Looks like Im gonna be the red headed step child here, cuz it looks like it stays with stock tubs, at least for now. We cut in new fenders and inner wells (missed the oportunity there) and already installed the trunk pan and complete g bar rear suspension. The gas tank and fuel lines have been installed, and of course the rear end is in place and all brake lines run. The cost for the tubs at DSE would be around $500 shipped, and the cost to widen the rims runs around $650 shipped. Labor around $1500 to $2000, and the new beefier tires would run about $350 apiece. So $3350 minimum, and I might only autocross it twice a year and beat it up on weekends. Is it that much of a difference between a 275 and a 325 tire? Its about two inches, and Im at 520 hp to the flywheel = 440 to rear wheels. You think theyd cut loose a lot? Or is it mostly asthetics? Dont get me wrong, I love the way all that rubber looks behind from behind. But will I be laughed at by you guys and lower the cars appeal if I stick with my 10" rears with 275's?
BTW, if I keep it like this long enough to kill the brand new tires on it, and I decide I have to be just like the big guns here on Lateral G, then I can always do it over the winter here in Chicago, and I wont feel the $700 loss on the rubber!! Damn, just when I thought I had most of the bases covered!!