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Munster
07-24-2008, 02:23 AM
Anyone have a stock 69 camaro with the suspension exposed right now to get a measurement? From the face of the frame support that the upper control arm shaft mounts to, out to the wheel mounting surface of the rotor.
I used a straight edge to bring up the hub face to get a line thru center of hub thru center of the ball joint to the face of the mount that the shaft is bolted to. (right where the two meet) Upper control arm about level. I think my brake set up took about 1/2" off this, but cant get a good measurement off my parts that are off the car. For my wheel b.s. I'm at work but I think my measurement was 15 1/2" .
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/PIC0007111-1.jpg

jerome
07-24-2008, 06:49 AM
What do you need the measurement for? you just set the suspension at whatever ride height you want, by measuring distance from center of hub to ground (for wheel/tire), and lower body to where you want it. For best handling, you want center of lower ball joint to be about 1" lower than the lower control arm mounting bolts. It looks like your body is on, so you can just hang a fender, and measure backspacing for the wheel.

Munster
07-24-2008, 04:39 PM
Anyone?

Munster
08-05-2008, 12:20 PM
Ttt