V2Rocket

Wondering if anybody has a minute to run out to their stock-ride-height 968 and measure the distance from the ground to the bottom of the radiator frame.

It occurred to me looking at photos that the 968 radiator appears to sit much lower relative to the engine than it does in a 944 turbo/S2 (which have almost identical radiators to the 968).

If the rad is the same size but it sits lower in a 968 then it must have moved down...unless it's just image trickery and the lack of the central hood latch throwing me off.

Just wondering what Porsche deemed acceptable for radiator-ground clearance for a street car...

rangerbay

I just went out and measured mine. It an unmodified 1995 968, and sits on 16" cup wheels. The radiator was 6" from the ground. Hope this helps.

thomasmryan

5" to the bottom of the batwing but CS springs on a soft top.

V2Rocket

thanks to you both...
my car (944NA with 951 nose) is "flying high" then, both the bottom of my rad frame and the bottom of my front bumper cover are 7" high, but there isn't excessive gap between tire/fender...though the batwing when installed probably hangs an inch lower than the bumper plastic.

thomasmryan

do you have junk in the trunk or a full tank?

V2Rocket

no...
tank is maybe 1/4 if that, no junk anywhere...my car is just light after all the crap ive taken out and done to it...as it sits now with me in it and a full tank of gas its still under 3000lbs, riding on 200# front springs and 26mm t-bars. it sits level.

also my front end structure is 100% custom so its possible that some angles are "off" making things higher than they should be but from the outside it looks like any 944T...