Best Way to Drop Ride Height?
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Best Way to Drop Ride Height?
What is the best way to get a moderate drop in ride height without brutally sacrificing weight transfer? Is cutting the springs a viable option?
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Front is easy, go with a qa1 shock or the like, and just adjust the preload.
The rear, you can pull the spring isolaters and put some hose over the spring, that will get ya an inch or so.
If you have access to a big table sander, you can take the rear springs and "surface" them, turning them as you do it on both sides and pull about another 3/4 of an inch off that way as well. Pita, but it works good and the springs sit on the car and the rear good afterwards.
The rear, you can pull the spring isolaters and put some hose over the spring, that will get ya an inch or so.
If you have access to a big table sander, you can take the rear springs and "surface" them, turning them as you do it on both sides and pull about another 3/4 of an inch off that way as well. Pita, but it works good and the springs sit on the car and the rear good afterwards.
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Thanks for the input guys...
Well, the thing here is I like to run the car with the 17" ZR1s mostly and keep the sleeper look going, but when I DO go to the track I dont want to be stiff as a board and just spin either... Its not a full on drag car by any means, just figured you guys could give the best advice in this area... Thanks!
Well, the thing here is I like to run the car with the 17" ZR1s mostly and keep the sleeper look going, but when I DO go to the track I dont want to be stiff as a board and just spin either... Its not a full on drag car by any means, just figured you guys could give the best advice in this area... Thanks!
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The rear shouldn't move any more then it absolutely has to in order to maintain traction. generally, squatting is lost energy... when on an absolutely terrible track, you may need it to squat to get/maintain traction, but as a general rule, the rear should be seperating from the body leaving the line, planting the tire, not the back of the car dropping to get the weight on them.