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Old 04-15-2008, 07:20 AM
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Do they come in a variety of offsets or did they just happen to fit on the first gen?
William,

I bought mine from Discount Tire Direct for $145 each and free shipping. They come in two widths 8" or 9.5" and two different offsets, 20 and 35. Which works out to be.....

18x8 20 offset = 5.29" backspace
18x8 35 offset = 5.88" backspace
18x9.5 20 offset = 6.04" backspace
18x9.5 35 offset = 6.63" backspace
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Old 04-15-2008, 07:40 AM
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I agree with Scott. The kids in the wheel is the money shot. Keep the pics coming. Go Firebird...

Hear is one I really liked, Titus looking through the wheel register.
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Old 04-15-2008, 07:43 AM
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A few more of the back wheels.




Here is a shot of the hydroboost.
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Old 04-15-2008, 07:48 AM
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Hear is what I made too mate the T56 to the pontiac motor.

Adapter.


Spacer.


Modified Bellhousing to clear the starter.



The abonimation of a cross member that I made and I will be remaking.
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Old 04-16-2008, 08:28 AM
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Do you guys think I should grind the welds down on the back wheels that were widened or leave them?
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Jimmy,
Grinding the welds down may affect their strength- I'd mount a tire on the rim and see if it balances with the minimum required wheel weights. If it doesn't you may have to have a machine shop cut the welds down on a lathe.

Nice work on finding a low-cost 18" rim and low-cost solution to finding a 12" wide rim for the back. A '69 Bird and cute kids- what more could a guy ask for?

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Small update, I continued to work on the mini-tub. Here are a few pictures of the progress.



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Hey Jimmy, I'm also in the process of building a 69 firebird and im looking to mate a t56 to a 350 pontiac block. So my question is what type of t56 do you have, a lt1 version or ls1? I might be able to buy a lt1 style t56 soon and was wondering if it would work with the modification that you did. Thanks

BTW... awesome bird
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Hey Jimmy, I'm also in the process of building a 69 firebird and im looking to mate a t56 to a 350 pontiac block. So my question is what type of t56 do you have, a lt1 version or ls1? I might be able to buy a lt1 style t56 soon and was wondering if it would work with the modification that you did. Thanks

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Thanks!

I used the LS1 version for my build not sure what it would take to use the LT1 version.
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Keep me posted.

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