how to set ride height on a CSX car?

[frankym]

Hello CC! I'm sifting through some threads on adjusting supsension and ride height for a CSX 4000 car. I replaced my 4 coilovers on CSX4147. I ordered ProShocks after speaking with Shelby American and asking what the new CSX cars are using. I wanted to get the ride height to sit a bit more crouched the way my ERA was perched. Well, I kept the 12 inch springs in the rear and went with 8 inch springs in the front (down from 10 inch). By the way the rear shocks are large body aluminum units and the fronts are small body shocks. Now the car looks the way I want it, but when I measure the ground clearance from the center of the front cross fame tube, it's only about 2.2 inches above the ground. The new CSX cars are closer to 4 inches of ground clearance (but most of the CSX cars I see are sitting way too high). I'm curious if there are other adjustments that can be made to give me the proper visual ride height but gain a little more ground clearance in the front. I'm getting a 4 wheel alignment this week so perhaps the camber and toe adjustments can play a role in this but not sure.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by frankym

Hello CC! I'm sifting through some threads on adjusting supsension and ride height for a CSX 4000 car. I replaced my 4 coilovers on CSX4147. I ordered ProShocks after speaking with Shelby American and asking what the new CSX cars are using. I wanted to get the ride height to sit a bit more crouched the way my ERA was perched. Well, I kept the 12 inch springs in the rear and went with 8 inch springs in the front (down from 10 inch). By the way the rear shocks are large body aluminum units and the fronts are small body shocks. Now the car looks the way I want it, but when I measure the ground clearance from the center of the front cross fame tube, it's only about 2.2 inches above the ground. The new CSX cars are closer to 4 inches of ground clearance (but most of the CSX cars I see are sitting way too high). I'm curious if there are other adjustments that can be made to give me the proper visual ride height but gain a little more ground clearance in the front. I'm getting a 4 wheel alignment this week so perhaps the camber and toe adjustments can play a role in this but not sure.

Might I suggest you create a new thread with your specific details, as your post resurrected a thread from March 2021