I want to fit 275's in the front, but I know I couldnt do it with the FC struts without having the wheels stick WAY out. I do plan on making fiberglass fenders for the front, flared to take up the extra room from the tires. These will be complete fenders, so i wont have to worry about the edge of the stock ones interfering.

The fabrication involved for mounting the upper control arm isnt a problem. Am I going to have any other problems with tires that wide in the front?

 

275's up front? Christ. lamborghinis don't even run that big of a tire up front. Unless you're gonna have 500hp I think 245's would be sufficient. Wouldn't a tire that wide up front effect turn in response?

 

Running a FD suspension up front has other benefits much greater than the extra clearance. But getting the geomentry right after welding would be the test.

 

I dont think the geometry will be a problem. The person who is going to help me is a chassis builder. He builds tube-frame circle track cars, and knows his stuff, as far as suspension stuff goes. He uses some pretty wild adjustable suspension mounts on his race car. I will probably use something similar on the upper control arms.

Im considering this for my vert. Its getting a built 302 Ford, eventually to be supercharged. I am going to need a lot of tire in the back, but I still want the car to have balanced handling, and a whole lot of grip front and rear. Im looking to get 315's in the back with fender flares, and trimming of the stock fender lip. The bodywork is the easy part.

 

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That wasnt quite the answer I was looking for. The second 2 are covered plenty well, but I dont have much $$$. Its nice having friends like that though.

 

change the fc rear suspension with fd suspension so you can have an FC that makes that loud clunking every time you go over a bump.

 

Heh, I have an FC that makes a clunk every time I get hard into the gas after being on the brakes. It's not the diff mount though, I have it welded! Unless it's broken. I was just thinking about FD rear suspensions actually, since the FC one is crappy in that there is no way to adjust camber on the individual wheels!

 

The FD rear would be tricky. You would need to add a frame rail below the stock one to mount the lower control arm to, unless you just made the mounts stick way down off the stock frame rail.

 

Don't forget about the PPF on the FD rear.

 

As if it wasnt complicated enough already...