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Ride Height
« on: July 15, 2013, 11:10:02 AM »
Hi Guys,
I have recently taken delivery of a 1980 Corvette Coupe that I bought 5 years ago as a chassis, since then it has been totally rebuilt by a guy in Bankstown. The car is basically a new vehicle and is powered by a 383ci Edelbrock Signature Series Engine number 80 of a 250 limited run. The transmission and rear axle have been beefed up to accomodate the extra Oomph. My query now is that I need to lift the ride height, at present the dimension from the bottom of the wheel rim to the highest point on the wheel arch is 580mm, which I am told is standard, and I am scraping the front airdam on the lowest of speedbumps. I have checked with my local Pedders here on the Central Coast to no avail, any suggestions and advice would be much appreciated.
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 11:50:48 AM »
Hi Englishman welcome .My 81 is 550 front and 580 rear and i dont have a problem with front spoiler . Do you have the original rubber spoiler? If you wish to raise the hight All springs at millperra can help you.
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2013, 03:25:20 PM »
this link will give you an idea of where it should be
http://tech.corvettecentral.com/2011/04/c2-c3-corvette-ride-height-guide/
just look up your year.

this one is for a 74  but you will get a good idea of the earlier cars that were measured   to the under side of the chassis 
http://www.c3vr.com/member_pages/4401_4500/4427/specs.jpg


later cars are measured  to the bumpers   
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2013, 11:41:07 AM »
Guys, Thanks for the responses. The measurement of 580mm was taken at the front wheel and I do have the original black rubber air dam below the fibre glass. This lower air dam has taken a bit of a beating so I am going to remove it although it does serve as an early warning system.
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2013, 05:10:30 PM »
If you want to lift the front end Peddders have a listing for C3 corvette front which are the same as Commodore rear springs so should only be a matter of buying something off the shelf here in Australia
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2013, 12:13:26 PM »
I used lowered HQ springs from Fulcrum for my old 71 - perfect fit.  I would assume that you could get normal ride height HQ springs?

I agree - you should be able to buy off the shelf.  They may want to know current ride height, No of coils on current springs etc.
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Re: Ride Height
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2013, 03:04:54 PM »
Hi Peter, welcome to the forum. What’s the clearance of the plastic air dam to the pavement & what rim size are you running?
Have you Pedders or standard springs in the car?
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