newbie to the game

[loud_mouth22]

hello everyone i just bought a 83 shortbed minus motor and tranny for a street rod project its a preety straight truck ive had a 86 trans am ive been working on for years on and off and decided to part it out to make room for the truck the good news is i have a built 383 and a 700r4 that is going in this truck the truck did not have the rallys with it i am going to lower it maybe a 4-6 i want it low but not dragging how wide of a tire can i put under theese trucks without tubbing i want to use rallys maybe 15by8 on back and 15by7 on front the guy i bought it from said it had aposi in it havnt had a chance to verify this yetbut the wheels rotate the same direction when off the ground maybe a spool who knows anyways i want this truck to hook up as much as possable how do i go about this ladder bars? do they work when you drop the truck i can ramble on and on i have lots of questions so ill be posting here often when this project gets rolling let me just add that its nice to have a strong aftermarket for this project

[tatoodkelt]

Welcome to the pack! Sounds like it will be a nice rod.

[campaug86]

i made my own, i bought some heim joints and some bar stock, after i lowered my truck and had it on the ground, i made my mounts and made sure the bars werent exactly parallel, but they are close, something like 25 degrees i beleive.

[loud_mouth22]

so after building your own did it make a big differnce on hooking up and what size rims and tires do you have

[campaug86]

no axle wrap, ive got a set of 15x8 cragars, 3.73 gears and 28x10.5 tires. takes off pretty good, ive got 2500 stall too though.

[loud_mouth22]

thats about the same set up ill have in the end ill look into making or buying a 4 link i know its a truck and thier not the best to on traction