Reducing scrub radius vs. track width

[jeffandre]

Okay, spent some time adjusting things and decided that a 275/30/19 is too ridiculously short for my car so a 285/35/19 is in the works. That allows me to raise the front another 1/2", resulting in level LCA's. Frame to ground clearance is 5". I have never had that much clearance before, but it will make for a better handling car on the street and track as I need more room for travel anyway!

Rechecked scrub radius, currently right at 1", but the B-body spindle, 3rd Gen hub, and rotor hat are not installed so I am guessing it may move to 1.25-1.375"?



The wheels are 19x10 CCW's with 7.5" bs that John swears won't fit due to control arm clearance issues. He is absolutely correct if I ran any of the regular aftermarket arms, but my Vette Brakes arms are not curved along the sides so the wheel has more room to turn into the control arms. I know that there will be slight tire rubbage on the sway bar, so the goal is to limit the steering to the same amount that my son's 3rd Gen TA and my Toyota truck have, which is fine (my current 3rd Gen fast ratio box will allow me to turn another 10 degrees over the previously mentioned vehicles, which may have to do with a difference in length between my pitman arm and my son's).

I cannot use tall UBJ-s as they would move the UBJ/UCA into contact with my wheel, and I also cannot use drop spindles as they will move the wheel into contact with my VB spring bolt, all being the price for big backspacing. Right now I believe I will be perfect with the 285's on the front.