Help any Tri -Chevy experts out there

Hi Gang Ive just got my new 57 Chevy project home and what the problem is that the car has been fitted with 2 inch dropped spindles i dont now if the springs have been cut but the front wheels hit the fender lip way before full lock and if you bounce the front end the fender lip will hit the tyre even if the wheels are facing forward its also had a disc conversion and centre line rims with 205/70x15 tyres fitted I dont now theback spacing of the rims yet as Havent started to strip it but any ideas or data that could help would be appreciated

Thanks Dave C

 

There was a lot of discussion a couple years ago about the newer metric rotors positioning the tires 1/2" further in, but it was never clarified if the calipers moved in also. If your caliper mounts bolt on so that you can shim them in and you have the earlier rotors, I'd say try a later rotor. I don't think the caliper moves, though, as I recall my neighbor saying the junkyard rotors he put on moved his tires in. Someone also posted they bought their metric rotors form NAPA and they came with SAE studs.

 

Fair chance its in the rims-and your chucking them out right.right?

 

Yes the rims are going but i dont now the origanal offsets etc

 

you've definatly got too wide a wheel on front. looks like you have atleast a 7 or 8 inch with about a 235/60 tire. the problem is too much backspacing on the wheel. try a
15 x 7 in. wheel with a 5 in. back spacing and a 215/65 tire. that should fix you right up. ya just gotta love 57 chevys! well i do anyway. great car man.

 

Is that custom pizza box-grille for sale?

 

V8 Pilot-

We are currently building a 55 Chevy project...
http://superchevy-web.com/features/0401sc_morrison/

We are using our new replacement frame, but it has a stock track width up front. On our car we are able to fit a 245/45ZR17 up front with the stock inner fender. The rim is 8" with 5 3/4" backspacing. Since the stock frame is much wider up there you might want to go to a 7" rim with a 4 1/2" or 4 3/4" backspace.

What part of England!?!?! I am heading over to Kent for Christmas and New Years.

 

Hi I live in Essex which is just the other side of the River Thames to Kent

 

I´ve a 56 with 2" dropped spindles , disc brakes and 205/65 15 wheels. I never had any clearence problems with that setup.Just pm me if you need more details.