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Strange ride height question
speedyxjs - 22/6/09 at 07:15 PM

Seeing the eairlier thread reminded me of something i meant to ask the other day.
Has anyone got any pictures of a sevenesque car running about 5 - 6" ground clearance as that is what i think i am going to have to run and i fear it may look a bit wierd (if it does i will see if i can do something about it)


blakep82 - 22/6/09 at 07:17 PM





seriously though, it won't be far off that...


speedyxjs - 22/6/09 at 07:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82




seriously though, it won't be far off that...


Dont bring that back to this forum


blakep82 - 22/6/09 at 07:25 PM

sorry, don't know why but i thought you said 6-9" just read it again

my cars about 3" i think most on here are. so twice as high as most, if it looks weird, smaller wheels will lose about an inch (if you can fit smaller wheels than you were going to)


speedyxjs - 22/6/09 at 07:30 PM

I was going to use the originals as the tyres are £200 per corner and i cant afford smaller ones.


Steve G - 22/6/09 at 07:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82




seriously though, it won't be far off that...


Dont bring that back to this forum


Well stop building its Jag engined twin then!!


BenB - 22/6/09 at 08:00 PM

I'm sure I'm running about 5" at the front (80mm from sump to floor and a good 4-5cm of sump hanging below the bottom of the chassis...


blakep82 - 22/6/09 at 08:19 PM

by tin top standards, 5" is still very low.


Chippy - 22/6/09 at 10:15 PM

I don't think that you will notice that you have 6" chassis ground clearance. My car has 6" at the front, and 6.5" at the rear. The sump sticks out under the chassis by 1" so the effective ground clearance is 5", and the nose cone has been taken down to that height, so if that clears an obstruction, then so will the sump. Cheer Ray

Near side view
Near side view


[Edited on 22-6-09 by Chippy]


MikeRJ - 22/6/09 at 11:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
Iand the nose cone has been taken down to that height, so if that clears an obstruction, then so will the sump.


An early warning system! If you hear the crunch of splintering GRP, then you know that in about 0.3 seconds your sump will need replacing