I just can't decide what I want. So let me have em. Also not sure of the offsets. If 5.5 is the max rear offset in the back, what is the widest rim I can use without the tire sticking out or rubbing the fender lip.

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'91 Formula
383CI Supercharged
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04
on Drag Radials

[This message has been edited by '91 Formula (edited August 10, 2001).]

 

17by( with 5.5 you can fit275-45-17on the front and 285-45-17 on the rear

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91 Z28 slp headers adj reg accell cap rotor coil comp cam roller
random tech cats flowmaster catback
new motor in

 

Here's mine...I have a 17x9 front/17x11 rear combo with 275/40/ZR17's on front and 315/35/ZR17's on back:

<img src = "http://members.aol.com/carndrvr/camaro2.jpg">

<img src = "http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1487461&a=12742824&p=47755741">

<img src = "http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1487461&a=12742824&p=47755756">

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1991 Camaro RS, approximately 500hp 355, 11:1 compression, Eagle h-beam rods, forged steel crank, TRW lightweight 2 valve relief pistons, comp cams hydraulic roller, fully ported Dart Iron Eagle heads, Victor Jr., Holley 750, Hooker shorty headers w/3" collector, true dual 3" exhaust, Moroso spiral mufflers, T56 6-speed, Boyd Coddington 17x9, 17x11 wheels, 275/40zr17 fronts, 315/35zr17 rears, Cerillo racing seats w/ harnesses, Harwood cowl hood, 4:10 posi, Global West adjustable rear suspension, panhard bar and torque arm, Hotchkis front and rear springs, 1LE sway bars, Koni adjustable shocks.

 

Woah that looks sick. What's the rear spacing of the front and rears? Nice motor specs, any 1/4 times?

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'91 Formula
383CI Supercharged
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04
on Drag Radials

[This message has been edited by '91 Formula (edited August 10, 2001).]

 

Wow! Just wanted to comment that that is one awesome looking F-body! The Grand Sports pretty nice too! Keep the pics coming. It gives all of us with stockers some inspiration!

 

hey CarNDrvr did u have to modify the rearend any to make them fit? what about the front... any mods to make them fit? im looking at some 18X10.5 rears and 18X9 up front. u know what back spacing i will need?

o by the way thats an awesome piece of machine there its an inspiration for all 3rd gens

 

Thanks for the compliments. The fronts have a 4" backspacing, and they fit with no mods. The rears have a 5" backspacing, and they require beating the crap out of the inner wheel well, and cutting the lip out of the outer one, and actually "flaring" the outer wheel well enough to make it look like it doesn't stick out the sides. No times yet. I have been to the track twice. The first time, they were running the promods and weren't letting street cars run. The second time, it was a street night and they weren't posting times or giving timeslips. I will get some soon though. I can tell you that at the street night, I raced a mustang that runs 12.60's at 107mph and I beat him by about 3 lengths. That was after playing catch up because I spun so bad. I would guess I am in the low 12's at about 112-114mph on motor. The car has a 150-250 shot NOS system, which should put me in the 11's at well over 120mph. My mph will reflect better performance than my times, simply because I have street tires and I don't want to put slicks on the car and blow up the rear end. I haven't put a good rear end in the car yet.

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1991 Camaro RS, approximately 500hp 355, 11:1 compression, Eagle h-beam rods, forged steel crank, TRW lightweight 2 valve relief pistons, comp cams hydraulic roller, fully ported Dart Iron Eagle heads, Victor Jr., Holley 750, Hooker shorty headers w/3" collector, true dual 3" exhaust, Moroso spiral mufflers, T56 6-speed, Boyd Coddington 17x9, 17x11 wheels, 275/40zr17 fronts, 315/35zr17 rears, Cerullo racing seats w/ harnesses, Harwood cowl hood, 4:10 posi, Global West adjustable rear suspension, panhard bar and torque arm, Hotchkis front and rear springs, 1LE sway bars, Koni adjustable shocks.

