I would put the stands underneath the aluminum crossmember in the front. I second that you may want to go one size up. If you are in earthquake contry, always have a couple of backup jackstands planted too. The backups would be good where you have them now.

Now for the ride height. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I will come out and slap you guys if you cite ride heigth one more time in fender edge to floor measurements. Thats NOT how it is done. It is very inaccurate. The fender to floor measurement depends on the body panel's mouning, the tires, inflation, wheel size, you name it.

The correct way to measure and cite ride height is center of wheel to center of respective torsion bar. PERIOD! That eliminates all other factors, except that you still have to have the car on a level surface. :D

Cheers!

George

So George,

What are a few benchmarks for comparing / citing ride height given your method? Certainly makes sense, but the 24" and 25" range of fenderwell measurements have become a bit of a household terms around here, and it would be nice to know what is considered:

1) Too High
2) Too Low
3) US Height
4) Euro Height
5) Just Right
6) Too Dang Low
7) Holy cow is that thing gonna run a rallye?

Thanks,

JA

Hey, Chris

Are you a Reisentoter member. I'm in the Philadelphia area also and don't remember seeing such a nice looking Guards red Carrera.

Richard I sent you a PM...

Back to height adjustments - I just saw in Wanye's book that I can adjust slightly the rear height (down) w the bolts on the spring plate. But when I look into the Betley book, it says that the car can only be raise via this process.

What gives?

Chris

I can answer my own question. It is becasue the Bentley Manual assumes that the car is at Euro Specs. Just checked it against Waynes book.

Go to your Bentley or to the 101 book. Both have the US and the Euro spec in the center of the wheel to center of the torsion bar numbers. ;)

George

PS: I would not go lower than Euro, unless you have stiffer springs and HD/Sport shocks.

Actually the answer is this:
- as delivered from the factory ( whether at Euro or US ride height), the adjustment is set up hard against one side of the slot that allows change....meaning it can be "raised" from whatever ride height you have...but not lowered. This was Porsche's way to accommodate spring sag over time. People who redo ride height are well advised to adjust to the center of the slot ( instead of along one side)...so that later fine tuning up OR down can be done. BTW...the adjustable two piece spring plates were installed around 77-78...and by 83+ or so...all torsion bar cars were set at "Euro" height...even those for US market. It's the late 70's SC's that were especially notworthy for increased ride height..not the later SC's or Carrera's. Total adjustment range end-to-end isn't very much...about 3/4" as I recall.
---Wil