Lowest Trans Am in the World - Radical Thinkers Only!!
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1 Dont run a back window (camera)
2 Adapt a window from a different car
3 Make a small, short window from flat glass
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I think it's time for me to finally say this.
You've been talking about this for years. When are you actually going to do it? Skeptics may arise since its been so long
You've been talking about this for years. When are you actually going to do it? Skeptics may arise since its been so long
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Why do you care when or if I do it? If you want it done on a deadline then pony up a few grand and maybe that will happen. As it stands, I'm doing this with my money and on my time. I can't give anybody any guarantees.
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BTW, since I want to run 26" tall front tires and I don't want them poking through the hood, I'm not going to remove 3" from the bottom of the car like I had originally wanted to. So it's going to be about 38" total.
Take the old Ford GT40 for example. At ride height it was 40" tall and it probably had 4" or 5" of ground clearance. Now if you were to modify the suspension so the body could drop all the way to the ground, the car would be 35" or 36" tall. You just sit on a reclined position which I already do. Your butts going to be really close to the ground and your head will be pretty close to the thin roof panel. Now you won't be able to wear a cowboy hat or anything but it should still be comfortable to drive around in.
There are even production cars similar in height. Look at the Lamborghini Coutach which was 42" at ride height when it came out. It has the engine in the back and short front tires which help, but I can get by with my current design.
The Lotus Esprit was another low car. It, the GT40 and the Coutach all had the engine in the back, BTW. It's just tricky squeezing the engine up front on a real low car, but the f-body does have 2 things working in it's favor. One is a short engine in the LS1 and LT1. Second is that the engine is tucked pretty far under the dash.
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I Dare You! I Dare You to cut 16 inches of your stock height F-body! With a 2 inch drop that I have from my sportlines, my car is 49 inches. That would be a 14 inch difference. Oh, I just measured my car from the ground-top of door, 35 inches. From the top of door to top of T-top, 14 inches. Physically you'd have to remove the whole top of the car. Not possible at all! lol
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I Dare You to cut 16 inches of your stock height F-body! With a 2 inch drop that I have from my sportlines, my car is 49 inches. That would be a 14 inch difference. Oh, I just measured my car from the ground-top of door, 35 inches. From the top of door to top of T-top, 14 inches. Physically you'd have to remove the whole top of the car. Not possible at all! lol
I've already showed were the height can be removed from.
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See, that's positive.
I Dare You to cut 16 inches of your stock height F-body! With a 2 inch drop that I have from my sportlines, my car is 49 inches. That would be a 14 inch difference. Oh, I just measured my car from the ground-top of door, 35 inches. From the top of door to top of T-top, 14 inches. Physically you'd have to remove the whole top of the car. Not possible at all! lol
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Now that I think about it, 16" doesn't sound right. If stock height is 52" and I'm going down to 38", then I'll be removing 12". So just off the top of my head, about 5" gone from the top and 7" from the bottom.
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thing is with my car... if i lowered it a half an inch i would be stuck on the ground and scrapping. The long tubes make the exhaust all low. plus the car sits real low from when i bought it too but I have no idea on how to check if it is lowered.
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38 inches! http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sp...camaro&trimid=-1