 

Hey how do those Spiral Mufflers sound compared to a Flowmaster or any other brand.

 

i absolutely love your car. i looked into those seats, thanks for emailing me the info btw, but they were just too expensive for my budget. i was wondering how you ran your exhaust to get dual exhaust. thanks.

 

The spiral mufflers aren't much of a muffler. The car is EXTREMELY loud. In fact, I am thinking about changing it to a 4" mufflex system so it exits out the back. Right now the duals exit out the passenger side of the car, which looks really good, but is just VERY loud. I will post a pic to show you. The duals are ran side by side down the passenger side of the car. There is plenty of room there. I just have shorty headers with 3" collectors bolting up to 3" pipe. The driver's side pipe runs where a stock "Y" pipe runs.

<img src = "http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1487461&a=12742824&p=47755744">

 

Mine are 9x18" and 10 x 18" with 265/40x18" tires

cheers
powermite

 

CarNDrvr- your car frightens me.
I'd run and hide if I saw it coming towards me.

 

I also have 17x11 out back and 17x9.5 front. The 315's fit fine, the new 325's fit just as well.



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Part of the notorious
*GEARED FOR LIFE*
Super chevy crew

ALL POWERFUL NOR-CAL
"Never underestimate the idiocy of stupid people in large groups"
MATEOZ28
1991 Z28 383/NX KIT much much more... 634rwhp 712rwtq

[This message has been edited by MATEOZ28 (edited August 13, 2001).]

 

Pics!! Pics!!

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'91 Formula
383CI Supercharged
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04
on Drag Radials

 

What would the spacer size need to be for me to use the 17x9" with a 50mm offset. I am seeing sizes such as 2.25 for the front and 1.25 for the rear. I may be wrong, but it seems it might stick out. Can any of you please correct me.

Steve

 

I have the 2.25 spacers in front. I just bolted a 4thgen disc rear to the car and the rear wheels bolted right up.

 

Ok now that we know what 17x11s look like, just curious on what the rubber cost ya?

 

Rear: $411.00 each
Front: $389.00 each

Dunlop SP2000

 

Hey MATEOZ28, your car looks awesome man! Did you have to do ANY modifying to get those 315's to fit on the back? Cause CARNDRIVR he had to do some beatin on the fenders to get them to fit on his. I want 315's but I don't like the thought of beating on the fender wells to get them to fit .

 

Mine are SEC Racing wheels, 17 X 12, w/ 335/35/ZR17 rear, and 17 X 9.5 , w/
275/40/ZR17 front. My tires are Michelin Pilots. The rears sell for around $325-340 each, and about $290-300 for the front. The mods I did to fit them were about the same as CAR N DRVR's, except (I'm not sure if he did or not) I had to clearance the LCA's about 1/2" and I did not flare my outer fenderwell. These pictures are, however, outdated since I lowered the car about 2" last weekend. It really looks much meaner since it lower now. I will post new pics soon. I am also planning on taking the wheels apart (they are actually bolted together with 12-point ARP stainless steel bolts) and sanding the paint off the "ribs" of the crosslace, and polishing them. The crosslace design is actually somewhat similiar to the Boyds "Tuned" wheels, but it's hard to tell it because the center is black.








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82 Z28 383, Ported 215cc Dart Iron Eagle Heads 72 cc Comb. Chambers, Comp custom grind Hyd roller cam, Speed Pro .250" domes, Wheeler Motorsports 4340 I beam rods, Eagle 5140 steel crank, Weiand Team G intake, Holley 830 DP, hedman headers
Trans: Turbo 350 w/ 4000 stall -- Rearend 7.5 w/ Richmond 4.10's, Auburn Minispool
Best ET:11.60 @ 114.56, w/ a 7.34 1/8 @ 93.50, and a 1.622 60'


89 RS, L03 305, Hypertech Chip,cat delete, Dynomax exhaust,K&N open element Filter,160 stat, MSD coil --Trans:700R4 Corvette Servo -- Rearend: 7.5 GM 3.42 w/ posi-lock

Bassett Racing



[This message has been edited by Basett_Racing (edited August 15, 2001).]

