My 69 Camaro, Apollo 13

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Hey man, coming from you that is a compliment! I have taken some serious flak for those seats, (import wanna be, etc) but after this weekend and really driving the car hard, they are by far my favorite--once I saw them in your car, I knew they were a good choice! As I mentioned in my PM to you awhile back, I really liked the look of those black centered wheels on your car and it got me thinking about it on mine.

You are right about tire size, I had to get narrower than what I started with to fit them on the front. Would have liked to stay wider for performance, however, once I had the stance down where I wanted it, I couldn't make myself bring it back up. My drag car sits low like this (also a 69) and I was pretty determined to get it where I wanted it. I knew I would sacrafice some things like tire width in front to get it sitting this way, but that's what was important to me. The other biggie for me was that it could still perform at that ride height without rubbing and scrapping everything (hence things like shorty style headers to get the exhaust as tight as I could, switching to button heads on the inner fenderwell, etc.) The other huge piece that made the difference was Jon at Driverz. He really worked with me to get the backspacing just right. Still hoping to see your car at the streetcar shootout.

Doug

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Looks really good. I can't believe you aren't rubbing worse at that ride height on the autocross. You must have been conservative on widths. Seat are great aren't they? I'm running the same chrono roads.