Era 2054

[JPit]

Thanks Gary,

As far as not being authentic what other differences will there be? Do adapters look different? Will anyone other than me know they are adapters if I go that route?

I will bring the height down a little (to at least the factory setting) to see how it looks. What do you think it will do to the suspension; will I have to go get the car corner balanced after I lower it?

How much ground clearance do you have with you exhaust?

[smallblockhead]

JPit,

The adapters should not look any different that the 6-pin hub version from the outside, only you will know. The new wheel backspacing will be the issue you will have to deal with. The adapters will add 3/8 to 1/2 inch to the hub, so you will have to have a backspacing on the wheel to account for that. Bob P at ERA is good about helping you sort out backspacing.

As far as height adjustment, I believe that the lower control arms in front should be parallel to the ground, and the rear should be "raked" 1/2 inch higher. I don't think you want to try to set the heights as in the manual unless you have tires which are the recommended sizes. I'm running 4.5"/5.0" front/rear.

Unless you are going to do some serious track work, I don't think you will need to corner balance. With the ride height set close to specs and equal on both sides, the corner weights are going to be pretty close.

My car has the undercar "street" exhaust which I modified to exit in front of the rear wheels, so I have close to 4" of ground clearance, but I still ding the mufflers sometime.

Gary

[JPit]

Thanks Gary, the exhaust height is what concerns me. I currently only have 3 inches of ground clearance and if I take the car down anymore I will hit too many things.