Whats up with these numbers?

[Predator Bird]

i have a bmr adj phr and it doesn't change the height. it only adjusts the body left and right to center the car over the rear tires.

[Jerriko]

Originally posted by Predator Bird:
i have a bmr adj phr and it doesn't change the height. it only adjusts the body left and right to center the car over the rear tires.

Listen, I can't spend a lot of time arguing this point but if the panhard only affected the side to side motion, the panhard bar would be only installed parellel to the ground. But its not, its at a 20* angle (guess) and because of that it also affects ride height. The affects are three dimensional, not two dimensional.

[Predator Bird]

is your car even lowered w/ a phr? trust me it doesn't change height. mine still sits higher on the driver side.

[V6Bob]

"if the panhard only affected the side to side motion, the panhard bar would be only installed parellel to the ground. But its not, its at a 20* angle (guess) and because of that it also affects ride height. The affects are three dimensional, not two dimensional."

GM designs the Panhard to be installed parallel to the ground (as close as it can be given different vehicle loads, bumps, etc.). If it wasn't the car would handle differently in lefts and rights, and under acceleration and braking. GM doesn't want that.

The NASCAR guys often do, and sometimes angle the bar on ovals, but only a few degrees. There's no way it could be out by 20 degrees. One side would have to be about a foot higher than the other.

The Panhard may affect height by a fraction of an inch (more likely, a few hundreths) if it's at a slight angle, but it's not at all significant.

[ August 17, 2004, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: V6Bob ]