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I've had cars with headers/sidepipes, deep spoilers & lowered suspensions & as you know, that limits were you can take your car w/o damage. You have to size up a potential obstacle in nano seconds at times. I have a Mitsubishi VR-4 with the ability to clear a 13° slope. My driveway comes in at 10° on private property as it breaks from City ROW (1/4" - 1/2" per foot fall to the street).
Finding a GT-R locally to measure is almost like trying to find a 3 legged ballerina. One Ltd Ed Black 20 miles away from me sold before I could get out there with a yardstick. The sales manager & a sales person gave me two different sets of measurements. When I contacted Nissan Corporate headquarters they told me that the GT-R will clear 11° (after I told them I had a 10° driveway). I could approach slowly & at an angle to mitigate issues somewhat if that's the case, but it would be close.
I was hoping that one of the members here could give me a measurement. I know that the forward spoiler is 5.25" above horizontal pavement. If I could get a distance from the spoiler to the tire patch on horizontal pavement, I could then calculate the Tangent of the "angle". Figure an imaginary line straight down from the most forward portion of the spoiler at the "nose". From there, straight back to where the driver & passenger side tires' forward squat align, would give me the component I need. As the tires tend to squat from the weight of the car, the forward edge of the squat is slightly forward of the center of the wheel/tire. So... 5.25/(~34"?) = TAN of approach angle.
The ~34" figure is what I have been told is the x axis component; I need to confirm that. Hopefully, it's a shorter distance than that.
Here's a photo of my VR-4 & driveway to give you an idea... http://a1.sphotos.ak...9_1050950_n.jpg
TIA,
John
Finding a GT-R locally to measure is almost like trying to find a 3 legged ballerina. One Ltd Ed Black 20 miles away from me sold before I could get out there with a yardstick. The sales manager & a sales person gave me two different sets of measurements. When I contacted Nissan Corporate headquarters they told me that the GT-R will clear 11° (after I told them I had a 10° driveway). I could approach slowly & at an angle to mitigate issues somewhat if that's the case, but it would be close.
I was hoping that one of the members here could give me a measurement. I know that the forward spoiler is 5.25" above horizontal pavement. If I could get a distance from the spoiler to the tire patch on horizontal pavement, I could then calculate the Tangent of the "angle". Figure an imaginary line straight down from the most forward portion of the spoiler at the "nose". From there, straight back to where the driver & passenger side tires' forward squat align, would give me the component I need. As the tires tend to squat from the weight of the car, the forward edge of the squat is slightly forward of the center of the wheel/tire. So... 5.25/(~34"?) = TAN of approach angle.
The ~34" figure is what I have been told is the x axis component; I need to confirm that. Hopefully, it's a shorter distance than that.
Here's a photo of my VR-4 & driveway to give you an idea... http://a1.sphotos.ak...9_1050950_n.jpg
TIA,
John