It seems our EC forum has kinda stagnated since its inception so I thought I might attempt to get some action going on. It seems the vast majority of Chevelle/El Camino owners are running 15" tires with either Rally or Cragar SS wheels the dominant choice. Does that describe your car?
Tell us what you are running now or have planned.

My 69 Elky is a former prostreet car that I replaced all the drivetrain from the engine back.
Being tubbed and back-halved,it now has PS Engineering 17x9 & 17x13 Kidney Bean wheels with true knockoff five-pin hubs. Backspacing on the 17x9's is 5" and on the 17x13's is 7.25". Tires are 275/40/17 & 335/35/17 Kumhos,at the moment,but a pair of Pirelli 360/35/17's will be going on the rear later.

I'll bite on this one...

I've got 15x8 Centerline Telestars on my elky... Wanted em when they first came out in 1996, but coulnd't afford them, bought them in 1999 for my 69 elky, and swapped them onto my 70 elky when i got it....

Been 5 years now... I still like em, but I'm starting to get tired of looking at em.

Thinking real hard about a set of 16" Torque Thrust "D"s (i heard they are making em in 16" now? Don't know if thats true or not)

Posibbly a set of 17" Budniks maybe... I'm real picky about what I like in the bigger rims sizes.

I want something different, but still ver musclecarish looking...

Count me in. I have 15" on mine, American Racing Baja wheels. Running P25560R15 all the way around, tight up front and I have to slow when turing and dipping, but not sobad it makes me want to change them.

Pic in sig...

Originally posted by Cecil:
Count me in. I have 15" on mine, American Racing Baja wheels. Running P25560R15 all the way around, tight up front and I have to slow when turing and dipping, but not sobad it makes me want to change them.

Pic in sig... Where's my sig?

Mines a little different, Weld Rodlite XP, 15X7(3 1/2" BS) up front with 2.35-60 Tiger Paws, 15X9(5 1/2" BS)out back with 2.75-60 BFG Drag Radials.

15 x 7 rally wheels 235 70 15 http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/71350ss/mutant.JPG

17X9.5 and 17X11 here- http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/47800-478999/478862_12.jpg

15x8 chrome rallys,4" backspacing,flat police caps, 235x60 in front,255x60 in rear. Trying to figure out which style wheels next. smile.gif

i have 15x7 daisys

I run Torque Thrust II's 17X8's on 255/45/17's the front and 17X9.5 on 285/40/17's for the back.
Rides smooth and handles like its on rails.

Still deciding what to get, but I'm planning on 17x8 front and 17x9.5 rear to fit the Wilwood brake package I want. Tire sizes will depend on the brand that I end up selecting.

I've got the original factory SS rims wrapped up in BFG's. Bought a set of 17" American Billet rims and BFG's. Put them on but didn't like the look as much so I decided to stay with the stock rims. Now I have a set of custom rims to sell. I just like the stock SS rims look too much I guess. smile.gif

Wheel Vintique Ralleys here. 275/60/15 on the rear. 8" wheel with 5" bs. 235/60/15 on the front. 7" wheel with 4" bs. Repro trim rings with real deal centers from a 74 vette. Going for the COPO Camino look. ;)

http://www.ac3online.net/djw/04elky01.jpg

Used to run a set of 14" vintage Torq Thrust with 225/70/14's. That's when I was thinking of the Yenko Elky look. ;) ;)

http://www.ac3online.net/djw/myelky03.jpg

I'm likin that black stripe Danny!!! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Great color choice too!!! :D

Thanks, James. I struggled with "stripe" or "no stripe" for quite a while. Glad I did it now.

I got some Weld Dradlites
15X10 5.5bs with 325/50/15 drag radials
15X6 3.5bs with 205/75/15 fronts

Mike

I chose to stay original, 15x7 on front
15x8 on rear front tires 235/60/15, 295/50/15 on rear... :D

I serched for weeks and found a 71 454 SS parts camino (no title) and the guy had the set of rallys also.

I bought the parts car and the rallys for 450, used all the trim molding, emblems, SS Dash, Steering column, seat ( I re upholsetered ) and then sold the rest of the car for 700.00 to a person who had wrecked his 71 and needed the quarter panels and doors.
Ebay's Great! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Have AR Torque Thrust D's 15x7 on all 4 corners 235-70 rear and 205-60 front. These 65's are tough fit with AR's standard 3.75" back spacing

Weld ProStar's:

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jlamora/weld.jpg
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jlamora/weld2.jpg

GRANT-
DO YOU HAVE PIX TO E-MAIL OF THE 17'S?, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET FOR THEM AND WHAT STYLE ARE THEY? THANKS

Check your email 72SSKammino smile.gif

I went with the stock SS 5 spoke wheels (15") and BFG TA's (235/60/15).
I just love that combo, common as it is.