 

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Damn, i love the blue camaro up top

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1992 z28 25th Anniversary
All black w/ z28 wing
Flowmaster Exhaust
350 TPI

 

The difference between Cerillo and Cerullo is that I had a typo in my sig. It is actually Cerullo. I fixed the typo now...hehe. I did not have to clearance my LCA's, but I would guess that it is because my backspacing sits mine out a little more than Basset's, which is why I clearanced the outer wheel well a bit.

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1991 Camaro RS, approximately 500hp 355, 11:1 compression, Eagle h-beam rods, forged steel crank, TRW lightweight 2 valve relief pistons, comp cams hydraulic roller, fully ported Dart Iron Eagle heads, Victor Jr., Holley 750, Hooker shorty headers w/3" collector, true dual 3" exhaust, Moroso spiral mufflers, T56 6-speed, Boyd Coddington 17x9, 17x11 wheels, 275/40zr17 fronts, 315/35zr17 rears, Cerullo racing seats w/ harnesses, Harwood cowl hood, 4:10 posi, Global West adjustable rear suspension, panhard bar and torque arm, Hotchkis front and rear springs, 1LE sway bars, Koni adjustable shocks, Edelbrock strut tower brace.

 

My fronts have 4" BS and the rears have a 6.5" , which I really wouldn't recommend to anyone unless you don't mind doing quite a bit of clearancing. I actually had to heat the inner fenderwells and actually stretch the sheel metal to fully clearance them. I had to notch the LCA's a little more than 1/2". But as I sit here, I can't make them scrub now. A thirdgen with that much B/S, by all practical means needs to have mini-tubs. But the effort was worth it, because the pictures don't really do the car justice, because the rear tires's section width is a little over 13", and they are just BARELY under the lip of the quarter panel. The front section of both of my wheels are the same offest which looks cool. I am interested in how you (Car N Drvr) flared the rear quarters. What method did you use to flare them and how much (inches) did you flare them. I think that mod would also add to my car as well. I am willing to do whatever it takes to make this car what I want it to be. At first I looked at it in the perspective that I was "settling" for a 305 TBI RS car, but now, considering the $$$ I saved by purchasing such a nice car for only $2200, and the fact that it is a less-desired RS, rather than an IROC or Z28, I can only improve on the car's performance and value, without the having to worry about hurting car's future value by not keeping it original. I've been criticised by a few people who say "beating on the inner fenderwells is ruining the car". Next to a V6 RS, my car is the least desired Camaro made in '89, how can I be "ruining" it by moving a little sheetmetal to fit a wheel/tire combo that gives the car awesome handling abilities, and a wicked looking stance?? I guarantee I'd have no trouble getting my money back out of it. I've been seriously offered more than double what I gave for it, even though I "ruined" it!!

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82 Z28 383, Ported 215cc Dart Iron Eagle Heads 72 cc Comb. Chambers, Comp custom grind Hyd roller cam, Speed Pro .250" domes, Wheeler Motorsports 4340 I beam rods, Eagle 5140 steel crank, Weiand Team G intake, Holley 830 DP, hedman headers
Trans: Turbo 350 w/ 4000 stall -- Rearend 7.5 w/ Richmond 4.10's, Auburn Minispool
Best ET:11.60 @ 114.56, w/ a 7.34 1/8 @ 93.50, and a 1.622 60'


89 RS, L03 305, Hypertech Chip,cat delete, Dynomax exhaust,K&N open element Filter,160 stat, MSD coil --Trans:700R4 Corvette Servo -- Rearend: 7.5 GM 3.42 w/ posi-lock

Bassett Racing

[This message has been edited by Basett_Racing (edited August 16, 2001).]

