Ed;
How wide a rim did you eventually fit in the rear? Do you use the
stock calipers, any grinding or trimming needed? I'm slowly (too slowly
in my opinion) putting together an 84 for ECTA and B-ville. You wouldn't
happen to have those wheel specs handy would you?
RichK
Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>John;
>Have you tried fitting some 15" wheel/tires on your Vette just
>to see how it sits? It's an easy way to get it lower.... I
>haven't tried putting 15's on a C5, but C4's came with 17"
>WIDE tires, and I replaced them with 15" wheels. Naturally, I
>had to have them made, I too had to fight caliper clearance
>and backspace issues. I had one advantage - I had a "donut"
>spare tire (4" wide") to help me come up with specs to give
>the wheel builder. Since the C5 doesn't have a spare, oh
>well..... The earlier C4 "donut" might fit a C5, it would be
>worth laying one up just to see what it looks like. If 15"
>works, your tire selection problems are pretty much solved. As
>for the aero.. Good luck. Nobody has ever gone that fast in a
>C5, so the downforce/weight learning curve will be fun. The
>C5R's have that big wing on them for a reason..... The C6's
>have supposedly solved the rear-end lift problem by
>re-designing the rear - We'll have to see. At least they are
>not limited to 175 mph (by gearing) like the C5's. Please
>keep us up to date with your project - us Corvette guys have
>to stick together against the Roadster guys and bikers ;-) And
>BTW, Keith is just a "poser" Corvette guy. He thinks that
>shiny red convertible give him title to the road! ('Course in
>Alabama, it might)
>Ed (left Alabama for Arizona - think I got the best of the trade)
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