Thread: Am I in trouble here?

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

do you have dropped spindles???? the stock M2 spindles are 2 inches higher>

yep i re worked a 55 chevy pick up with a heidts front end. had to go back to stock spindles to get the bbc oil pan off the ground

Is that height with the fluids, etc. in the car? If so, I would agree with Tech....the Corvette is fine with the 4" clearance. Actually, it is the clearance plus where the clearance is relative to the axles....if the minimum clearance is half way between the axles, you could drag on a speed bump. If the minimum clearance is at the axle, you would go over the speed bump. I'd say test the thing on a driveway entry and learn the limitations....if in doubt, make it lower.

Also, learn not to straddle dead armadillos laying in the road.

mike in tucson

"dead armadillos"

Texas speed bumps.

although it not visible in this pic, the splash apron on my 32 rpu is exactly the same measurement as yours and I have been driving it for several years.
I put some long distance miles on this car and have never encountered any real problems.

Mick

Thanks guys -

OK - that is the cars low point with the "standard" TCI IFS offering. The spindles, again are "standard" for their chassis - not really dropped. The car is virtually complete, less the interior (and that another tale of woe!!) with all the fluids - water, oil, transmission, diff at operating levels and the gas tank is half full. As far as the body, the hood is off, but that only weighs about 10# for the top 2 pieces and hardware.

I think what I'm going to try is to put a couple more turns on the spring adjusters to see if I can get another .500 out of the height and drive carefully. If not, Pat, I'll be PMing you about some splash pan mods.

As a note - we don't have armadillos here, but we do have possums, skunks and 'chucks that count the same (and 15# turkeys - almost hit one about an hour ago, but my F350 wouldn't have noticed. Then there are the good ol white tail deer just waiting to crunch your vehicle - saw 4 about a mile past the big bird)