big mikes killer..
Originally Posted by fash00
how much is the rear narrowed and what Bs wheels?
The rear is narrowed a full 12"!!! Thats short, by alot. Most rears I've seen for our cars are narrowed 6" at the most. The back spacing is 3.5" on the wheels.
PS, these beauties are going up front!
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
Hey Mike is that with the LCA mounts in the stock location? That lip on the rear rims is sick!
as of right now its appears that it will work with the arms offset to the inside and still clear the tire...in those pics theres still a good amount of room between the tire and inside wall of the tub... as you can see in this pic, the tubs are wide...i might have to trim the bottom of the tub a little more around the mount for the arm since its gonna be angled inward... we'll see today..
jay
SOO...Let me get this straight. The car has "stock-type" suspension, BUT the control arm mounts on the rearend have been moved to allow the rear to be narrowed so much. Is this right?
also...are you going to have to trim the front and rear sides of the fender to fit the tire? The reason I ask...Is that I am going to do the same thing except I am narrowing the rear 7" and using a 5" backspace wheel.( I think I will be about an inch wider).
That does look badass. NRC, do you guys stretch the wheel opening to accomodate a larger tire? I'm not sure how big I'll end up going, but I know once I put the spray on my car, I'm gona need to go to a bigger tire, and I'd like to have the thing clearanced so it doesn't look hack like alot of cars, not sure about the whole minitub, I dont' think I'll ever need that much.
PM me some rough idea as to what a project like that would cost, so I have some idea what I'll be looking at when I'm ready.
Thanks.
PM me some rough idea as to what a project like that would cost, so I have some idea what I'll be looking at when I'm ready.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by jshiver
SOO...Let me get this straight. The car has "stock-type" suspension, BUT the control arm mounts on the rearend have been moved to allow the rear to be narrowed so much. Is this right?
yes.. my father actually did the same on his own car yrs ago... moved the mounts on the rear.. the rear did'nt need to be narrowed this much, if W2W left some more of it on there, the wheel could have been split in the middle(5 inch backspace/10"wheel) there must have been a reason they narrowed it some much for daves car, but in this particular application it could have been probably 2-3 inches wider per side and then mike would'nt need to use a wheel with 3 inches of backspacing..
as far as trimming the 1/4's.. yes nothing crazy but yes... I did trim the front a little and the bumper cover was already cut by mike from his previous set up.. I'll take a pic of the front of the wheel well when i go back to the shop after lunch..
jay
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Originally Posted by 1fstTA
That is exactly what Im looking at dong. that is very nice work. how wide of a rim are you guys running and what size tire is that.
thankyou, 10" wide wheel, 29.5x10.5 W tire..
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
That does look badass. NRC, do you guys stretch the wheel opening to accomodate a larger tire? I'm not sure how big I'll end up going, but I know once I put the spray on my car, I'm gona need to go to a bigger tire, and I'd like to have the thing clearanced so it doesn't look hack like alot of cars, not sure about the whole minitub, I dont' think I'll ever need that much.
PM me some rough idea as to what a project like that would cost, so I have some idea what I'll be looking at when I'm ready.
Thanks.
PM me some rough idea as to what a project like that would cost, so I have some idea what I'll be looking at when I'm ready.
Thanks.
keep in mind this mini tub is pretty wide..16 3/4 inches from the middle of the wheel well opening to the inside of the tub.. mike's tire fits in there with room to spare, so if you wanted to run something smaller(tire wise) theres no reason why we could just make the tubs smaller(width wise) ... then the tire would be under the car and your car would'nt sit high in the rear like they do with stock tubs and larger tires...
jay
NOt looking to run top fuel size tires like it looks like Mike is that's for sure. I do understand the ride height issue, but on the other hand I don't want to run into tunnel clearnace problems or anything like that either, so the rie height in the rear will probably stay a little higher then stock because of that.
At the most, I don't think that anymore then a 28x10.5 will ever be on my car, so I'd only have to do what is needed to get that to clear, rear ride hieght might be dropped an inch or so when I go to that size tire... I'm planning on running 27x11.5 hoosier qtp's this year, they should be enough until I get all the weight out of my car and put the nitrous on.
At the most, I don't think that anymore then a 28x10.5 will ever be on my car, so I'd only have to do what is needed to get that to clear, rear ride hieght might be dropped an inch or so when I go to that size tire... I'm planning on running 27x11.5 hoosier qtp's this year, they should be enough until I get all the weight out of my car and put the nitrous on.
Originally Posted by NRC-Motorsports
yes.. my father actually did the same on his own car yrs ago... moved the mounts on the rear.. the rear did'nt need to be narrowed this much, if W2W left some more of it on there, the wheel could have been split in the middle(5 inch backspace/10"wheel) there must have been a reason they narrowed it some much for daves car, but in this particular application it could have been probably 2-3 inches wider per side and then mike would'nt need to use a wheel with 3 inches of backspacing..
as far as trimming the 1/4's.. yes nothing crazy but yes... I did trim the front a little and the bumper cover was already cut by mike from his previous set up.. I'll take a pic of the front of the wheel well when i go back to the shop after lunch..
jay
as far as trimming the 1/4's.. yes nothing crazy but yes... I did trim the front a little and the bumper cover was already cut by mike from his previous set up.. I'll take a pic of the front of the wheel well when i go back to the shop after lunch..
jay
Your work speaks volumes. I love it when people take pride in doing a good job. Keep up the good work.
Originally Posted by Noyzee
looks good for a gay guys car. lol
jk mike, ant wait to see that thing go!!!!! good luck.
jk mike, ant wait to see that thing go!!!!! good luck.
I almost fell of my chair Brad!!!!! Good one.... I take my paybacks like a man!
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I almost fell of my chair Brad!!!!! Good one.... I take my paybacks like a man!
on a real note, the car looks great.
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damn, that's very clean (except the rubber build-up). Great work NRC!Mike, I'm assuming it might run a hair quicker than before to need the new tire?
Derek
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damn, that's very clean (except the rubber build-up). Great work NRC!Mike, I'm assuming it might run a hair quicker than before to need the new tire?
Derek
Just a little quicker... I think a 94mm turbo makes a little more power than a 300 shot of nitrous! FWIW, the car will be repainted before she make her debut.