77LS-Z

thanks, i am going to paint the car black. i am going to make the weels fit inside the stock wheel wells. the wheels in the picture were not bolted on, they were just setting in there for looks. i will run the camaro brake setup on the front and a sold axle/ladder bar setup in the rear. i will some how roll the fender lip, and flair it a bit maybe on the front for a lil more room but its gonna fit. i am going to paint the wheels to match the 35th anniversary camaro ss wheels shown in this picture.

thanks, it looks much better in person i think. and so do others. everyone like the look. so they are going on.

figured i would post my upcoming wheel setup

i see alot of people have looked at this, can more people post if they have seen this or not. i will try to get better pics, but from what you can see what do you think?

they look that way because the ground isnt flat, the wheels are laying in or out making them look funny.

ok, well, maybe i misunderstood him. i know about enlarging the opening for the rotor, but i thought he said i would need to grind the actual "mounting surface" to center the caliper on the rotor. meaning where the caliper actually bolts to the spindle. please correct me if im wrong. i will find out soon enough but i just wanted to know ahead of time.

i got bored and wanted to see what it would look like since i have never seen it done anywhere. these are the wheels i am going to run on this car. but they are dirty right now. this is a mock up but should give a good idea. looks jaguarish to me

thanks, that answered my question. so to make sure i got it straight, i have to grind down a little of the mounting surface to center the caliper on the rotor? thats no problem. thanks for helping.

well i have already read all your posts about this, and everyone elses. but no where does it mention anything special about actuall bolting the toyota calipers to the z. that is what my concern was. does it just bolt on? aside from the other adjustments needed for the rotor gap.

im not going to be doing any sanctioned racing. this is going to be a street/strip drag car. all performance is going to be orientated towards straight line acceleration. only reason i designed it this way is mainly because i think it would be easier installation. less bends, and if i reinforce the floor area, should be just as strong. this car will never see a road course, and aside from some hp induced power slides, will never see any real cornering situations. if i build the hoop as shown, i will have two main bends. and i can build a sweeping (outwards) door bar on each side. if i put the main hoop as far out as everyone else, then the door bars will be straight, and this has been proven to be an inferior design comparted to outward curving bars. with the main hoop inset between the wells, and moved back as far as it can be on the first ledge there, i have room for a decent arch in the door bar without interfering with the seating. im in no way worried about tech inspections for road racing. and this cage should be more then enough for the 10 second passes it will be makin at the strip. sound ok? or am i being hard headed?

i have searched and searched. i have spent coutless hours on hybridz just searching everything i could possibly think of. my question is this. i understand about the outer bearing, and inner grease seal. i understand about grinding out the slot for the rotor on yota caliper. my question is. how much modification does it take to bolt the caliper up? i have looked for hours and found no explanation on what it takes to get the caliper bolted down. i want to know everything there is to know before i go pullin stuff off. also. i will be running 17x9.5 2002 camaro ss 10-spoke wheels. will i need a spacer to run these on the front with this brake setup?

so should i have it open up like bjhines'. i will have door bars more then likely.

is the above drawing better?

ok, thanks. so seeing from your picture, i guess there wouldnt be any problem with mounting the main hoop where i got it in the pic. is there any benifit to having it spread out like yours does.

the strut towers will be cut out and removed. as i will be running ladder bars, and custom mount/bar for coilovers, or airshocks under the car.