widest rear wheel with dse tubs. [Archive]

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LONE*STAR

03-18-2009, 07:33 AM

I want to mini tub my 67 firebird but leave the stock frame rails, plus run the 3 inch dse springs. what is the widest 19" wheel and tire I can put out back and still drive the snot out of it?

MuscleRodz

03-18-2009, 07:53 AM

Are you saying you do not want to notch the rails?

1969CamaroRS

03-18-2009, 09:41 AM

Are you moving the leaf springs inboard? If not you are limited by the springs mostly.

DriverzInc

03-18-2009, 10:19 AM

This car is running a 19x10 with a 295 on the back of it:

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LONE*STAR

03-18-2009, 11:58 AM

What is the most strait forward route?

Tubs, notch the existing rails, and moving the springs in? I'm guessing I would then have to weld in new perches.

Would I gain much by just doing the mini tubs and notching the rails, relocation of the shocks? Or is all or nothing?

ProdigyCustoms

03-18-2009, 04:05 PM

If your putting in the full mini tubs on a 67, complete with frame notch, and running leaf springs, your going to be limited to 315s. Put a 4 link in it and you can squeeze 335s in. But there are not 335 / 19s that work in these cars. So you would have to go to 345 / 30 / 19 and that is going to be a super tight sqeeze even with a 4 link.