LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

new wheels and tires, finally some traction!!!

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Old 09-04-2007, 09:07 AM
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Default new wheels and tires, finally some traction!!!

before, 19x8.5's with 265s:


then these with et street radials 255 (they sucked):


new stuff, 18x8.5 fronts with 275 bfg kdw / 18x9.5 295 bfg dr's:








overall im very pleased. they hook real nice. and most importantly they don't spin at 75mph. and that was my goal. i love the deep *** lip in the back. and the car is dirty, ill post some better pics when i wax it this weekend.

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looks much better! off topic*** but do you have any pictures of how you ran your exhaust?
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looking good man looking good, let me know when you get that thing on the road for good. good to see your starting to get everything together.
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getting there. we (me and like 10 sc cobras and lightnings and a cobalt ss and a mopar) got half way to the 1/4 mile track and had to turn around because it got rained out on saturday. got a couple dyno pulls in, see other thread.

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Car looks good. Good choice on the wheels.



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thx, i cant wait to see what it looks like clean....
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what wheels are those?
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looks sweet...
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Looks nice. I had my duals ran like that then changed it to bullets and had it dumped before the rear. I wanted to run a X-pipe plus saved some weight. But the car looks sweet man.
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Niiiiiiiiiceeee! I wanna hear it run out the back though.
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i got some videos on the dyno. ill post them in the other thread in a little bit.
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Originally Posted by infinitebird
what wheels are those?
they are made by RUFF Racing, not sure the name of them.
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Too much metal to turn for my tastes I'd have gotten your stock 5-spokes widened Too much power loss from 17+"

But they look nice.
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you know what, i really was thinking about going super sleeper and doing something like that. i really did. but im just a sucker for camaro's on chromes. what can i say. for the track i plan on locating some old beat up doo doo 15x10s or 11s and getting some real slicks.
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Man that car looks good with those. At first I was like ehh. Then I saw the offset and lip on the rears and damn that just makes it work. Good job, I love that color.
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So more traction with
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So more traction with BFG dr's than w/ ET street radials? Which brand?
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much more traction with bfg dr's. but im running the 295 bfg vs the 255 et street radials.
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It's not my style, but I really like the new set up. IMO the 19's looked horrid. Nothing worse to me than wagon wheels with rubber band looking tires.
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Originally Posted by LT1MAN
much more traction with bfg dr's. but im running the 295 bfg vs the 255 et street radials.
well 295 > 255

however, MT > bfg

Go with some of the 325 ET street radials if you really want to hook.


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