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Ride Hieght
I see a lot of postings for ride height set to 25" front and 24.5" rear. I assume that is for stock tires.
Am redoing the suspension this weekend and if I set that ride height with 50 series tires, I will be able to smuggle a family of four in each wheel well. Stock tires for 73' 911e were 185/75/15, I am running 205/50/15s now. How do I set the height with the shorter side walls?
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06-02-2005, 06:24 PM
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06-02-2005, 06:32 PM
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With 205/55-15s front & 225/50-15 rear, I have recently settled on 24.5 front & 24 rear. With 1 degree of rake. Rides nicely & looks good but watch those driveways.
Ian
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06-02-2005, 07:21 PM
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If you use the formula from the Tire Rack web site below you can figure out the differences in tyre height. Once that is known you should be able to work out an equivalent ride height. I’d be careful going much lower that Euro height as it could adversely effect your suspension performance. 205-60-15s on the stock 6” wheels is about as tall as the tyres that came stock on your car. I wouldn’t go any lower than the 24.5” f, 24” r. I have and didn’t like the results!
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7¤tpage=45
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06-03-2005, 03:58 AM
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1973 Porsche 911E Euro 3.0 
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet 3.2