 

A friend of mine who helped me with a lot of the fabrication on my car actually took some angle iron and formed it into the shape of the inside of the outer lip. We used this as platform and literally beat it with a hammer until we got about 1/2" flare. This worked like a charm because you can't tell that it was done. We also cut the lip out completely and smoothed the sharp edge.

 

Oh Ok, so you made a body dolly that comformed to the wheel lip. I think I'll give that a try. I have an 87 IROC parts car that I can experiment on first to get the hang of it. Thanks for the tip.

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82 Z28 383, Ported 215cc Dart Iron Eagle Heads 72 cc Comb. Chambers, Comp custom grind Hyd roller cam, Speed Pro .250" domes, Wheeler Motorsports 4340 I beam rods, Eagle 5140 steel crank, Weiand Team G intake, Holley 830 DP, hedman headers
Trans: Turbo 350 w/ 4000 stall -- Rearend 7.5 w/ Richmond 4.10's, Auburn Minispool
Best ET:11.60 @ 114.56, w/ a 7.34 1/8 @ 93.50, and a 1.622 60'


89 RS, L03 305, Hypertech Chip,cat delete, Dynomax exhaust,K&N open element Filter,160 stat, MSD coil --Trans:700R4 Corvette Servo -- Rearend: 7.5 GM 3.42 w/ posi-lock

Bassett Racing

 

Whose car is that in your sig QWKTRIP???

 

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Come on guys. Any Firbirds with 17x11's.
Pics. Pics

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'91 Formula
383CI Supercharged
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04, 1.91 60Ft.
on Drag Radials

 

Anybody else?

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'91 Formula
383CI Supercharged
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04, 1.91 60Ft.
on Drag Radials

 

Here are some pics some real, some not.
http://www.geocities.com/rgades/The_...l?998889591970

 

More fake pics.
http://www.geocities.com/rgades/The_...l?998956719990

 

Here's my car with 17" Roh ZS. But I'm thinkin of buyin 18" Simmons 3-piece wheels. Gonna cost an arm and a leg though

https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...w&rideid=5560]



[This message has been edited by FlyinLow89 (edited August 29, 2001).]

 

Here's mine:

https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/rideimages/ACFhneOBa.JPG

https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/rideimages/newpic1.JPG

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SS 17x9.5 wheels,
HOTCHKIS 1"drop springs,
HOTCHKIS tower brace,
Bilstein struts and shocks,
K&N filters,
MSD 6A,
MSD 8.5mm Wires,
MSD Cap & Rotor,
Hypertech airfoil,
SLP intake runner (plennum not ported yet, soon)
High flow cats,
SPOHN panhard bar, lower control arms, and subframe connectors,
Baer front track system,
3" Flowmaster Exhaust System,
2100 Stall High Performance Torque Converter,
300 watt sound system,
and soon to come...ZZ4 crate motor...hopefully.

 

Anybody else?

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'91 Formula
383CI Superram, Sportman II's
SLP Cam 214/224 .470/.490
Vortech V1 S-Trim
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04, 1.91 60Ft.
on Drag Radials

 

Not a 17x11 but mine are 17x9.5 with a 285/40R17 that barely fit under in my opinion I had to role the lip to get it to stop hitting still does sometimes on a hard launch. Stiffer springs would probably cure it but then that would affect my drag launch.

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2j76z/rear12.jpg

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1992 383 Z-28 w/SuperRam intake and ACCEL DFI, PA Racing K frame,SS hood,SS rims
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2j76z/2page.htm

 

How about ZR1 wheels? Anybody with 17x11's?
I need pics!

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'91 Formula
383CI Superram, Sportman II's
SLP Cam 214/224 .470/.490
Vortech V1 S-Trim
5-speed
3.42
12.34@117.04, 1.91 60Ft.
on Drag Radials

 

I want a set of these for my black '92 Z28 Ragtop....





Anybody running these on their Z?????