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You always have great info on how to do this stuff. The cold weather kept me from wanting to spray any epoxy so it slowed my progress some. How's your truck coming? Kim |
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My 57 Pro Street
Hello Kim.
First, I would like to congratulate you on a spectacular build! I have gotten a lot of great ideas just from reviewing your thread. I would also like to thank you for spending the time to document everything on this forum! Could I ask you how much you ended up narrowing your rear axle? I am also curious what the width and backspacing of the rims you decided to go with. I am sorry for all of the questions. I am planning on doing something similar to my truck. I have taken all of the necessary measurements and drawn a section of the truck at the rear end and believe I know what I need to do, but still want to double check before investing the money to narrow a perfectly good rear end! Thanks for any information you can provide.
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Give me a few days to get that info for you as I have to uncover the frame. I have it pushed out of the way right now. Kim |
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The back spacing on my wheels is 4.5". My tires are 29x18.50x15. They are a little close to the inner fenders so I will be going to 29x16.50x15 when I get it on the road. The tires I have now are too old to run any way even though they have zero miles on them. I originally had wheels with more back spacing but they wouldn't fit over my disc brakes. Kim |
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Thank you for taking the time to check, Kim.
That will help as I only want to narrow the rear end once!
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
Kim,
You have come a long way! Great job.
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Come on Kim. We need some progress here. Just kidding, been following this since you started. You are doing an amazing job.
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Should be able to make some next week as my son and grand daughter will both be back in school after the holidays. Kim |
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
I think I might of missed it, but what color are you thinking?
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I remember a 66 chevelle a friend had that color, good choice.
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WOW - new to the board and going through build threads and this one just ate up a good few hours reading through. Amazing the focus on these builds my attention span is way to short.
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That's the color. I think it was called Maliblue.
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I read through the whole build and it brought many memories of all the hard work you have done on your stretch. Good luck you have it under control!
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I like the dark colors because of how deep they look but it seems there are tons of dark trucks so I'm wanting to be a little different and go with something light. Kim |
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![]() ...is Marina blue I think. This is a long bed and I think it looks great even though I'm usually not a guy that likes blue cars and trucks.
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Sorry for showing up late to the party ( just found this thread ) and a new member...But WOW...it took me a hour and a half to read through your thread...coming out incredible
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Glad to see your back at it. One of my favorite builds i started following when i joined.
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Kim... just read through this thread and its another incredible build! - I hope you dont get tired of hearing that? lol
Very nice on the fab skills, got some good info from your parts purchases and some of your fixes on things; appreciate it much going forward on mine. Couple questions; You used the Wilwood rotors and said they didnt fit your 15" wheels? what size rotors? 12.19" or 12.88" Also that pirate jack pedal assembly, how far off the inside frame did you have to space it to fit the cab hole? Im doing a hydroboost also due to a big cam, why did you choose that route with an LS motor? I saw you didnt run any hard lines for the hydro? are you doing afterwards or did I just miss it? thanks! -- great Job! |
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My rotors are the 12.19" ones. The original wheels I had were old and had a step down in them that fit over drum brakes but not the larger discs. I'm still running 15" wheels they're just a better design without as much back spacing so they fit my brakes. It moved the tires a little closer to the fenders but I still have room. The brake pedal assembly is 1.5" off the frame. This put the middle of the pedal arm 3.75" off the frame. Not sure if that's exactly where it was when original but should be pretty close. I went with hydro-boost for the space savings over a traditional vacuum booster. I do have 3/8" hard lines run on the frame for it I just haven't finished plumbing them into the master cylinder or pump yet. Kim Last edited by Kim57; 03-13-2015 at 05:58 PM. |
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