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Ground Clearance


Steve Causey

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Ok, so now I've got the Yoko A539's on 13" rims on the car and I've looked at the ground clearance under the sump (K-Series engine) and it's approx 57 mm. The car is an ex-Academy car and I haven't touched the suspension since Caterham flat-floored it for me at the start of the season back in 2005. It looks low to me but are others running a similar clearance?

 

Steve.

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As David has said Steve most (but not all) run between 65 and 75.

 

You'll get away with it on smooth tarmac but I wouldn't want to take too much kerb. Also if you have standard 150lb springs it wouldn't take much of a lump in the tarmac to hit the sump under heavy braking.

 

Adrian

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