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hillshooter · 01-05-2016, 03:05 PM

I would love to know specifics on this setup. Its just plain sexxy

Scalded Dog · 01-05-2016, 03:50 PM

Years ago, I set up my '76 Cutlass that way... HUGE rims/ tires in the rear (along with some Fox SkyJacker shocks), and stock size for the front. Looked very, very badass, and, since Cutlasses were never built for cornering anyhow, there was no sad departure of handling. It was just a straight line machine.

Interestingly, an old dude was talking to me one day. He told me that back in HIS day, the youngsters set their hot rods up with the opposite look/ stance: The dropped the rear, and lifted the front, using different wheel setups and lift kits and lowering kits. The idea was to put as much weight on the rear, for off- the- line traction. Different time, for sure... he said that the cars lifted in the front and dragging ass were the COOL cars... to my generation, that look only says that you've overloaded the trunk with too much junk, and maybe broke the springs back there.

*mlee* · 01-05-2016, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by redirish

Looks like weld racing wheels RTS with skinnies in the front 17 or 18 inch in the front and maybe 20" in the back. Awesome look very old school!

Definitely a drag setup. Probably close to my setup except I went 8" in front instead of skinnies.

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Norm Peterson · 01-06-2016, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by naikaidriver

Having a much more narrow front tire than the rear will almost always result in more "on-throttle" understeer when coming out of corners. Add both of these together and you have a recipe for disaster in the corners.

"Bigs 'n' littles" will understeer under almost every condition except driving slowly (where very little is happening dynamically), or if you've gone out of your way to re-tune the suspension for what would likely become scary-loose oversteer if you put the OE wheels and tires back on afterward.

Side note, "littles" that are much smaller than maybe min-spec LS/LT trim tires aren't going to be very good for braking even if the ABS doesn't get freaked out by the tire size difference. This might not have mattered a whole lot back in the days of 4 wheel drum brakes and skinny bias-ply tires when most cars couldn't stop all that well anyway.

Norm

gen6waiter · 01-06-2016, 04:00 PM

heavy squats, at least 2x/week

BradySS · 01-06-2016, 07:23 PM

Looks like my setup almost but I have 17"s in the front and 15"s in the rear. Even the same color! I used BMR drag racing suspension in the back with their coil over conversion to achieve this look and BMR 1.4" drop springs in the front.

BradySS · 01-06-2016, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mlee

Definitely a drag setup. Probably close to my setup except I went 8" in front instead of skinnies.

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Looking good.

Jaybird4u · 01-06-2016, 07:41 PM

Nice!

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01-05-2016, 03:05 PM	#15
hillshooter Drives: 2015 Camaro SS commemorative Join Date: May 2015 Location: Utah Posts: 425	I would love to know specifics on this setup. Its just plain sexxy

01-05-2016, 03:50 PM	#16
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	Years ago, I set up my '76 Cutlass that way... HUGE rims/ tires in the rear (along with some Fox SkyJacker shocks), and stock size for the front. Looked very, very badass, and, since Cutlasses were never built for cornering anyhow, there was no sad departure of handling. It was just a straight line machine. Interestingly, an old dude was talking to me one day. He told me that back in HIS day, the youngsters set their hot rods up with the opposite look/ stance: The dropped the rear, and lifted the front, using different wheel setups and lift kits and lowering kits. The idea was to put as much weight on the rear, for off- the- line traction. Different time, for sure... he said that the cars lifted in the front and dragging ass were the COOL cars... to my generation, that look only says that you've overloaded the trunk with too much junk, and maybe broke the springs back there.

01-06-2016, 07:23 PM	#20
BradySS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Roy, Utah Posts: 155	Looks like my setup almost but I have 17"s in the front and 15"s in the rear. Even the same color! I used BMR drag racing suspension in the back with their coil over conversion to achieve this look and BMR 1.4" drop springs in the front.