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gracin7
12-11-2009, 06:38 AM
I wanted my project to be a little different,so I'm incorperating some of my stockcar parts with your typical G-machine parts.Started with a Howe latemodel front clip,5" coilsprings with adj jacking bolts,tubular control arms,tubular spindles,wide-five hubs,A M 3 link rear suspension with a watts linkage,A M Max-G style chassis,9 in rear,beadlock rims,15x12 and 15x10,looking hard for 18 or 19in widefives,nothing radical motor/trans,383 with a 4 or 5 speed,maybe turbos(their growing on me)
rchaskin
12-11-2009, 10:20 AM
Wide fives.....WOW.
Looks cool.
gracin7
12-12-2009, 11:46 AM
some chassis build pics
gracin7
12-12-2009, 11:54 AM
Wide fives.....WOW.
Looks cool.
Not only widefives but beadlocks !!!!!!! Little different for a street car ,
wellis77
12-12-2009, 12:03 PM
Sweet build. Looking forward to seeing more.
deeddude
12-12-2009, 01:19 PM
This is the same type project I've been wanting to do for some time now. The front clip looks like the same port city clip i have on my late model, but with different upper mounts. I'll be watching this build. Good luck and keep the pictures coming.
gracin7
12-13-2009, 09:38 AM
Rear clip fab
CruizinKev
12-13-2009, 09:42 AM
looks good :twothumbs
454bug
12-13-2009, 05:42 PM
I wanted my project to be a little different, so I'm incorperating some of my stockcar parts with your typical G-machine parts... beadlock rims,15x12 and 15x10,looking hard for 18 or 19in widefives
Hey Rich,
Welcome aboard! Great looking project!! I really like the Chevelles... and very fond of asphalt circle track racers... One of my good buddies has spent his whole life racing asphalt circle tracks...
The largest diameter wheel I've found for a wide-5 is a 16" rim... larger diameters may be out there but I haven't found any... I don't think there are any racing classes that would allow a rim diameter larger than 16" that would use the wide-5 setup...
Here's the company I've been looking at: www.realwheel.net (http://www.realwheel.net). If I plan on road racing with a tire wider than the traditional 335/345 series range I would swap out my front 14" rotors to 13" rotors and run this company's wheels with either Hoosier or Goodyear rubber... Their bias-ply racing slicks or their radial slicks come about 2" wider than the traditional 335/345 series tires...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/12/Cat12r110_r112_obl-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/12/Cat1216_wide-1.jpg
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT!! :twothumbs
gracin7
12-13-2009, 06:54 PM
Hey Rich,
Welcome aboard! Great looking project!! I really like the Chevelles... and very fond of asphalt circle track racers... One of my good buddies has spent his whole life racing asphalt circle tracks...
The largest diameter wheel I've found for a wide-5 is a 16" rim... wider ones may be out there but I haven't found any... I don't think there are any racing classes that would allow a rim diameter larger than 16" that would use the wide-5 setup...
Here's the company I've been looking at: www.realwheel.net (http://www.realwheel.net). If I plan on road racing with a tire wider than the traditional 335/345 series range I would swap out my front 14" rotors to 13" rotors and run this company's wheels with either Hoosier or Goodyear rubber... Their bias-ply racing slicks or their radial slicks come about 2" wider than the traditional 335/345 series tires...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/12/Cat12r110_r112_obl-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/12/Cat1216_wide-1.jpg
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT!! :twothumbs
Hey Ray,Thanks for the lead on those rims,thats a crazy rollerskate your building,I had a full tube vega w/ a 509,I found 17" roadrace widefives that might work for you,Im set on beadlock ,their Bogart's and are a little steep 17x12 are $850 eahttp://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tpc=Bogart_Road_Race_Wide_5_Wheels_-_17&form_prod_id=296,57_1256&action=product thanks for the compliment,Rich
454bug
12-13-2009, 07:07 PM
Hey Ray,Thanks for the lead on those rims,thats a crazy rollerskate your building,I had a full tube vega w/ a 509,I found 17" roadrace widefives that might work for you,Im set on beadlock ,their Bogart's and are a little steep 17x12 are $850 eahttp://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tpc=Bogart_Road_Race_Wide_5_Wheels_-_17&form_prod_id=296,57_1256&action=product thanks for the compliment,Rich
I had forgot about the Bogarts... The good thing about the Real Wheels are they are relatively affordable... The "Pro 6" 16"x14" wheels I was looking at for my car were a little more reasonable at $400.00 each...
gracin7
12-13-2009, 07:28 PM
Yah Ray ,If I could find 18 or 19's Id spend big $'s,but if I have to settle $250 is more like it. I asked my wif-eeerrrr Santa for these 15x12 chrome w/ black anodized,by far the nicest Ive seen http://www.outlawraceparts.com/. But Im gonna consider those 16's,Rich
joeelutz
05-19-2010, 02:40 PM
What are you doing on the front spindles to accept the wide 5 hub?
Conrad283
05-19-2010, 04:46 PM
Sweet build
Yelcamino
05-19-2010, 05:19 PM
Your Chevelle looks like it's going to be a pretty cool ride when you're done. How's the progress?
CraigT
05-22-2010, 11:14 AM
Lookin' Good....can't wait to see the finished product!!
1971CHEVELLE
05-25-2010, 05:23 AM
Hi...Awesome project
Looking forward to seeing more.
keep us posted
COPO-RAT
05-25-2010, 03:30 PM
Awesome project! Would LOVE to do something like this with my '67 Chevelle. It currently has an HTH truckarm rear suspension with the rear frame rails narrowed 2" per side and HTH tubular arms up front. Sadly, that frame is stored against the wall, on the back burner! How sick would that be to see your chevelle rolling on the street with the wide 5 beadlocks! A good friend of mine races dirt late models and I just love hangin out at his shop checking out the car. Would love to have one of those quick change rears in my car also! I'm definitely subscribing to this thread! Great stuff!
454bug
12-08-2010, 09:30 PM
Hey Rich,
Any updates on your Chevelle?
shortrack
12-09-2010, 07:34 AM
Very cool car...I can relate!....Im confused with the beadlocks though.....are you going for a dirt car look???.....dirt cars run them because of the extremely low air pressures they run the rim can slip inside the tire.....Sprint Cup cars have 850 plus hp these days and dont run them.....and no beadlock rim is anywhere near street legal....dont mean to sound like a kill joy but just sayin'
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