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Old 01-15-2011, 06:23 PM
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Default VA Speed 427 makes too much power...
THE 315's I was running were pretty useless on my street car. They would spin through 3rd gear. I tried a set of ET Street II's and they stuck very well but killed the handling. I figured I'd just put more rubber on the back so I installed Lewis Five rear quarters and 345x30x19's on the back.

Just finished today and got a few pics.













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<---First in......That's hawt!
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Sex on wheels. Do u have a link or number where I can call for those rear fenders? It looks sick
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Jesus that car is sickkk. Nice work.
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How 'bout a money shot...

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Sex on wheels. Do u have a link or number where I can call for those rear fenders? It looks sick
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looks damn nice man!

so the ? is do the wider street tires hook?
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Holy **** this car is ******* bad ***!!!
10/10!!!
Wow. Wow.
I literally yelled holy **** when I saw your car in this thread!
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That's a great looking vette
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regardless of whether it hooks or not, the fact is that car is sex on wheels!
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all i can think of is wow that is cool.
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Originally Posted by scramblerman
looks damn nice man!

so the ? is do the wider street tires hook?
Hell no it don't hook! Just a slight blip of the throttle and we were spinning through TC like it wasn't even there. And I mean a very slight blip of the throttle. Barely enough to make the exhaust tone louder than idle.
It's insane in the best of ways!
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Looks bad *** (I love white Vettes), but I think you should have opted for the splash guards also.
(I'll take a closer pic of mine)

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Originally Posted by 4DRUSH
Looks bad *** (I love white Vettes), but I think you should have opted for the splash guards also.
(I'll take a closer pic of mine)

The splash gaurds are there. I left them black and they dissappear against the black tire in the pics. Without them the area behind the wheels would be paintless in no time.

I hope to hit MIR again at a rental and try to get a few clean runs in. I was really disspointed last time when It stopped shifting - my fault, I cooked the clutch.
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The splash gaurds are there.
Opps, I see them now.
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looks great Kevin, but there is no such thing as too much power
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i keep coming back and staring at this picture, just looks sexy with those wide tires back there
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Originally Posted by Shawn @ VA Speed
looks great Kevin, but there is no such thing as too much power
Winter's not over yet...but my winter mod money is...maybe.
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Nice Kevin.

Are you running a vaccum pump on that motor ? I see the braded line from the valve cover running to the drivers side some where low.

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