cny first gen 71

Well it looks like im going with the Mickey Thompsons front and rear, 235/60 front and 255/60 rear and the Jegs polished aluim wheels. The ones that look like the centerlines. Now all I have to do is pull the trigger and order them. Thanks for the help guys.

I very well may have the slowest monte but it always gets me where im going

thats a class 1 hitch, thats the way they bolted them on. Its good up to 2000 pounds 200 pounds toung weight single axel trailer. I see your car was built may of 71 mine was also The date is 5/20 sched 20 how close is that to yours

OMG thats great Mo I almost peed myself laughing

Dont ya hate it when life gets in the way of working on your Monte

Oh yea a class 1 hitch is also for a single axel trailer only anything more your pushing it

Draw-tite is one of the better brand hitches the compony I used to work for sells them 2000 pound hitch is a class 1. They say if your within a hundred pounds or so of the limit go to the next size up. Class 1 usuly was a bumper hitch and a class 2 went to the frame also and were good up 3500 pounds. You may want to find a good welder that can build one that bolts to the frame just to be on the safe side. I have seen what can happen when people overload there hitches Its not pretty trust me. I was involved in a law suite from someone improperly useing a hitch we won because we were right but it was ugly.

There is a lot of things than can cause looseness check the front end over real good. The box can also have some play in it there is an adjustment in the box but its been so long since I have done one I really dont remember the procudre but check the entire front end over first before you start throwing parts at it unless you plan to replace it all anyways and if so then just start ordering parts and ripping and tearing. its fun!

Is that the same guy that did your bumpers?

I checked the rim I have and it is a 4 inch back space. I am going to check one other place before I make a desison if I get the right deal I may just change all 4 tires and rims now and get it over with. If I cant cut the right deal I may just get a set of 70 series Mickey Thompsons for the back for now. I guess its ok to mix m/t on the rear with another brand on the front.

I do have to mesure it I picked up the wheel from the shop today so I will mesure it. As far a clearance I know I have plunty with the 70 series tire right now.

I see what your saying but I just want a little bit narrower tire on the front than the rear but not to much because I do drive the car in all situtations, highway and around town its a stock rear end for now but when I switch it over to a posi im not going to go to high because I do drive it where ever I go. I would like a little bit of a rake but not going crazy with it. I think the car sits high enough that a half inch or so lower will be fine but want to stay with the same series front and back just a bit wider on the rear. Thank you for the imput would hate to make a bad mistake where safty is concerned.

Looks like i'll will be visiting this subject sooner than I thought as I ruined a tire an my show this past weekend. I have 225 70 all the way around right now am thinking about going to 60s as it will lower the car just a bit and give me the look I want but didnt think a 245 or 255 would go on a 7 inch rim so good but if they will im all set. Maybe 255 60 on rear and 225 60 front, What do ya think?

I'll pass not even going to comment on that Sat. I had a flat tire at the show I host. We do a cruise first then a show it was fine on the cruise and pulled into the park and the tire just went flat so it sat there at the show with a flat tire. sent another guy up to my house to get my jack after the show and put the spare on, all I had with me was the bumper jack and dont trust them especilly on the grass. So now I have 3 chrome wheels and raised white letter tires and 1 black wheel with a whitewall tire. Dropped it off this morning hopefully they can fix it. the show went just fine and we raised over 2 grand for the make a wish foundation. the day was in no way a loss what a great group of people we had.

Nothing to shake a stick at it looked and sounded great. Also blew the doors off that rice burrner what ever the heck that was. The upper left bulb is out on your tail light though, Dont want to get a ticket for that. Great vids thanks

Dennis I see you have a bolt in the banjo fitting on the brake hose, what also works great on those is a long tire valve stem after you pull it off just slide the stem in and nothing will leak out. I learned that trick working in a brake shop used it every time.

Aggred it sounds like there topping out pick up on the back of the car and see if theres any free travel left on the shocks. If not you may have to go back to the other spacers or get longer shocks. They will make a god awfull noise when they top out.

I didnt like the way mine fit or looked eather so I just removed it all together. The guy I bought it from was pretty proud of the fact he replaced it but did nothing for me. Havent seen any ill effects from removing it and like the bottom of the hood satin black better.

The ball joint press can also be used for putting in u joints too. Great detail on that Dennis and great pictures too.

And Thanhs car looks great on the strip too it would have been great if you and Mike could have made a pass at the same time at Carlisle that would have been cool.

Yes there is a tool its a ball joint press. Some auto parts stores have tool loaner programs you may be able to do that.

Where are you going to be in NY? Im in Syracuse.

Yes 2.5 will be fine with a mild build

Congrats Davey didnt you kinda have a feeling this season was going to be kinda special the way it was runnin so well so early in the season. Good luck and stay safe

Thats a great shot there Matt how did you get the people away to get that every shot I took in Carlisle had people in it.