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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
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Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
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ride height

i was wondering what the ride height for an '85 camaro is supposed to be?
bcause i have about 5" tire to wheel well in the rear and only about 2-3" in the front just wondered if that is normal

I have also heard that the pan hard rod is supposed to be level with axle and mine is not. panhard rod is not stock but is the same length as stock also made it fully adjustable on the car any info would be great

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Re: ride height

the panhard will not affeft ride height. What has been done to the suspension? the rear is way high.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Re: ride height

Here's my 87 GTA.....26" & 27".......

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
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Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
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Re: ride height

Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\
the panhard will not affeft ride height. What has been done to the suspension? the rear is way high.
thats what i thought but from what i can see the springs are stock and the shocks are replacement 50/50. you won't have any idea what is going on would ya

as far as the panhard rod goes i was pretty sure that it didn't affect ride height but was used to center the axle in the car but i was just making sure that was right.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Re: ride height

The only thing that would really affect ride height would be the springs
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Re: ride height

And the shocks. Many (including me) have reported a slight increase in ride height after installing rear KONIs.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: ride height

very true and i have never seen a camaro with this problem. for example my sisters '92 RS has even gap at the wheel wells and the only thing that i can think of is that mine is a z/28 and hers is an RS and they had different ride height / springs
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
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Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: ride height

Originally Posted by 91_5.7_TPI
And the shocks. Many (including me) have reported a slight increase in ride height after installing rear KONIs.
was the over all height different from stock because if it was i may need to check mine
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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Re: ride height

yea slight, its not gonna give you +3 inches of ride height.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Re: ride height

Mine was already on ProKit on some destroyed Monroes. The KONIs lifted it something .75". It's settled since then. 3" is really off.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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Re: ride height

Measure the ride height like stephen did and see what you get. Were the front springs ever out at one point?
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: ride height

yeah from what all you guys have said 3" is way off and just to make sure i measured the rear right so i remeasured it today when i was at the shop and its 5" tire to wheelwell. as far as the front springs are concerned i have never removed them but i did remove the rears when i installed the 12 bolt

i guess i will have to tear it apart and see what i can find
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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Re: ride height

Originally Posted by myroc86
Measure the ride height like stephen did and see what you get. Were the front springs ever out at one point?
i will have to do that when i get it back on the ground
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