You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
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Car: '83 Firebird (T/A Clone)
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You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
How many of you guys can no longer fit a floor jack under the K-member after lowering?...
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Re: You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
Up until I got a low profile jack, I wasn't able to.
What bothers me more though is that the k-member is so far in from the front the car (worse with full GFX as opposed to a sport coupe with no chin spoiler) that getting a few initial reasonable strokes of the jack handle is almost impossible.
What bothers me more though is that the k-member is so far in from the front the car (worse with full GFX as opposed to a sport coupe with no chin spoiler) that getting a few initial reasonable strokes of the jack handle is almost impossible.
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Car: 92 camaro RS
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Re: You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
I got to drive up on some 1" thick wood planks if I need to get under the k-member and thats with a race jack.
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From: Colorado USA
Car: '83 Firebird (T/A Clone)
Engine: 350 with L-69 components
Transmission: 700R-4, 2000 RPM stall converter
Axle/Gears: 10-bolt/3.73 ..
Re: You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
Yeah well I could no longer stand how the front sat higher than the rear, so I finally pulled the Z-28 springs back out (which was easy) and cut a half-coil off, then re-installed them (which was a P.I.T.A.!). I was expecting a 3/4 to 1 inch drop, but it actually dropped 1-1/4 inch. I am real happy with the stance now, but then noticed that my floor jack won't slide under the K-member anymore. Oh well...
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Car: '90 Formula '88 GTA
Engine: 305 TPI 350 TPI
Transmission: T5 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 10 Bolt 3.27 9 bolt
Re: You Guys With Lowered Thirdgens...
Yeah well I could no longer stand how the front sat higher than the rear, so I finally pulled the Z-28 springs back out (which was easy) and cut a half-coil off, then re-installed them (which was a P.I.T.A.!). I was expecting a 3/4 to 1 inch drop, but it actually dropped 1-1/4 inch. I am real happy with the stance now, but then noticed that my floor jack won't slide under the K-member anymore. Oh well...
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