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Old 02-06-2014, 02:39 PM
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you were the inspiration for this car. The owner watched you plow through the autox on youtube and sent it to me. Nice counter swinging your turns BTW. thats old school.lol We are doing a tiny tub on it to fit 295's on 10's in the back.


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Rod, that is a GREAT write up.

Not even at Ride Tech a week and already at it.

Those Forgelines look great on that car.


I know the Camaro and Novas are different, but I run 18x9.5" with 275/35/18 with complete Ride Tech set up. I ran the wheel/tire combo off the 48 Hour Camaro at RTTH's and they do fit.
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Great looking No-Go [/hijack]
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you were the inspiration for this car. The owner watched you plow through the autox on youtube and sent it to me. Nice counter swinging your turns BTW. thats old school.lol We are doing a tiny tub on it to fit 295's on 10's in the back.
Thanks Vinny! that Nova is LOW!!!!! dang! show that micro tub install off
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Hey Rod,

What is the ride height measured to the top of fender on your 68? Is it also 23 3/8"?
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What is the ride height measured to the top of fender on your 68? Is it also 23 3/8"?
I would like to measure it for you, but its 3000+ miles away from me right now
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I would like to measure it for you, but its 3000+ miles away from me right now
liar, its more like 2465 miles but who's looking. : )
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liar, its more like 2465 miles but who's looking. : )
ha ha ha ha ha
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Please note that you cannot compare wheel/tire setup on a car with DSE front subframe with a car with stock subframe! Reason is DSE subframe is designed to allow sharper turning radius by moving frame rails inboard. Splined sway bar is also designed to allow sharper turning radius. Result is ability to move wheels inboard for more clearance between fender lip and outside of the tire.
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Conrad,
Clearly dse is a in a different class of suspension upgrades but the point is they gave themselves more than an 1.5 " clearance to the fender when they designed their subframe. If you want a no compromise setup to fit a 275 tire ridetech is not quite that.
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