drag setup for c6!!
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Those look great!
I'll share a little experience I had with tires sticking out like yours. When you raise the car up, test it on a freeway dip to see if you've got any rubbing. That's where my 315's would rub before I got the wide fenders. They looked like yours - they didn't rub on launch or around town, but on the freeway I used to smell rubber on a big bump!
I'll share a little experience I had with tires sticking out like yours. When you raise the car up, test it on a freeway dip to see if you've got any rubbing. That's where my 315's would rub before I got the wide fenders. They looked like yours - they didn't rub on launch or around town, but on the freeway I used to smell rubber on a big bump!
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Did that too.Look for rub marks on the tires. And if your windows are down, you will smell the burning rubber...sounds crazy but I could smell it with my top down!
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I have been. And oh yeah u can smell it. Cuz my fronts were rubbing when id hit a bump while cruising. I could smell it very well. Lol
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In the back, I would think that a +56 to +65 offset might do it.
Up front it's a tough call because if you go in any more on a Z51/late F55 car it's going to require a spacer/adaptor to clear. Base cars might tolerate a little more offset of course.
Up front it's a tough call because if you go in any more on a Z51/late F55 car it's going to require a spacer/adaptor to clear. Base cars might tolerate a little more offset of course.
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Well I talked to him today and he said if we can come up with whatever we need then he'd get it done. Right now we are at 17x9.5 7" bs +44 offset. Could we go with more backspacing to help get it there? Or would it b best to go with just the offset?
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No they dont come in 18. But how much bigger are the z06 calipers compared to the z51? Mine measured 15 1/2" from outside of caliper across to outside of rotor and had plenty of room to spare. I think they will clear 16 1/2"
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The rotors are 14" and a 17" rim needs a 3.5" spacer to fit a 4" wheel...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...post1576477419
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...post1576477419
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The rotors are 14" and a 17" rim needs a 3.5" spacer to fit a 4" wheel...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...post1576477419
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...post1576477419
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Looks very similar to this http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...weld-rtss.html
Don't remember his backspacing off hand to know if yours would clear the c6z brakes.
Don't remember his backspacing off hand to know if yours would clear the c6z brakes.
