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Hey Guys,
I started writing this post last night and forgot to finish, went to submit it this morning and it had timed out and then I lost the whole post I had written! I have been reading all the 1st gen mini tub threads that I can find. Here is my issues.
Anyway, I am currently in the middle of mini tubing my '63 SS before sending it off for paint this winter. I wanted to thank 62civa & GNNOVA for their posts. I know there were more that had good posts, but I can't remember their screen names.
Current State:
I have gotten the inner wells cut out and cleaned up. I cut the floor out between the original well in to flush with the frame rail. I then duplicated the front and rear curvature for each well to blend the openings back in to use the original cut out wells.
It wasn't until after I cut the wells wider to the frame rails when I realized that the frame rails start to flare out near the rear wheels. Here is a quick visual as to what I am seeing (wheels and frame rails):
front of car
.O | | O
....| |
....| |
.O / \ O <----- flare out of frame rails
...| . |
rear of car
Now I can see why people are choping the rear part of the frame rails and thinning them! I have been going back and forth over the last couple days whether or not I am going to chop the frame rails or leave them. Here are my issues:
Questions!:
Should I narrow the frame rails or just mount the wells at outsides of the frame rails?
What width of tire can I fit in each case above? From what I have read, people have been runing 275's with the wells at the frame rail edges, and 295-305's with thinning the frame rails.
Is there much of a traction difference is there between 275's and 295's? Or is the difference here more for the visual of having wider rear tires?
I have gotten 62civa's front leaf spring perch drawing for moving the front of the leaf spring in, is there an equally easy way to move the rear leaf spring in? I see that he did move the rears in but I can't seem to follow how he mounted his sliders.
What has everyone done for the leaf spring and shock mount on the axle? Do people just cut the pad off the axle and move it in?
To add to the question above, is there a concern for changing the shock geometry or needing to move to a shorter shock absorber for moving them in?
I have been taking pictures as I go but I am on a different computer right now. I can post pictures later today if anyone is interested.
I started writing this post last night and forgot to finish, went to submit it this morning and it had timed out and then I lost the whole post I had written! I have been reading all the 1st gen mini tub threads that I can find. Here is my issues.
Anyway, I am currently in the middle of mini tubing my '63 SS before sending it off for paint this winter. I wanted to thank 62civa & GNNOVA for their posts. I know there were more that had good posts, but I can't remember their screen names.
Current State:
I have gotten the inner wells cut out and cleaned up. I cut the floor out between the original well in to flush with the frame rail. I then duplicated the front and rear curvature for each well to blend the openings back in to use the original cut out wells.
It wasn't until after I cut the wells wider to the frame rails when I realized that the frame rails start to flare out near the rear wheels. Here is a quick visual as to what I am seeing (wheels and frame rails):
front of car
.O | | O
....| |
....| |
.O / \ O <----- flare out of frame rails
...| . |
rear of car
Now I can see why people are choping the rear part of the frame rails and thinning them! I have been going back and forth over the last couple days whether or not I am going to chop the frame rails or leave them. Here are my issues:
Questions!:
Should I narrow the frame rails or just mount the wells at outsides of the frame rails?
What width of tire can I fit in each case above? From what I have read, people have been runing 275's with the wells at the frame rail edges, and 295-305's with thinning the frame rails.
Is there much of a traction difference is there between 275's and 295's? Or is the difference here more for the visual of having wider rear tires?
I have gotten 62civa's front leaf spring perch drawing for moving the front of the leaf spring in, is there an equally easy way to move the rear leaf spring in? I see that he did move the rears in but I can't seem to follow how he mounted his sliders.
What has everyone done for the leaf spring and shock mount on the axle? Do people just cut the pad off the axle and move it in?
To add to the question above, is there a concern for changing the shock geometry or needing to move to a shorter shock absorber for moving them in?
I have been taking pictures as I go but I am on a different computer right now. I can post pictures later today if anyone is interested.