Minimum ride height?
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What d'you reckon is a practical minimum ride height for NZ roads? Chassis, supension, etc will meet the legal minimum of 100mm but under LVVTA rules exhaust is allowed to be lower as it's not considered 'structural'. I've got severely restricted room to route the necessary 2 x 2.5" pipes so one option is to sling them a bit lower - wondering how low I can go before hitting (literally) problems though as 100mm is already pretty skinny.
My definition of acceptable is scraping the bigger speed bumps, and having to avoid certain parking building ramps.
My definition of acceptable is scraping the bigger speed bumps, and having to avoid certain parking building ramps.
What kind of car and what are you planning to do with it.
I've been running around on 55mm at the front (with a flat bottom) ramping up to 75mm at the rear. Not entirely sure you'd call it practical but I can get through the Auckland Domain . . . just.
As you would know the closer any "underhangs" are to the wheels the more you can do "maneuvering-wise" to get over things.
I've been running around on 55mm at the front (with a flat bottom) ramping up to 75mm at the rear. Not entirely sure you'd call it practical but I can get through the Auckland Domain . . . just.
As you would know the closer any "underhangs" are to the wheels the more you can do "maneuvering-wise" to get over things.
The carrier pidgeons have been particularly slow over the last few days
55mm!!! 
That's kind of encouraging - it's for my LS6-Cerbera project. The tubular spaceframe chassis has room for exhaust inside it for most of the length, except right about the midpoint between the front and rear wheels where there's a bulge in the gearbox that all but fills the tunnel. If I could live with a clearance of 80mm that would make it possible to get the size exhaust I want - 2 x 2.5". If i have to keep it at 100mm then it's either going to be slightly kinked 2" pipes or very kinked 2.5" ones (to the point where I might as well use 2" anyway).
Another option is oval tubing like this www.drgas.com/store/home.php?cat=8. There's some pretty funky stuff in the custom installs section of their gallery...
That's kind of encouraging - it's for my LS6-Cerbera project. The tubular spaceframe chassis has room for exhaust inside it for most of the length, except right about the midpoint between the front and rear wheels where there's a bulge in the gearbox that all but fills the tunnel. If I could live with a clearance of 80mm that would make it possible to get the size exhaust I want - 2 x 2.5". If i have to keep it at 100mm then it's either going to be slightly kinked 2" pipes or very kinked 2.5" ones (to the point where I might as well use 2" anyway).
Another option is oval tubing like this www.drgas.com/store/home.php?cat=8. There's some pretty funky stuff in the custom installs section of their gallery...
Elises are flat underneath... generally they run 140/140 and will go over almost anything without scraping... it's generally accepted for practical road use that 100F/110R is the lowest you can practically go, and many run at 110/115. I've known people in the UK go to 80 or so, but you'll start to ground on many things.
Bear in mind that most of these lowered boyracer cars below the 100mm limit scrape over EVERYTHING and generally end up rooted pretty quickly.
Bear in mind that most of these lowered boyracer cars below the 100mm limit scrape over EVERYTHING and generally end up rooted pretty quickly.
Kiwi XTR2 said:
Esprit said:
. . . Bear in mind that most of these lowered boyracer cars below the 100mm limit scrape over EVERYTHING and generally end up "rooted" pretty quickly.
Stop using all these technical terms
I'm just kicking myself for making such a post without using the opportunity to slip the word "coilovers" in
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