Lowering Question!

[West]

Good day all, just a quick question about lowering. Why is it some car has lowering job all evenly front and rear yet some (mine) has front lower than rear?

What's the go?

[Nathan_G1]

all depends on what the previous owner set it up for. drift,drag,circuit.......each has its own unique set-up, how muhc lower is it at the front to the rear? at the moment it sounds like he wanted some more grip at the front, so lowering it more is providing a bit more steering into corners

[Sydneykid]

Good day all, just a quick question about lowering. Why is it some car has lowering job all evenly front and rear yet some (mine) has front lower than rear?

  What's the go?

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The front gaurds on R32/33/34 Skylines are cut higher than the rear guards, if the car is parrallel to the ground (measured at the sills) then the front guard gap (to the tyre) will be larger than the rear, usually by around 10 mm.

Some guys like to have the guard gap the same front and rear, so they lower the front more than the rear. This gives a nose down look which most people find appealing. Plus it enables them to carry rear passengers/luggage/subs and still have some suspension travel left

Lowering the front of a GTR more than the rear is not a good idea due to the large amount of wieght over the front wheels. Most of the experienced GTR suspension tuners know this and don't lower the front too much. So they tend to sit flatter, with not as much nose down.

Hope that helps

cheers

[Kennedy]

Any racing that uses corners is always better off with a "pitch down" set up. Even if it's only a slight difference. That means the rear is higher than the front. It helps with initial corner steering and exit speed...but mainly steering. Alot also depends on driving styles. Take Craig Lowndes. Loves to dive into a corner and swing the arse around while others takes the faster wider line.

[Roy]

Any racing that uses corners is always better off with a "pitch down" set up. Even if it's only a slight difference.

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Is that right??? Some cars have mid engines, some have big heavy cast iron blocks with diffs up front. Different COGs, dynamics etc etc. I think that may be a bit too much a generalisation.