3" drop springs enough for a 67 camaro??

[skinnyboy67]

I would like to drop the front end of my 67 camaro convert......but dont want it draggin the headers.
If I put a 3" drop spring and tubular a arms on, is that enough? or too much?



Will tubular arms drop the front any by itself? I have seen comments of a 2" drop just by using them?
It seems like a 67 never sits low like a 69 does......I think its because of the front fender design.
If anyone has any pics of a combination spring/spindle/a arm I would love to see for comparison.
Ill be riding on 245/35/17 tires also.
thanks
Eric

[camaro427-69]

i used 2" hotchkis with stock arms first in a iron BBC combination and it was right at the edge with the same tire combination and stock body. i haven´t had big issues with draggin but still the headers had lot´s of scratches at the bottom and flanges. the all aluminum 540 helped to cure that but after installing a set of tubular arms with a deep spring pocket it was sitting wayyy to low to be practical for normal street use and it was a pita to slow down at every little roadbump. so i changed over to a coilover setup, a little more money but i can do whatever height i want. even when you change the rears you can adjust the front back to where you want it to.

pat

[novaderrik]

depends on how low the headers hang and how stiff the springs are.. my 71 Nova (same subframe as a 67 Camaro) had the front crossmember just a hair over 5" off the ground, with the headers about 3/4" lower than that and it never bottomed out thanks to the relatively stiff springs i had in it, which were chopped Moog 6041's that i recall being calculated at in the area of 600#/in rating at the height i had them chopped to.

[MyFriendScott]

I just posted up a new thread with pics to follow along, talking about drop springs and tubular lower C/A's, with pics to follow along:
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...ring-isolators

With 3" of drop, your subframe is going to be about 3" off the ground. I'm not sure if your header's collectors are lower than this, but hopefully this will give you a better idea about ground clearance.