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11-10-2009 #21
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I hope this gets completed. I'm interested to see this widebody design completed. Honestly not sure how I'll like it but I'll wait patiently to see the final product. Good luck.
Trey
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1979 WS6 Trans Am stock LT1/T56 drive train out of my Formula. BMW M-parallel rims. C5/C6 brakes
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11-10-2009 #22
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very interesting build! got any pics or ideas on what your doing with the doors?
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11-10-2009 #23
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i love it all but the mirrors..just not feeling them..but killer otherwise!!!
Darrin Stalnecker
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2007 Corvette Supercharged
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11-10-2009 #24
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no pics of any future ideas... we decided on the wide body off the cuff... so we are planning it out as the build goes along... so far (knock on wood) we havent ran into any major issues... i guess with an excellent fabricator, anything can be fixed!
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11-10-2009 #25
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I did some looking and found a link to who is building the car with more pictures. I do not see a DSE Q Link but do see a truck arm rear set up. There are better pictures in the link.
http://smokyhillrestoration.com/proj...69_camaro_zr1/Rick
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11-10-2009 #26
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What are you going to do for the grill? Are you going to add in the middle to make it wider? I guess you are going to make one out of billet?
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11-10-2009 #27
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He hasn't answered the question of why he's using a 19" x 14" rear wheel... In his rendering they show KDW2's... no such animal...
Originally Posted by BadRS69
In the pictures shown on this link he has Nitto Invo's... The widest 19" tire is the Viper size - 345/30/19... recommended for a 11.5"-12.5" rim... I hope it doesn't give that "stretched" sidewall look... I could see a 13" wide rim but 14" has got to be pushing it...Ray
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11-10-2009 #28
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Originally Posted by 454bug
from the pictures it looks like something else is being usedColin Russ
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11-10-2009 #29
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In the pic it definitely looks like the Invo but the tire doesn't appear to be stretched. The entire reason I ask is on a 13" wheel, the 345 tire stretches just a bit, but a 14" wheel would be terrible, I think anyway. Curious to know if there is a new tire out there or if the wheel was narrowed from 14".
Different wheels than the rendering also, maybe the entire wheel/tire combination has changed?
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11-11-2009 #30
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Interesting dash. Wonder why they chose to go with a truckarm? Outside of the oooh-neat factor, seems counterintuitive.
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11-11-2009 #31
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My thoughts exactly... I sure hope he chimes in eventually and explains his first posts with the wheel dimensions listed... Originally Posted by wellis77
Every year I hope someone shows up at SEMA with a wider tire available than the usual Viper size... Really, the only thing I've found that's wider and would use a 14"-15" wide wheel is a 21" rim (Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31)... I just consider the limit of a performance wheel (and one that would look right on my car) to be an 18"-19" rim... Maybe a new Camaro or Corvette could handle the 21" rim but not mine...
The Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31 comes in a 375/20/21... it uses a 14.5"-15.5" wide rim... That would be PERFECT for my car if it would just have a taller sidewall (4-4.5" vs 3"), same overall height (26.9"), and come in a 18"-19" rim... and ESPECIALLY come in something stickier than a UTQG rating of 340...Ray
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18"x10-1/2" (315/30/18) Front, 18”x12" (335/30/18”) Rear
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11-11-2009 #32
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Can you tell me where you got the side mirrors off of? Very well done
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Originally Posted by mroth
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sure seems like everyone is wiggin out over the wheels and tires.
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we are planning to have the grille custom built (billet) and streched to the correct width... the rear will be dse soon... and the mirrors are from the 09 vette... currently working on the door entry system which will be the same as the newer vettes... also talking to mike at street & performance on the rest of our set-up for the ls9...
11-11-2009 #36
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btw... the dash is from an impala that was fabricated to fit... originally wanted to do a painted dash... not sure if that's what we will stick with or not. will more than likely be going recarro on the front seats, and mike's custom back seat...
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It's not that we're "wiggin out"... I spend a LOT of time scouring the internet trying to find the proper setup for my project... (Nitto, BFG, Hoosier, Michelin, Toyo, Pirelli, Goodyear, Firestone, Kumho, Yokohama, Avon, Sumitomo, Hankook, Bridgestone, Dunlop, etc, etc...) Originally Posted by 67 ls1 vert
sure seems like everyone is wiggin out over the wheels and tires.
When someone throws out some information that is out of the norm, like he has... and then seems to not want to explain what he came up with... we keep asking... thinking he hasn't read the post too thoroughly to catch the question...
I've only asked one simple question without an answer... I wouldn't have mentioned it more than once if he would have just replied...
Ray
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It's actually a good setup if you know how to use it, especially with high hp motors...lotsa grip. Able to make turns too...Cup cars ran them for years... Originally Posted by formula
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Ditto... Originally Posted by 454bug
It's not that we're "wiggin out"... I spend a LOT of time scouring the internet trying to find the proper setup for my project... (Nitto, BFG, Hoosier, Michelin, Toyo, Pirelli, Goodyear, Firestone, Kumho, Yokohama, Avon, Sumitomo, Hankook, Bridgestone, Dunlop, etc, etc...)
When someone throws out some information that is out of the norm, like he has... and then seems to not want to explain what he came up with... we keep asking... thinking he hasn't read the post too thoroughly to catch the question...
I've only asked one simple question without an answer... I wouldn't have mentioned it more than once if he would have just replied...
11-12-2009 #40
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I have talked to the owner about another project of his, just relized today it was the same person, Nice guy. I went and looked at the build pictures. I am sure he typoed the 14" wheels, looks like it has a 6" outer and 6" inner, making it a 12" wheel and looks 345s on it right now unless he is doing something different. No big deal, I told everyone Michael's Prodigy had 11s on the front for 3 years till I found out when I ordered the second set they were actually 10.5s.
Sooner, very cool build. I think the wide body will be cool if done right. I been thinking about it a lot, glad your the ginea pig, LOL!
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