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Originally Posted by wretched73
what would you recommend doing other than the c5 swap?
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I'd recommend doing more homework and determine what your ultimate goals are? Is the car destined to be a dragstrip warrior? Are you going to drive on skinnies all the time? Or only at the track? What kind of budget do you have? If you can afford the CCW wheels, then do the C5 conversion and buy the wheels, done. But if the CCW wheels are beyond what you are willing to spend, then your choices are limited. I looked all over the place seeing what the Vette guys do and they pretty much run the CCW drag pack. The cheap way out is what I mentioned using GTO spares (rims are 17" diam), but you still need to put good tires on them, metal valve stems and like I mentioned some tracks won't even let you run on them, so then you are really screwed?
I didn't look in to other brake kits, I only looked for wheels that would fit the C5 setup. I did find out that some Vette guys run rear brake calipers on the front of their car or something like that, so they can fit a 15" or 16" rim (I forget).
Give TTP a call, I am sure they have come across this with the Vette guys? Or call CCW and see what options they have?
I will say this, the GTO spare/MH skinny combo was half the weight of a 17x9.5 rim with 275/40/17's. I wanted to get the car solidly into the 11's, which I did, 11.79 @ 119 (with a ****** 60'). So I was satisfied with that and retired the car from drag racing, but the skinnies made a noticeable difference.
Here's a link to the GTO spares with MH's mounted.....they are fugly....function over form....
http://www.davemilcarek.com/121507/p...%20011.htm
http://www.davemilcarek.com/121507/p...5-R1%20108.htm
Chris