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Starting this to share pictures and thoughts with those that love flares on c3’s. This isn’t for the purists, just those like me that love a C3 with great looking flares and wheel/tire combos. If there’s enough interest we could make this a sticky so those considering flares could see the options and combos out there.
Thanks Holley bought out rocket by the way and what else is ne right ,I just ordered a set of the same wheels in the titanium but there 11 inch wide all 4 and will be 315 squared now I will have the wheels when I get them powder coated either bronze or gun metal gray on the inner part, the tires I went with this time is the falcon rt 660 315/30/18 I primarily use it for auto cross and the last thing I will be doing is replacing motor with a blue print 427 or 454 since I mostly auto cross the hp numbers should be more than enough to do the job and you get a 3 year 50.000 mile warranty and if I do not use one of those I would build a 434 out of a dart shp block with all the bad *** **** from scat and comp cams afr heads with a good reliable 600 hp car and around 570 torque but the cost would be around 10 grand versus blue print at 8.700 bucks and a warranty.
Thanks Holley bought out rocket by the way and what else is ne right ,I just ordered a set of the same wheels in the titanium but there 11 inch wide all 4 and will be 315 squared now I will have the wheels when I get them powder coated either bronze or gun metal gray on the inner part, the tires I went with this time is the falcon rt 660 315/30/18 I primarily use it for auto cross and the last thing I will be doing is replacing motor with a blue print 427 or 454 since I mostly auto cross the hp numbers should be more than enough to do the job and you get a 3 year 50.000 mile warranty and if I do not use one of those I would build a 434 out of a dart shp block with all the bad *** **** from scat and comp cams afr heads with a good reliable 600 hp car and around 570 torque but the cost would be around 10 grand versus blue print at 8.700 bucks and a warranty.
what will you do with your current rocket rims? Had no idea Holly bought them.
Starting this to share pictures and thoughts with those that love flares on c3’s. This isn’t for the purists, just those like me that love a C3 with great looking flares and wheel/tire combos. If there’s enough interest we could make this a sticky so those considering flares could see the options and combos out there.
Thanks Holley bought out rocket by the way and what else is ne right ,I just ordered a set of the same wheels in the titanium but there 11 inch wide all 4 and will be 315 squared now I will have the wheels when I get them powder coated either bronze or gun metal gray on the inner part, the tires I went with this time is the falcon rt 660 315/30/18 I primarily use it for auto cross and the last thing I will be doing is replacing motor with a blue print 427 or 454 since I mostly auto cross the hp numbers should be more than enough to do the job and you get a 3 year 50.000 mile warranty and if I do not use one of those I would build a 434 out of a dart shp block with all the bad *** **** from scat and comp cams afr heads with a good reliable 600 hp car and around 570 torque but the cost would be around 10 grand versus blue print at 8.700 bucks and a warranty.
Be sure to read BPE’s warranty “fine print”.I may be wrong, but it’s my understanding that they won’t warranty engines used in any racing application.
Worth verifying before opening the wallet…
,I just ordered a set of the same wheels in the titanium but there 11 inch wide all 4 and will be 315 squared now I will have the wheels when I get them powder coated either bronze or gun metal gray on the inner part, the tires I went with this time is the falcon rt 660 315/30/18 .
I attempted 315 Hoosier R1 slicks with 345 rears. I played with alignment and pressure and finally gave up. I don't think that I had enough front end weight to make them bite. Front end push on turn in clear past the apex. Oversteer to try and turn. I had some in car videos of the front of the car sliding to the outsides of the turns When they burned up, I went back to 295 fronts that always worked so well.
Big front tires really work the power steering pump. I put a tranny cooler on the low pressure return side and my pumps last longer.
01-01-2022, 08:38 PM
C3 With Flares
