CSX Ride Height and Ground Clearance

[frankym]

Hello CC! I have 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.

[feadam]

The proshocks you ordered from is it the one in Indiana

[twobjshelbys]

You probably know this, but 2 inches is inviting disaster with any speed bumps... Even drainage sluices will probably cause you to nose out.

[feadam]

Hey frank
Where did you order the proshocks from?
Adam

[frankym]

It is proshocks.com based in Indiana, they are part of Afco racing. Yah I might need to raise the height a little in front. Many CSX cars I've seen appear a bit higher in the front e.g. more space between top of tire and fender as compared to the rear.