What is "Modern" Pro-Street?

[tyoneal]

Originally Posted by SDMAN

My front tires are the shorter version. They are 12" wide, 18" dia but only 26.25" tall, not the 28" tall. The rears are the 18" wide, 18" dia 29" tall.

Front rims are 11" wide and rear rims are 15" wide.

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With front rims that wide, wht kind of turning radious do you have?

Ty

[SDMAN]

Have not actually driven the car yet. Still under construction. However, the front suspension is all C-5 Corvette with a quick ratio power rack (2.5 turns lock to lock). My front rims are a bit wider than a Corvettes (~1.5"), but I fully expect the turning radius to be the same as a Corvette given that Im using those suspension pieces. Turning radius is affected by several things, (steering arm length, pitman arm length, max steering box swing, etc) but rim width isnt one of them (at least as I understand it).

In an earlier version of this car, I had tall B-body spindles on the factory frame and A-arms, with the QA-1 coilover setup with 10" wide rims. The B-body spindles had longer steering arms on them, and that did noticeably reduce my turning radius.

[awr68]

Originally Posted by fesler

This is modern Pro Street, huge engine, cage, wheels and all new technology. This car gets 5MPG and has over 800HP and is a blast to drive.

Chris that's a crazy cool car! What's the fuel range, 50 miles? Even though it's a cool car!!

Oh, what suspension? And is it a bitch to see past that motor? I know that was one of the issues with the tall motor cars.

[Kenny_Cox]

I considered my fathers 1961 Oldsmobile to be a "modern pro street". It started as a prostreet car but luckily we got through to him. He got hooked up with colorado customs and installed a set of 18x8s on the front and 20x12's on the rear. I would have to scan the image out of a magazine to show the lips but damn they were huge. I sure do miss this car.... Rumor has it the new owner converted it back to pro street, such a shame as far as I am concerned.

[awr68]

That would be a shame! Cool car!!

[Kenny_Cox]

Thanks man he did really well with the car, was one of the top five finalists for street machine of the year, i just don't remember what year haha.

[Steve Chryssos]

Cam Evans and I orchestrated this beast back in Y2K starting with an insane engine build. Back then, we conspired to build a coupla monster "cover" big blocks to stimulate newsstand sales of Popular Hot Rodding. The 638" Monster Merlin story did well, so a 705" all aluminum Monster Merlin must do better right? Somewhere in between, TF driver Tony Bartone stepped up to fund the whole deal--engine and car.
A Pro Streeter with NASCAR cup martinsville brakes, a C4 vette clip and overdrive? People didn't know what the hell we were doing. Outsiders thought we were nuts or stupid. But everyone involved was on the same page. The Bartone's are hardcore drag racers that also love Porsches and Ferraris. So they knew the deal:
Big brakes, slightly wider front tires, overdrive, fuel injection and the rest was pure pro-street. The 4L80E made the 4.56 gears work better. The front clip and brakes didn't hurt E.T., so why not run 'em? The biggest challenge back in Y2K was the rear tires. The car was actually mocked up/built on Pirelli Scorpion SUV tires while the search for tires continued 345/70-17!! By the time the car was done, the only reasonable available choice turned out to be Prowler tires at only 295mm wide. The Mickey T's make the whole deal work now. Modern pro street is way easier.
I just re-read the article for the first time since 2002. The car still looks fairly current. Read it HERE

[HRBS]

Steve...... you know I'm diggin this.

[fesler]

Pro Street new style how about this

[907rs]

Originally Posted by fesler

Pro Street new style how about this

Pretty cool car, Fess.