Yet another 2nd Gen Camaro - Project/update

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by carbuff

It's Dave and Rob you have to watch out for, they will spend an hour crawling around under your car if you don't watch out! Greg just makes fun of things like air cleaners, but you can't really trust his judgement since he's such a big fan of The Salt Lick.

Hey we were nothing but helpful identifying potential safety issues.

Front past experience, it's pretty tough to get a 315 to fit without cutting a wheel well lip and pounding in the seat buckle bump if you have one. Even then, it's still tight, but the panhard will help. We'll stick one up and see what it looks like to you. Maybe next weekend if you can wait that long?

Originally Posted by gerno

I will be changing the rims and most likely going with some CCW LM20's in a 18x10 and 18x 11.5 but I don't know from sure yet. I need to install the passenger front suspension hopefully today then start the measurement process. Jay at Speedtech said I could get ~6" BS. Once I get the measurements I'll post them up. I'm hoping a 295/335 tire combo may fit....

Originally Posted by gerno

I'm finally getting to the point where I need to figure out the actual wheel/tire combo I'm going to run. I have the front fully welded in and all pieces mocked up. With my 275x17 rear wheels on the front there is loads of clearance with the new parts. I'm starting to lean to the 315/275 combo on a 11.5 rim for simplicity and ability to go to a 335 rear later if desired. The biggest debate is wheel choice. The LM20 CCW's seem like the best wheel for what I am looking to do in my price range. Now I'm just debating gold vs grey centers. Here is a rough photoshop of the gold on the car.

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Steve It looks like you've made a bunch of progress since we hung out at COTA and Blacks BBQ.

Those grey centers look pretty cool.

Originally Posted by gerno

He's what the wheel will most likely look like.

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How about some pictures of your rear wheels with the 275s mocked up on your front? How much SB do those rims have and how wide are they? If you want a 295 up front can you fit an 18 x 11" wheel? I have a wheel fit tool you could borrow if you want to check out some fitment options.

[gerno]

Lots has changed since then but now I just need to get it finished. I'm out of town until tomorrow but will get some pics when I get back. If I could borrow the figment tool I would awesome. I'm very nervous I'm going to get the measurement wrong

[gerno]

I've been thinking more about the 295 and it might be too much for now. The 275 is a pretty large tire and we'll above my driving ability. I like the lack of any rubbing issues with the 275 even full lock to lock. The other issue is that the 295 is a pretty tall tires and might not look correct with the rear profile. Had that issue with a 62 Galaxie I build and it drove me nuts

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by gerno

Lots has changed since then but now I just need to get it finished. I'm out of town until tomorrow but will get some pics when I get back. If I could borrow the figment tool I would awesome. I'm very nervous I'm going to get the measurement wrong

Originally Posted by gerno

I've been thinking more about the 295 and it might be too much for now. The 275 is a pretty large tire and we'll above my driving ability. I like the lack of any rubbing issues with the 275 even full lock to lock. The other issue is that the 295 is a pretty tall tires and might not look correct with the rear profile. Had that issue with a 62 Galaxie I build and it drove me nuts

Steve just PM me if U want to use the fit tool.

If you read through the front suspension thread or even back in my thread about front rim and tire choice it may make the decision harder.

For a 295 you could always run a 295 30 18 which is actually .5" shorter than the 275 30. Mocking up the different height tires would help you decide what look you are happiest with.

Did you ever get a chance to try Bryans wheel out on your car?

[gerno]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Steve just PM me if U want to use the fit tool.

If you read through the front suspension thread or even back in my thread about front rim and tire choice it may make the decision harder.

For a 295 you could always run a 295 30 18 which is actually .5" shorter than the 275 30. Mocking up the different height tires would help you decide what look you are happiest with.

Did you ever get a chance to try Bryans wheel out on your car?

Think it was easier to decide to move back to Austin from Cali than to figure out my wheels/tires. I read through some of the threads but will check them out again. I'll shoot you a PM later this weekend after I post the photos.

Tire choice has been limiting me. I've been focusing to use the Falkens or Rival which has limited my sizing. I want to track the car a lot but am nervous about the street ability of under 200 TW tires. If I go with R888s I have a lot more options. Maybe I've been drinking too much of the koolaide...

Bryan and I haven't met up. Weather in Austin has been terrible so I didn't even want to ask him to bring the car by.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

19/295 is a tall tire.

Here is 295's on the front 10" wheel.

[gerno]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

19/295 is a tall tire.

Here is 295's on the front 10" wheel.

What's on the rear?

[glassman]

Originally Posted by gerno

I've been thinking more about the 295 and it might be too much for now. The 275 is a pretty large tire and we'll above my driving ability. I like the lack of any rubbing issues with the 275 even full lock to lock. The other issue is that the 295 is a pretty tall tires and might not look correct with the rear profile. Had that issue with a 62 Galaxie I build and it drove me nuts

My thoughts too. I'm switching from 17's to 18's as i like the stance more. I'm thinking the T1000's with the polished lip and silver painted center or brushed center. and may be going silver stripes as well. i'm going 275/315 for now, still need to tub though.

Looking forward to hearing your feedback on the newer Speedtech set-up. I think their stuff is first class.

[WSSix]

I think the gold centers look good. Regardless, I like the wheel design. Don't sweat the wheel choice too much by trying to stuff as much tire as you can in there. Get a good bit in there and call it good is how I would do it. Good luck!

[gerno]

I can't wait to run the new suspension either but first I have to get through this wheel dilemma.

I think I figured out an issue with my wheel choice. From what I read the LM20 have the same center section for the 17 and 18 but outer rim is different. This means the outer rim is thicker than other rims such as forgeline when running an 18". Given I want the polished outer lip I would have a lot of chrome if I use the CCW so it might not be the look I'm after. At first I thought everyone had pics of smaller rims but then noticed they were 18's. Looks like I'm back to the drawing board for wheel choice. I'm really thinking about a set of Forgelines, but I was soooo close with the CCW's. I'll call John on Monday but hell I've already blown my budget to hell why not keep going.....

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