some work.https://www.pro-touring.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=111290&stc=1
I Wanted the TSW nurenburgring in 17 x 8 up front with a 35mm offset running a 1/4 inch spacer I believe a 25mm offset would work without a spacer, and 18x9 or 9.5 out back. tSw told them that my car is too strong for a wheel developed for a in line 4.. And wouldn't be safe... This from the Tsw directly.. Ok... Ummm bs?
then I thought the Niche targa wheels. But I'm getting the same response.
This isnt a serious pro tourer, so I don't mind running spacers. It handles really great compared to stock, and is very quick and I'm hopping with some meat on the ground it will do even better. I drive it aggressive, but don't have any dreams of racing it, it's just a cool family heirloom i wanna make as baddass as possible.
I also only want to spend 200 a wheel plus or minus with 300 a wheel the max. Is this unreasonable? I keep being told 400 to 800 a wheel is my only option. I just can't see that... I thought there was some people running similar wheels on this forum with wayyyyy more HP than I have.
i don't want to put muscle car 5 spoke American racing, foose, cragar, or other typical wheels on it. I want a mullit spoke, like the nurbubring for looks.
i haven't been able to do my own measurements as my garage was broken into and all my tools stolen. So I'm trying to do as much research as possible to give les Schawb. They are being really helpful, but are scratching their heads on what to do for me.
any help would be much appreciated