El Camino project car

[hotrodalex]

15x7.5 with 235/60s all the way around.

You want 'em for the Corvette? Tires are pretty new.

[hotrodalex]

Summit says the expected ship date is 5/19. Booooooo. Gonna call tomorrow to order since I'm gonna try to price match Tire Rack's price on the tires. That way they can be mounted and balanced when they arrive and I won't need a tire shop.

[280Z Turbo]

15x7.5 with 235/60s all the way around.

You want 'em for the Corvette? Tires are pretty new.

Those tires won't fit.

[hotrodalex]

Too wide?

[280Z Turbo]

Yes. Also, they are Cooper Cobras.

[hotrodalex]

Best tires on the planet!

[hotrodalex]

Summit says 5/21 today, so I think they're getting the wheels from somewhere else.

Found wheels/tires on performanceplustire.com so I think I'll order from there and hopefully they'll get here faster.

[hotrodalex]

$1630 poorer.

Gonna put the current wheels on Craigslist. If anyone on here wants them you can have a $2 friends and family and carspin discount.

[hotrodalex]

With a big sway bar in the back and 18" wheels, I feel like this thread should be moved to the Fast Lane.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

With a big block 454 sway bar in the back and 18" wheels, I feel like this thread should be moved to the Fast Lane.

[280Z Turbo]

Big blocks are just dead weight nowadays. You can make crazy amounts of power with a small block.

[hotrodalex]

Called about the order, looks like they get to do some warehouse searching for the right size/backspacings. Hopefully they'll find them by tonight. Gonna take a bit longer since it might have to go from a warehouse in Indianapolis back to California to be mounted and then shipped back east to my doorstep.

As long as they show up here sometime.

[hotrodalex]

On back order, will take 30-45 days.

I think they might have 18x9.5 with 5.75 backspacing. 265s all the way around? I'm thinking yes. Not 100% sure if it'll fit up front since I have drop spindles. But stock spindles are only like $115 from Summit if I have to go that route.

[MexicoCityM3]

How about this for an El Camino project...

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/24/mini-interns-turn-paceman-into-adventure-pickup/

[hotrodalex]

You can call it a Tini! (Truck mini)

Back to tires, I could put 335s on it!



Just need a lot of other work done first...

[Soup DeVille]

How does he turn?

[FoMoJo]

Skid steer?

[Rupert]

E-brake and doriftos.

[hotrodalex]

I think they might have 18x9.5 with 5.75 backspacing. 265s all the way around? I'm thinking yes.

In stock.

Will be a little pricier, asked the guy for a discount - just to match the original order price, so like $60. Not sure if I'll actually get that, since he has to get the wheels shipped from an Atlanta warehouse. We'll see, was worth asking at least.

[hotrodalex]

[hotrodalex]

Out with the old 7/8" front bar, in with the new 1 5/16" bar.

2 of the bolts off the car were crap so I bought new ones last night, but then I found out that one of the holes was also stripped so I had to tap them out to 3/8". Should have been an easy install, but of course it wasn't. Nothing is on this car.

[hotrodalex]

Slight understeer at the limit now, I think. I'll probably take the rear bar up a notch because why not.

Rides a bit stiffer but feels more comfortable and confidence inspiring.

[68_427]

Big blocks are just dead weight nowadays. You can make crazy amounts of power with a small block.

+1.  If I ever take over the vette and have some cash I'm swapping in a hot small block.

[hotrodalex]

I'll be sticking with a small block. I kinda want to put a mild turbocharger on it eventually. That would nice since I go from 700 feet above sea level to 4700 feet for 8 months of the year.

In other news, my radio reception is finally acceptable. The headliner is pretty much in and the antenna is now stuck the windshield next to the A pillar so no more static.

[hotrodalex]

Those wheels aren't gonna happen. The ones that were supposed to be on the way to get mounted and balanced were the wrong bolt pattern. Just gonna cancel the order.

[hotrodalex]

After breaking a ball joint on the drag link and an inner tie rod and having to run to autozone a couple of times to get new ones, I finally got a new steering box in. Same type of box, from an '88 Monte Carlo SS, but this time it's rebuilt and not from a junkyard. Old one was leaking pretty badly, thus the replacement. Not sure if it's an improved box or just has less slop due to its newness, but it's a good improvement. Between this box and the one my dad put in his car, I wouldn't bother spending the extra $400 for the Delphi 600.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I had no idea the steering box from an '88 Monte Carlo was interchangable with your car.

[hotrodalex]

Yep, GM used the same box design for decades. Up until rack and pinion became the standard, I guess.

[hotrodalex]

Had crazy toe-in that I had to fix today, won't get an official alignment until Wednesday probably.

Also advanced the timing a bit and put larger metering rods in it to lean it out. Hopefully should see some MPG improvements with that. And hopefully it'll be a good tune for when I go out to Utah so I don't have to fiddle with it on the side of the highway.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

LOL @ MPG improvements........