Wednesday, January 4, 2012

DETERMINING RIDE HEIGHT


LOWERING THE CENTER OF GRAVITY....


The time to consider ride height is drawing near. I installed lowering springs on the front suspension and a lowering kit on the rear. The car will have 15 inch Mini Lite wheels so it will be up to the height of the tires to determine the ride height. The only confusing part is that the ride height changes as the engine and transmission and the interior is installed. 
When the drive train installation is complete, the actual road clearance can be determined more easily.  As it stands now, it has almost 9 1/2 in clearance. Hopefully the engine and transmission should drop it about 2 inches.  That will equal the ride height of the Healey 3000...pretty cool.
The engine and transmission will probably be installed this weekend.

Stay tuned,
TD






TD

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