'67 GTO LS3 Swap

[Pontiacken]

Colin once you finish with the mechanic shop maybe you should become a photographer for a car magazine! Your pictures are great and your Goat is getting sweeter everytime you touch it-Great job!

I do have a tech question for you: Why did you choose a 5" BS on your front wheels as opposed to say a 4.5" BS?



I need to get my wheel selection and purchase done and it seems to be the hardest thing to nail down.

Also, how is the paddle shifter/new steering wheel working out with the newer GTO seats as far as ergonomically and comfortability driving wise?

Thanks-Ken

[robbie9999]

Colin once you finish with the mechanic shop maybe you should become a photographer for a car magazine! Your pictures are great and your Goat is getting sweeter everytime you touch it-Great job!

I do have a tech question for you: Why did you choose a 5" BS on your front wheels as opposed to say a 4.5" BS?

I need to get my wheel selection and purchase done and it seems to be the hardest thing to nail down.

Also, how is the paddle shifter/new steering wheel working out with the newer GTO seats as far as ergonomically and comfortability driving wise?

Thanks-Ken

If this helps .... my project build is 1966 GTO PROJECT HELL BEAST
My issue is with the A-Body car I have the backspacking is front 4.5 back 5.5 I do not like how the fronts wheels sit so far in, I have ordered new wheels with 3.75 backspacing, the video will show the wheels with the 3.75 backspace so it sits more flush with the fender,

Fronts are 245 40 18
Rear 265 35 20




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0dit...XqoSAK4hal2ubw


What car do you have ? and what year ?

[CFster]

Colin once you finish with the mechanic shop maybe you should become a photographer for a car magazine! Your pictures are great and your Goat is getting sweeter everytime you touch it-Great job!

I do have a tech question for you: Why did you choose a 5" BS on your front wheels as opposed to say a 4.5" BS?

I need to get my wheel selection and purchase done and it seems to be the hardest thing to nail down.

Also, how is the paddle shifter/new steering wheel working out with the newer GTO seats as far as ergonomically and comfortability driving wise?

Thanks-Ken

Thanks! That wasn't even my good camera.

Yeah wheels are nerve racking. The backspacing number I got from Driverz Inc. Front seem to be ok (though I did have to massage the fender lip), rears needed some "adjustment" too. Had to have the machine shop take some material off the inside mounting face. And it's still ridiculously close. Everybody wants to tuck huge wheels under their rides - problem is when I put four people in the car basically all four rubbed. My RF caught the lip of the wheel well trim and tore a strip of rubber off all the way around the tire (a brand new Potenza RE050). I thought I had the rubbing cured and drove it a week with no problems. Then I pulled into my driveway one day - turned the wheel and hit a bump - SCRAPE.

Paddle shift is the pain in the ass. More of a novelty than anything. I never use it. That's more a fault of the transmission I'm using, not the paddle shifter though.