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Originally Posted by sincerelyerik
chris 4.75 should work with drop spindles to on the front?
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The blue '66 is not the car I had done this with. We also have a '66 convertible that has 17" x 8" and 18" x 10" wheels on it.
The overall ride height of your car is more of an issue than just the drop spindle. A drop spindle with a factory big block spring may not sit as low as our car does with the drum brake spindles and the QA-1 coil overs cranked down. I only have 4.5" bs on my front wheels and the 245/45/17 tires do clear. They are close and 4.75 bs would have been better, but they never rub. I also run about .75 degrees of neg camber which helps too.
The lower you want the car to sit the farther in the tires will have to be because of the tops of the inner fenders. I'm having to go throught this all over again on the blue Chevelle as we are lowering it, a lot. The front wheels are going to have to move in almost an inch per side.