68 Chevelle Extreme Redo

[Ls1velle]

Ok so here's a quick history of the car as it sits now. 68 Chevelle with Hotchkis suspension front and rear. Boyd 18x10 295-45-18 rear 17x9 245-45-17 front. 2000 LS1 4L60E trans.

And here's where we're heading. AES 390 Twin Turbo 4L80 trans. Shooting for 1000 whp. Comp Engineering back half ladder bar with Moser Fab9. Dropping the body 3 inchs and welding the frame to the body. 24x15 385-35-24 rear. 18x10 265-35-18 front.

[Later-A-body]

I have to ask how you plan to actually fit a 24" wheel on the car?

[HELLCAMINO]

Yeah, I'm not diggin that 24" tire at all

[alocker]

Cool build but are you sure you want to stagger a 24" rear with an 18" front?

[Schwartz Performance]

Hope you're putting some big brakes on that beast!

-Dale

[Ls1velle]

What does rim size have to do with anything? It's the tire size that matters. There's a ton of pro street cars running 36 inch tall tire. As for the staggered rim size. The reason for that is I drive the car everyday and 20s or 22s don't offer enought side wall without going to big on the diameter. Not sure what brakes ill be running, most likely 13s all around.

[85coupe50]

SHould be interesting to see you build... A friend of mine has a 68 Chevelle we have yet to start on.

[andrewb70]

Let's not discuss fitment and esthetic issues for a minute.

Why would you run a tire that has tread wear of 420? You might as well run a tire made out of a hockey puck.

If you ever hope to hook up the kind of power that you are going to be making, I would suggest running the Mickey Thompson Drag Radial II. It is available in a 345/35-18, which is a 14" wide and 27.5" tall tire. It will give you plenty of sidewall, awesome grip, it will fit easier, and look a lot better.

Andrew

[mikes2nd]

as luke skywalker once said...

"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"....

Well not really but damn near it.

24's are nuts

Drove me batty with 20*11.5...

[Ls1velle]

The whole point of the project is to think outside the box. Its not about whats easy, ill leave that to the followers. Im not here looking for opinions on what i should do with MY car just showing what can be done with a little imagination.

[Ls1velle]

Heres a quick update. Floors are rough cut out as is the frame. Ordered 48 feet of 2x3 .125 to start the frame. Raceline Jaded 5s 24x15 are ordered.

[Ls1velle]

The body drop ended up at 4 inches. Got the frame rails made and installed. Rocker height will be 4.5 front and 6.5 rear.

[Slammd-Gto]

While this isn't the route I will be taking I'm always curious to see something different! I Picture it looking like the collectable hotrods with the enormous blowers sticking out and ridiculous rear wheels, which I have a few Good luck and I'm definitely subscribing.

[Ls1velle]

Got my rims today. Wanted something different so we did a raw unfinished centre with polished tub. Huge thanks to Val at Raceline.

[Slammd-Gto]

Wow! Awesome.

[yumyumchoppers]

not very pro touring but i love it. Do what you want. It is your car. i love the wheels and the tuck.

[yellow1098Greg]

Amazing!

[Ls1velle]

Got the tires mounted today, took a while but got them balanced. Now I can start the back half and narrow the diff.

[Ls1velle]

heres a few new pics of the rear frame section and 4 link.

[Ls1velle]

Got the tubs in and the floors started. The rear suspension is pretty much done just a bit more welding.