It funny you're doing this now. I've been mulling over my never ending Chevelle CP project and making it CAM and Time Trail legal. A local CP guy that switched to CAM told me he did so because the 200tw tires break less stuff.
For me it’s not about breaking stuff. At most of my local sites, slicks aren’t worth as much time as they are in Lincoln on concrete. Street tires will get twice the runs at less cost. I also want to run events like King of the Mountain and doing this makes that possible. If Hoosier hadn’t discontinued the tire I wouldn’t have made this decision, but now seems like a good time.
Was thinking you where gonna go 18" wheels but can you even get wide 5 18" wheelies? A tip for rolling windows up and down is to attach a velcro strap on top of the window which you pull up and then you then attach it to the top of the roof/car from the inside. Some old Porsches does this.
Real Racing will make you an 18x12 Wide Five for $1111.98 per wheel. After giving it some thought I’ve decided to make some changes to support a 5 x 5 hub. That will let me do some things like put some camber/toe in the rear, along with a few other improvements. I like that window idea…
Reading your original build thread. One of the reasons for the wide 5 and circle track parts was cost. Since stock car and circle track magazine is gone, I think the local dirt and asphalt tracks are still running. But with the top Nascar series changing the entire build of the car, and the traditional tube chassis, traditional suspension and wheels, traditional everything going away, will places still make stuff? I remember when stock car products had a catalog like summit racing, but it’s gone. So is the cost why you are Changing? I’d like a truck arm setup, with weight jacks on all corners, just because it’s how the iroc cars did it back after they switched from leaf springs. But the Nascar parts have dried up.
There are still plenty of manufacturers of the wide five stuff - Coleman, Longacre, Joes, etc, and it's all really good stuff. The main driver for me is the ability to run an 18" wheel so I can run the wide 200 tread wear street tires. They last longer and cost marginally less than Hoosiers, and it opens up more events for me. This move was always in the cards, but when Hoosier discontinued my rear tire size the timeline got moved up.
It funny you're doing this now. I've been mulling over my never ending Chevelle CP project and making it CAM and Time Trail legal. A local CP guy that switched to CAM told me he did so because the 200tw tires break less stuff.
For me it’s not about breaking stuff. At most of my local sites, slicks aren’t worth as much time as they are in Lincoln on concrete. Street tires will get twice the runs at less cost.
I also want to run events like King of the Mountain and doing this makes that possible.
If Hoosier hadn’t discontinued the tire I wouldn’t have made this decision, but now seems like a good time.
Was thinking you where gonna go 18" wheels but can you even get wide 5 18" wheelies?
A tip for rolling windows up and down is to attach a velcro strap on top of the window which you pull up and then you then attach it to the top of the roof/car from the inside.
Some old Porsches does this.
Real Racing will make you an 18x12 Wide Five for $1111.98 per wheel. After giving it some thought I’ve decided to make some changes to support a 5 x 5 hub. That will let me do some things like put some camber/toe in the rear, along with a few other improvements.
I like that window idea…
Reading your original build thread. One of the reasons for the wide 5 and circle track parts was cost.
Since stock car and circle track magazine is gone, I think the local dirt and asphalt tracks are still running. But with the top Nascar series changing the entire build of the car, and the traditional tube chassis, traditional suspension and wheels, traditional everything going away, will places still make stuff? I remember when stock car products had a catalog like summit racing, but it’s gone. So is the cost why you are Changing?
I’d like a truck arm setup, with weight jacks on all corners, just because it’s how the iroc cars did it back after they switched from leaf springs. But the Nascar parts have dried up.
There are still plenty of manufacturers of the wide five stuff - Coleman, Longacre, Joes, etc, and it's all really good stuff. The main driver for me is the ability to run an 18" wheel so I can run the wide 200 tread wear street tires. They last longer and cost marginally less than Hoosiers, and it opens up more events for me. This move was always in the cards, but when Hoosier discontinued my rear tire size the timeline got moved up.
Should be pretty nice. Thinking of building my 94 Cobra to a CAM car too. But the real question, what rear diffuser is on the fit?
That’s the Fit Sport factory diffuser. It really looks good.
@@TeamZipTie It does look good!
What
Real race cars have AC, right?