Rodnok1

Very interesting so far...

bfit

I started down this same road a while back , I was pointed at your thread when I posted that I am thinking about fitting a Camaro rear end in a c3 frame.
I have some info on the c5/6 suspension that I found on the net that are sort of legible.
I will email you a copy if you cant read it here , just PM me your address
Bfit

SuperBuickGuy

that is a lot clearer, thank you.

bfit

I sent email form my work address, there will be info an the footer just ignore it
Bfit

bfit

RBrid

Does that mean that the front tires won't stick out from the fenders anymore?

CraigH

bfit

SuperBuickGuy

it's even more annoying when you're uploading those pictures. Ah well, for the price I pay I'm not complaining.

SuperBuickGuy

I tried the tires on with the back mount in the right place - so while I'm not sure, I don't think it's enough.... have to get my wheel measurer out to verify, though

SuperBuickGuy

ah turkey day.... not much accomplished other then driving 400 miles
but still time to talk ofsets


whether anyone likes it or not, 20s is all that fit... .20x10 front 20x12 rear (though this could go to 14 if I so choose)
front 2 3/4" = 69.85 mm, 20x10 - 254 mm width. divide by 2 = 127. 127-69.85= 57.15 mm or 58mm positive offset on a 10 inch rim (which is a custom size, the best I've found is in the 40s)

rear 4"

math 20x12 = 304.8/2 = 153.9-101.6 (4 inches) = 52.3.... interestingly, the rears tend to be nearer zero or further out in the 70 range.

oh yeah and one more thing.... yes, that is suspended on the spring



did that by welding tabs on the top



hopefully Sunday I can start making the rear suspended

SuperBuickGuy

bmw 750il wheels work

and yeah, Custom Image Flares got me again.... the opening isn't the same right to left; that said, it's not a huge thing to fix - but it does give flesh to the warning I got from the guy whose C3 was the template for the flares (don't finish the flares until you have the wheels)
but the offset works

and it doesn't hit the wheel opening when turning


thankfully the right side is correct.... so it's just a matter of copying




back side looks good.... the 'real' wheels will be wider, but this, for now, works



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*sigh*


I should point out, that the wheel will be out about another 1/2" in the front - because of the rotor and the brake mounting bracket.... so it was going to get changed anyway

SuperBuickGuy

leveled the nose and it is close enough that I'm not going to mess with it - Keep in mind that I'm painting this black (or a dark color) so edges really blend



progress pictures





I need to brace the rear assembly, before the body lift

then I need to lay the coil over over... so that's a notch



how, in all that's holy, does fiberglass look like it rusted?


ugh


thankfully I have sawzall blades.

SuperBuickGuy

boy, tough crowd

SuperBuickGuy

a few minutes and got it on the ground

a bit of frame notching

and voila a roller again





it does need the wider rear tires..

gtmsomeday

That was easy!

SuperBuickGuy

moving along time to make the coil overs permanent


it's getting close to time to get a few more tab plates lasered out


so when I do the finish work, all this will get boxed and finished


for now it's strong enough to drive


all I did on the lower arm was redrill the hole


now to connect the steering wheel to the front


basically, take the u-joint off the top and replace it with the lower one.... and in this case, had I not had the u-joint, I may have done this a bit different....


heat removes it


test


the issue


basically heat puts the new one back on....


and now it steers.. what's left there is to replace the motor mount and clean up the frame... which I'll do when I pull the body off (likely Sunday)

Rodnok1

That's alot of frame removed for rear coilover mnt, do you plan on bumping over it, adding frame rail to inside?

SuperBuickGuy

no need. the Camaro structure has its own frame. If anything, once the body is off, I'm going to look at removing the C3 frame from the frame junction to the rear mount. That said, the extra 20 or so lbs of that section is beneficial over the rear thus reducing even more the need to remove.
with that said, there will be more metal work done where the frame of the C3 and the front of the Camaro frame meet - again, that will be once the body's off (which is soon).

SuperBuickGuy

hateful task ahead


but I finally afforded myself a power bleeder for when I get brakes


random rear picture