minitub 66-67 chevy II

[chassisguy]

Hey guys i recently got a 66 nova. Im wanting to minitub it i've got a few idea's but before i go hacking away let's see any other ideas and pic please. Thanks for the help. Also its a leafspring car with cal-trac's. And i'm putting a 29.5x10.5w hoosier slick.

[rjsjea]

Check out Ironworks website http://www.ironworksspeedandkustom.com/ ......they got a bunch of cool nova projects going

[chassisguy]

They do nice work but this is just my drag car so i dont wanna put a hole lot of time in making it look real sexy. I have my first gen camaro for that. But i will take any pics or idea's keepem coming.

[RBARNES496]

I also just got a 66 looking to put a 468bbc/t56 in it . Take a look at 1966nova.com good pics nice sheetmetal.

[chassisguy]

I cant seem to find what your talking bout could i get ya to post a link?

[RBARNES496]

http://www.66nova.com/index.html

Hope that works.
Sorry for the bad address 1st time.

[BossaNova]

http://www.66nova.com/index.html

Hope that works.
Sorry for the bad address 1st time.

Woh. Are we to assume that '66 post morphed into that hardtop in the picture?

[GRNOVA]

I noticed that it was posted then they turned it into a hardtop great work:hah: :lol:

[juiced]

how large a tire do you plan on running?

[chassisguy]

Im trying to fit a 29.5/10.5w drag slick, I got the tubs cut out but im either gonna have to stretch the wheel opening or move the rearend back about a inch to clear the rocker.If anyone else has pics please post...

[Shawn MacAnanny]

Haha i just jumped into it and sawed along my fraim railes removed the entire wheel well basically, folded and cut a 22 gauge piece of steel to make the wheel well from the outside for strength, then laid about 6" strips of 26 gauge aluminum on the inside to make it a rounded shape from where the old wheel well was to the outside of my new wheel well then the floor. The outside of the wheel well i made a piece out of aluminum too to cover up the gap bewtween the fraim rails.

It ened up up being alot of work. I had also welded in a comp engineering frame rail between the rear frame to allow the shocks to mount inward at an angle and attach to the inside of the comp engineer traction bars. This was all on a 68 Firebird but i plan on running 325 wide ET street radials 30" tall with a 74 nova 8.5" rear end and i think it will be fine. I have 28" tires on there now and i have enough room to do it but i also have lift shackels. Basically i wanted to say it turns out to be alot more work than you think it is.