How much ground clearence do you have?

mxzx446

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I was thinking about lowering my car but I think my ground clearence would be very small. I measured from my headers to the ground and I think it was around 5 inches. What is too low for the street?

 

dodgestang

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mxzx446 said:

I was thinking about lowering my car but I think my ground clearence would be very small. I measured from my headers to the ground and I think it was around 5 inches. What is too low for the street?

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I have 4.75 clearance to my oil pan and 4.5 inches or so to the collectors on my long tubes.....and I have not had any problems. I do run a stiff suspensiong though with the 620s and 5 leafs

You can just see the pipes in this pic..and the oil pan...well you can pretty much see that puppy from any angle

http://www.dodgestang.com/images/hires10.jpg

 

NorCal66

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Also about 4.5 from the collectors to the ground. The speedbumps they have at my school are ridiculous, I have to go over almost all of them at a pretty steep angle. Most speedbumps/driveways aren't a problem with the stiffer suspension though, that made all the difference.

 

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I can't roll a soda can under it. There are some parking lots I don't go into. It's not a daily driver so it's cool with me. I grew up with low cars. You can see the grinders on the TCP sub-frames.

John

 

meweehaa

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opentracker......what ind of exhaust is that you have? looks like cherry bombs in front of flowmasters

 

Swede958

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I was gonna ask opentracker the same question...

As for my clearance- it ain't much. Maybe 4" to the long tubes... and even with 620s and 5 leafs I bottom out in some places... Oh the sacrifices we make for performance.


The Swede

 

LanceMach

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I have around 2 1/2 inches between the collectors and the ground (Hooker Super Comps plus a real stiff suspension keep them out of trouble most of the time). Not a driver, so I don't mind either...