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[fatlife]

Originally Posted by aonghus

Kyle told me at the Del Mar Good Guys that the largest wheel/tire combo that can fit in the rear was 18x11 w/ 5.5" Backspacing.

I think DSE's position is "without modifying anything" aside obviously from the rear housing itself, or the front sheet metal.

I doubt he told you that, because no way you can fit an 11 with a stock wheel housing, and you can go 12" no prob with their deeptubs, and can do way more than 5.5 backspacing with the tubs.

[68protouring454]

actually backspacing has nothing to do about fitting a wide rimunder the car, bs only has to do with the width of the rear axle.

[aonghus]

Originally Posted by fatlife

I doubt he told you that, because no way you can fit an 11 with a stock wheel housing, and you can go 12" no prob with their deeptubs, and can do way more than 5.5 backspacing with the tubs.

I must've completley blanked there, my previous post was reffering to using DSE's tub's on a '68. I was told by both Kyle & Stacey that more than 11" on a '68 is 'pushing it.'

Oh well should read my posts before I click

good to see you on these boards again btw.

[68protouring454]

what kyle meant was an 11 is perfect, however if you look on there site and in the lateral g members cars, stuart adams red 68 dse installed 17x13 on it, that had to nail the back space to have the tire perfectly in the center of the wheelhouse but they did it and it worked, the biggest thing is what rear susp you run, with a stock leaf spring set up the axle can move side to side up to 3/4 of an inch

[fatlife]

Originally Posted by 68protouring454

/ with a stock leaf spring set up the axle can move side to side up to 3/4 of an inch

What kind of leaf springs do you run???

[68protouring454]

why do you think guys who run hard with leaf springs put a phb??
evidently you have no experience with driving a leaf spring car hard.
why do you think kyle reccomends only a 11 inch wide rim on a 67-68?

[aonghus]

So essentially 11" is right on the money for a 67-68 keeping in mind that there will be a certain amount of articulation from side to side in a leaf spring set up? (with a stock axle width? My new housing is 51" end to end.)

Perhaps I can run a wider rim than 18x11, I'm running DSE's 4-Link and had the axle shortened and tubs are going in by the end of October.

Apologies if this is turning into a highjack.

[Jr]

Originally Posted by Teetoe_Jones

Alright here is the deal-

Front rims-
Fikse Profil 5S, 18x9 with 6.125" of BS.
Rear rims-
Fikse Profil 5S, 18x11 with 6.125" of BS

Front suspension mods to make this work-

Upper and Lower DSE control arms, ATS AFX tall spindles, factory Camaro P/S steering arms, Baer bumpsteer adjustable outer tie rod ends with modded bolt and spacers, inner fender well hardware replaced with low profile buttom head screws.

Rear suspension mods-

DSE mini tub kit with Quadralink suspension, narrowed rear end.

Anything else?

Tyler

Tyler,
Can you turn the steering form lock to lock without rubbing?
thanks, David

[68protouring454]

you can go 12 wide if you want, i have 18x11.5 on my 68 and i have room for 13's if i wanted, however i rolled my 1/4 lips hard.
with the dse 4 link you can run tighter tolerances, like 1/4 or so.
with a stock width axle and a 11 inch rim the bs should be around 7.5

[fatlife]

Originally Posted by 68protouring454

why do you think guys who run hard with leaf springs put a phb??

what guys?

Originally Posted by 68protouring454

evidently you have no experience with driving a leaf spring car hard.

sure that's it well even if that was true, I guess thats better than just regurgitating second hand info Please enlighten us with your experiences.

3/4" clearance would be great to have inside the wheel tubs, but I personally know and have had cars (firebird with 10"s on the back with stock tubs and leaf springs, driven plenty hard) that had less with leaf springs and were fine laterally. The main problem is when the top of hte tire cambers in, from going up a drive way or body roll and it rubs, not from the rearend moving side to side. But either way it would be great to have 3/4" clearance, but I'm sure people trying to squeeze the bigger wheels have delt with less clearance than that. That's all that I was saying. Plus if your rearend is moving that far left and right, you might thinking about changing out the bushings in the rear to something better.