Pro-touring 73 Camaro: Making Room for the Meat
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Installing Detroit Speed min-tubs. I would have been more apprehensive had I not been forced into extensive rust repair on the front end. Now I’m much more comfortable potentially destroying my car. Planned tires are 315/30-18 on all four so mini-tubs are a must. Link below for the DSE-produced how-to video. Aside from having a fantastic sound track I would have been lost if I had only read the instructions, highly recommend watching this video if you are planning this mod.
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Update: Looks like DSE pulled down their 2nd gen mini-tub install video which is bummer since it was actually very helpful to support the written directions. I've changed the link to their 1st gen mini-tub install video, most of the general process transfers.
• How To Install Detroit...
00:00 The plan
01:16 Making the cut
03:23 Fitting the tub
04:36 Reinforcement flanges
06:36 Copious clamps
09:00 Spot weld oopsie
09:55 Sizing up the tire - Авто та транспорт
Self tapping screws are a great idea but if you'd like a little extra pressure in those locations without too much trouble then I'd suggest trying rivets instead. They go in easy and can be drilled back out without too much trouble. The clamping force of a rivet opposed to a sheet metal screw is much higher so it'd work better for your welding process. I don't look forward to doing mini-tubs in my project either as it does look like a pain. Cleco fasteners are a good alternative too but their clamping force is less than that of the sheet metal screw. The benefit to those is they are, by far, the fastest and easiest way to clamp two panels together. Either way, your project is coming along great. Really enjoy your videos bud.
I have full confidence that you can fix anything that you may potentially "destroy". She's looking great!
My welder inventory exceeds my gas-ax/plasma cutter inventory so I can always put things back together faster than I can take them apart.
This mod is a TON of work. I did same thing on my 70. And I agree, DSE cuts out alot of the tough spots. You really need to understand the amount of work here but its totally worth it once done.
Yup, the 315’s fit nicely, with fender rolling 335’s would likely fit.
@@OpossumWorks should post a video of current setup with wheels on how it all fits. I went DSE rear end with the quadra link. heres mine....ua-cam.com/video/fg_goLKuJWQ/v-deo.html
I have a 1971 camaro. At this time i have wheels that are 15x10 with 295/65 r15 on the rear. Stock wheel wells. I have great traction with them and i have a 632 bbc with 3 stages of nos.
I get mini tubing is for a look.
That’s impressive that you can get 295s in the stock wheel wells. If I used a spacer and rolled the lips I could see how you might make it fit. Mine didn’t rub unless I went around a corner at speed.
Isn't that quite the deal putting those in? I had a heck of a time putting them in my 70. My struggle was with how thin the metal was that the flange was welded to. So I decided to weld in a second layer of 18 gauge along the length of the trunk and under the floor edge going forward. While it doesn't look stock in the trunk it has more strength and I didn't care about the look. it will be a driver.
I snuck up on the fit so there wasn’t too bad of a gap, kept me from burning through on the welds, that and a ton of clamps.
I did 30545r18 on my 73 the stock hubs
Are you getting any rubbing? Did you need to massage anything with a hammer?
Great video. The Detroit speed link doesn't work. It says the video is private. Ahmad
Looks like they've pulled the video. I changed the link to the 1st gen video which should be similar.
What tubs are these
The dse shows thinning of the frame and spring relication
These are the 2nd gen DSE mini-tubs. No need to narrow the frame on the 2nd gen and you only need the spring shackles if you plan to keep the leaf springs. In my case I went with a torque arm so no relo shackles necessary.