1969 Camaro tru-turn

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by cwylie

So I got the engine in this week and as you can see Im going to need a lot more camber. I currently have about a .25 inch of spacers on all 4 bolts. I dont think I could fit much more than a half inch without running out of stud. Generally how much spacer is needed to get to the 1.5 degrees of camber or so? Do you ever have to run longer studs? Anyone have a part number for some longer studs?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwI...it?usp=sharing

i just run longer grade 8 bolts.

what control arms do you have again?

[cwylie]

Ridetech for everything everything on the front. Looking at them again I think I have enough room for about a 1/2 inch more of spacers.

[jlwdvm]

Doesn't having to use over 1/2-1" of camber shims to get 1.5 degrees seem excessive?

[Vince@Meanstreets]

From what I have seen no, not with the RideTech arms, also depends on the car.

Cwylie, are you using an alignment machine or a smart tool angle finder?

[Shmoov69]

Ok, believe this crap..... I actually drove the car this evening!! Woot woot!!

Now, I didn't have any rubbing that I could hear, however there was a tiny bit I rubber build up on the fender, but I can't tell if that was from before I got it aligned. I raised the car up a touch also. With it sitting on the level floor, there is about 1/4" clearance on the back side at the fender lip at full lock. I'm relatively sure it will rub at full lock while turning into a driveway or something like that. But in all honesty, at this point I'm not too worried about it because if the wheel is at full lock, I shouldn't be doing anything other than creeping around anyway. I had pulled the top bolts out of the fender about 20 years ago to alleviate rubbing, so I'm used to a LOW car that rubs occasionally.

Now, had I bought this system to fit "meats" up front, I'd be pissed! However, since I got dinky 7x17's up there, I'm ok with it. I will have to buy new shoes anyway if I wanted some fats up there.

If I could figure out how to resize pics on an iPhone, I would post up pics.

[jlwdvm]

You have 17x7's, but what is your back space? I have 15x7 with a 235 on a stock pontiac rally that doesn't rub on my 67 firebird.

[turbo corey]

i have a 285 19 on the front of my car . i have all the ridetech parts up front. my rims are a z06 offset . i build my cars so i can use the z06 offsets so when i have to buy wheels it is ez. the only thing that rubs is the muscle bar bracket but i modified it a little and now its all good.

[Shmoov69]

Honestly, I don't remember what the BS is on those wheels. I ordered them in I believe 97 or 98!! LoL! They weren't "released" yet from what ARE told me then.

Well, I drove it to work today and it does rub the inner fender well at highway speeds when I hit a dip or bump in the road. I'm assuming because the wheel actually travels straight up now instead of tilting when it compresses. Not sure about the actual fender cause I never turned hard.

But... I DROVE IT!!

[glr0212]

Originally Posted by turbo corey

i have a 285 19 on the front of my car . i have all the ridetech parts up front. my rims are a z06 offset . i build my cars so i can use the z06 offsets so when i have to buy wheels it is ez. the only thing that rubs is the muscle bar bracket but i modified it a little and now its all good.

would love to see some pics of that setup at full lock with some measurements like ride height

[jlwdvm]

After much research, head scratching, and re-reading this thread 3-4 times I finally ordered V40 rims...18x9.5" with 6" back spacing for the front and 18x11 with 7" for the rear. Hopefully that gets me close at both ends of the car, but I guess I can always use a spacer if needed. That's why I erred on the side of having a little too much back spacing, rather than not enough.