litevette
04-13-2009, 02:08 PM
Hi all! Within the next 6 mos. to 1 year I intend to plunk down the dough for my next project. I will be starting with a '67 or '68 Firebird. My goal is to build a (for no other way to put it) "wannabe" PT car. By "wannabe", I mean it will have big wheels, big brakes, sit low, have modern seats, steering wheel & sound system. I will be starting with a pretty much "done", restored to stock 'Bird. This way I can drive it while I mod it. My last car, not sure if any of you remember my 'Vette, was on the road/drag strip maybe a grand total of 2 weeks in the 8 years it took me to build it. This time, I want to be able to get into it from day 1, fire it up and go cruise, with the obvious occasional, short down time for some of the above mentioned/below questioned mods. SO... my questions that follow are what I'd like help with. I thank you inadvance as i know I'm asking some in depth questions. I also know I can find some of these answers here, and some of these answers there by spending a ton of time doing searches here, but time I don't have (if I had the time, I wouldn't have the money to do this build). So again, I'd greatly appreciate the help. O.K. here go the questions:
1. What products, or combination of products should I use, (so that I'm not buying products twice), would I need to acheive the low stance and big brakes? Keep in mind that I'll have a stock chassis and will not be mini tubbing.
2. With the above installed products, what's the largest front & rear wheel & tire sizes I can put on with the dropped stance. As additional food for the discussion, I like as big a rim as possible. I'm not a fan of a lot of sidewall on my tires. I'm also concerned with clearance during turning and the unavoidable, occasional hard acceleration.
3. What PT looking, comfortable seats are available that will fit nicely (not sitting high & no clearance issues), and are available covered in black vinyl as I won't be changing the rest of the stock, black vinyl interior.
4. What problems have any of you ran into doing any of the above so that I can avoid them.
Again, thanks in advance for your help!
1. What products, or combination of products should I use, (so that I'm not buying products twice), would I need to acheive the low stance and big brakes? Keep in mind that I'll have a stock chassis and will not be mini tubbing.
2. With the above installed products, what's the largest front & rear wheel & tire sizes I can put on with the dropped stance. As additional food for the discussion, I like as big a rim as possible. I'm not a fan of a lot of sidewall on my tires. I'm also concerned with clearance during turning and the unavoidable, occasional hard acceleration.
3. What PT looking, comfortable seats are available that will fit nicely (not sitting high & no clearance issues), and are available covered in black vinyl as I won't be changing the rest of the stock, black vinyl interior.
4. What problems have any of you ran into doing any of the above so that I can avoid them.
Again, thanks in advance for your help!