Thread: Am I in trouble here?

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When I do a build, I try to use thought, theory and engineering from the factory as much as I can. The OEM engineers make good money to figure things out and I try to learn from them.

Several years ago, I needed to know the minimum ground clearance I should use on a build, so I went up to the Chevy dealer with a tape measure. I figured that the engineers at Chevy would have put the Corvette at the minumum acceptable ground clearance for a street-driven vehicle. The closest clearance I could measure on any part of the car was 4.000", so that's the figure I've used for years. I see 3 15/16ths on your tape. I'd move on to another area of the build and call the splash pan good, as long as you don't nose into a concrete parking bumper.

I usually keep a 4" thick block of wood on hand just to throw down on the floor when I'm mounting components so I know where to put the component for clearance.