Originally posted by 72ElCaminoSS:
I went with the stock SS 5 spoke wheels (15")
I just love that combo, common as it is. Me Too! graemlins/beers.gif

Got rid of the factory 14x7 rallyes for the Corvette style 15x7 and 15x6. I had em layin around, so why not?? Would like to get some 17x9 and 17x11's on it some day. Put most of my $$$ goes into the Chevelle first.
Brian

Fikse Wheels: Front 17x8, 4.5" B.S., Nitto 555 P245-45ZR17's and Rear 17x9.5, 5.5" B.S., Nitto 555 P285-40ZR17's.

Damn,your Elky looks good,Dave.

15x7's with P235's all the way around for that square look since it's a daily driver. Otherwise I'd like to go P275 rear P245 front.Ralleys on now,but I'm partial to the SS wheel too.

Clint, Thanks for the kind words but I wish it looked as good as yours! Up close it's starting to look a little rough. Theres a lot of chips from gravel/stones so it is definitely due for paint.

Right now it is up on jackstands while I change to Wilwood 12.90" front discs with their 6-piston calipers and 12.2" rears with 4-piston calipers (internal parking brake like later GM). Everything fit well with the exception of the rear rotors (separate rotor/hat similar to your Baer's). Wilwood obviously had either Camaro's or 68-later Chevelles in mind when they made this kit so I am having the hats machined to offset the rotor 0.250" towards the outside so the calipers would not hit the shocks/brackets. I called Mike at Wilwood and although he was very helpful, he indicated the kits are not sold by vehicle application but rather by rear axle type and the amount of "offset", the distance from the outer surface of the housing flange to the outer surface of the axle flange (2.750" in my case). I'm taking plenty of pictures and forwarding them to both Wilwood and the place I bought the kit from so they'll be better able to understand the issue with the early Chevelle 12-bolts and be better able to serve their customers in the future. I really wanted to stay away from the PBR floating calipers that Baer uses in their "affordable" kits so I went with Wilwood.

Dave

Dave,

I had the same problem last summer when I put the Wilwood 4 piston kit on my 12-bolt. The place I bought the kit from, hotrodsusa.com, sent me the correct rotor hats and hardware to get the correct offset. I just swapped out the parts and returned them.

KAA,

I bought mine from the same place but I guess the 65-67 rears present a couple of issues that the leaf spring rears and the later 68-72 A-body 12-bolts don't. I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with Dean at Hot Rods USA and Mike at Wilwood and they were unable to answer directly. When I get the hats back from the machine shop tomorrow, I'll post some pictures of the assembled set-up before I remove my existing 12-bolt and install the new one in my Elky.

KAA,

Wilwood rear hat with machined reliefs and a complete assembly:
http://home.comcast.net/~bates150/images/dad/LRear2s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bates150/images/dad/RearHat3s.jpg

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Keith,could you post your wheel sizes and backspacing figures so we can have them listed on this thread?

Just bought my 67 Elky and it came with 15x7 chrome slotted rims on the back with 15/235 BFG TA's and 15x6 chrome slotted rims on the front with 15/215 BFG TS's. I am collecting the original rims from the seller so I can put them on when I want to show the car for points etc. I like the look of all chrome, see photo in my signature block. :D

Wheel Gallery (http://www.autowaretech3.net/swonline/are.php?brand=americanracing)

Check this out. You can select make model and year then change the different styles/size of the wheels. You can also change the ride height of the car.

Tim

Danny--- car sits perfectly
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Street set is Centerline Telstars:
Front 15x8 BFG 235x60
Rear 15x10 (5"bs) BFG 265x50

Drag set:
Front - 15x7 BFG 215x60
Rear - 15x8 MT ET Streets 28x12.5

Keith,could you post your wheel sizes and backspacing figures so we can have them listed on this thread? Front:

17x9.5
6 3/4" bs
38mm offset

Rear:

17x11
7 3/8" bs
36mm offset

Keith,those backspacing numbers are before you added the 1" spacers,,right?

That's correct. I had to use 1" wheel adapters to get them to fit.