DMV rant

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Try to source them today.

They're kinda phasing out a lot of their 15" sizes. All new cars have bigger shoes.

30 seconds. done.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...60&diameter=15

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

30 seconds. done.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...60&diameter=15

Maybe they just ran off a batch. People were screaming that 255s were unavailable, but those I managed to get.

So now they have the 245s...but can you get the rears 20mm wider, in a 265, for the right overall stagger?

I'm happy with what I got...I think more might have been too much. The whole car is subtle, no sidepipes, flat hood. I think the sizes look right without being boy racer, which is what I wanted. The redlines looked too fucking stodgy.

To me, this is just right.

http://poopnugget.com/files/silvette-new1lg.jpg

[KSGregman]

It looks fantastic, Tard....and they are priced right too.....

The Pirellis (rears only) on the Camaro cost as much as all 4 of yours.

Ouch.

[Avatard]

Here's the 275s on the rear of a C3...see, I think these are just a little too big. Look a bit boy racer-ish to me...the 275 is just too square-shouldered on an 8" wheel.



This is probably 245s in the front, 275s in the rear.

[Avatard]

The flared one I have has aluminum slots on it, and it has 10" deep dish ones in the rear.

THAT car will get 255s in front, and 275s in the rear. With the big Hooker pipes, and the flares, anything smaller would look wrong. It's all about fitting the tires to the car, and filling the fenders right, giving it the right stagger to bring out the waist, and highlight the bodylines.

European stylists always filled their wheel wells nicely (think BMW). American Musclecars seemingly always benefited from a little up-sizing to make their styling really "pop".

[azoomm]

Well done. Looks tremendous. Love that old skool shit...

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

It looks fantastic, Tard....and they are priced right too.....

The Pirellis (rears only) on the Camaro cost as much as all 4 of yours.

Ouch.

Dude, large diameter shit is off the hook, crazy expensive by comparison. I'd like to know how it is that the sidewall gets shorter, and yet the bill gets higher.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

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Congrads on the Crager wheel mod.

Your car wets the plugs because it is random misfiring due to a high exhaust valve overlap, not high compression.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Well done. Looks tremendous. Love that old skool shit...

Thanks.

I feel like a fucking movie star in this thing, and it cost me about as much as a modern econoshitbox. Will I pay the penalty in gas? Sure. Does your right pantleg get wet in the rain? Damn skippy. Can you carry anything in it? Not a fucking chance...it has no trunk, no glovebox. That all goes without saying...but I don't fucking go anywhere, and this thing really should be driven on nice days. This is my moment of zen car. Fits me like an old pair of shoes. Uncanny.

I've been drawing pictures of this car since I was a kid. I had the Mako Shark II Corgi with the flip open clamshell headlights, and the HotWheels of it. This was the show car that made me drool as a kid. This is my dream car. I can't wait until she actually runs as good as she looks.

I had to source a trick offset aircleaner to make my carb swap work under the flat hood, and still clear the new HEI distributor I got...but once that comes in, she gets all the mechanical updates in order to make her run right, and pass inspection. All the stock parts go on the shelf.

Some might argue it's almost criminal to take an NCRS quality survivor car, and use it as a driver. Others might argue just looking at a fucking car, and keeping it like a bug in a jar is real nice and all, but cars need to be driven in order to really stay fresh. This car is already showing some signs of having been perhaps stared at too long, and not really driven enough.

Rather than affect the value, I feel that if I change things to make it a competent driver, but I just save all the original parts, I'm both keeping the car in use, and yet preserving the originality in case the next owner gives a shit about that kinda thing.

Me, I just wanna drive my dream car.

As for any future mods, I'm fighting the urge to put headers on it...and the fucking cost is actually making that quite a bit easier...and it would really benefit from some modern stoppers. They make shit that fits inside the stock wheels, but still brings things up to a modern performance level.

I'd probably stop there on this one, though. I do like the fact that it's pretty much unmolested...simple, elegant.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Congrads on the Crager wheel mod.

No mod. Stock 15x8 Rallys.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Your car wets the plugs because it is random misfiring due to a high exhaust valve overlap, not high compression.

Actually, it wets its plugs because it has a Quadrajet, and an inefficient, old, points distributor.

That's being remedied with a Holley, and a 60,000 Volt HEI.



The cam in the L46 is actually pretty smooth. I'm used to some pretty sick bumpsticks.