As we all know the GT40 wasn’t designed around ground clearance.
The UK is a lover of terrible roads and speed bumps, let alone my driveway which I have to go up a slope to get to the garage.
What I’m wondering is whether any of you have run lift kits for the front end?
It would’ve been good to run it all round for my scenario to ensure clearance of the top of the slope on my drive, however I don’t feel on the chassis there’s enough space to fit an air/hydraulic cup over the rear struts and springs. The front end however doesn’t look like it will have problems fitting it.
I saw RCR used to offer a hydraulic lift system and a of the SLC guys run it too.
A friend uses this on one of his cars, it’s not designed for driving when raised but is handy for humps etc. Can provide up to 40-50mm lift.
However it takes up 30mm of the strut, meaning the suspension will have to be wound down lower etc to offset this or shorter spring springs/different rates. I’m not sure how much height adjustment the struts come with in the first place . . .
It also will only lift the maximum that the suspension droops, so if the spring rates are hard then it won’t even lift that much as there won’t be much travel in them anyway.
I would plan to run it tankless due to space issues, I know it’s not exactly period correct etc but usability wise it’s pretty damn helpful. I think the cars look amazing when they sit at race esque heights which isn’t possible on the road. This could be a good workaround?
Thoughts?
The UK is a lover of terrible roads and speed bumps, let alone my driveway which I have to go up a slope to get to the garage.
What I’m wondering is whether any of you have run lift kits for the front end?
It would’ve been good to run it all round for my scenario to ensure clearance of the top of the slope on my drive, however I don’t feel on the chassis there’s enough space to fit an air/hydraulic cup over the rear struts and springs. The front end however doesn’t look like it will have problems fitting it.
I saw RCR used to offer a hydraulic lift system and a of the SLC guys run it too.
A friend uses this on one of his cars, it’s not designed for driving when raised but is handy for humps etc. Can provide up to 40-50mm lift.
However it takes up 30mm of the strut, meaning the suspension will have to be wound down lower etc to offset this or shorter spring springs/different rates. I’m not sure how much height adjustment the struts come with in the first place . . .
It also will only lift the maximum that the suspension droops, so if the spring rates are hard then it won’t even lift that much as there won’t be much travel in them anyway.
I would plan to run it tankless due to space issues, I know it’s not exactly period correct etc but usability wise it’s pretty damn helpful. I think the cars look amazing when they sit at race esque heights which isn’t possible on the road. This could be a good workaround?
Thoughts?