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C5 Suspension Dimensions

This document contains specifications for the front and rear suspension of a C5 vehicle. For the front suspension, it lists dimensions for components like the upper and lower ball joints, frame pivots, and spring mounts. It also includes specifications for the springs, track, tires, camber, caster, roll stiffness, and natural frequencies. The rear suspension section contains similar component dimensions and specifications.

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C5 Suspension Dimensions

This document contains specifications for the front and rear suspension of a C5 vehicle. For the front suspension, it lists dimensions for components like the upper and lower ball joints, frame pivots, and spring mounts. It also includes specifications for the springs, track, tires, camber, caster, roll stiffness, and natural frequencies. The rear suspension section contains similar component dimensions and specifications.

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C5 front suspension

(all dimensions in inches unless otherwise specified)

Out (X) Height (Y) Depth (Z)


Upper Ball joint 27.25 19 1.3125
Upper Frame Pivot, Front 19 20 -3.75
Upper Frame Pivot, Rear 19 18.625 6
Lower Ball Joint 29.5 6.375 -0.6875
Lower Frame Pivot, Front 13.5 7.375 -5
Lower Frame Pivot, Rear 13.5 8 9
Tie Rod on Rack 16 12 -5
Tie Rod on Spindle 29.5625 10.75 -5.25

Spring Mount on Frame 24 28 0


Spring Mount on Lower Arm 24 8 0

Roll bars on Arms 24 9 -7.5

Spring Length 20
Spring Rate / Wheel Rate 390 168.4
Mtn. Ratio Spring/Shock/RollBar 0.657 0.654

Track 31
Tire Circumfrence 78.3
Tread width 8.8
Camber (deg) 0
Caster (deg) 9.11
Caster Trail (in) 1.7
Toe In (deg) 0
Toe In (in) 0
Ideal Ackerman Toe In (deg) 0
Ackerman Error 0
King Pin Angle (deg) 10.27
Scrub Radius 0.36
Spindle Angle (deg) 10.27

Instant Center Height 30.16


Instant Center Left 289.16
Roll Center Height 2.92
Roll Center Right 0
Roll Stiffness (ft-lbs/deg) 1957.7
Anti Dive (%) 53.9

Upper Arm Length True/Front/Rear 8.25 9.73 9.5


Lower Arm Length True/Front/Rear 16.4 16.6 18.77
Spindle Length 12.98
Tie Rod Length 13.62
Front View Swing Arm Length 320.6
Side View Swing Arm Length 68.8
Total Roll Stiffness (ft-lbs/deg) 2552.3
Front Roll Couple (%) 76.7
Rear Roll Couple (%) 23.3
Roll Axis to Cg Moment Arm 14.29
Level Ground Roll Rate (deg/G) 1.28
Front Natural Frequency (cps) 1.55
Rear Natural Frequency (cps) 1.64

Source: Performance Trends Suspsnsion Analyzer v1.1


Compiled by: Matt Brooke ([email protected])
C5 rear suspension
(all dimensions in inches unless otherwise specified)

Out (X) Height (Y) Depth (Z)


Upper Ball joint 27.875 19.5 0
Upper Frame Pivot, Front 17.5 20.5 -0.25
Upper Frame Pivot, Rear 17.5 20.375 -9.75
Lower Ball Joint 29.6875 6.75 0
Lower Frame Pivot, Front 12 9.625 3.5
Lower Frame Pivot, Rear 12 7.5 -9
Tie Rod on Frame 13.5 13 -5.375
Tie Rod on Spindle 30 10.75 -5.25

Spring Mount on Frame 24 27 -1


Spring Mount on Lower Arm 24 7 -1

Roll bars on Arms 20 9 -6

Spring Length 20
Spring Rate / Wheel Rate 400 182.3
Mtn. Ratio Spring/Shock/RollBar 0.675 0.447

Track 31.13
Tire Circumfrence 81.2
Tread width 10.3
Camber (deg) 0
Caster (deg) 0
Caster Trail (in) 0
Toe In (deg) 0
Toe In (in) 0
Ideal Ackerman Toe In (deg) 0
Ackerman Error 0
King Pin Angle (deg) 8.17
Scrub Radius 0.48
Spindle Angle (deg) 8.17

Instant Center Height 57.09


Instant Center Left 360.81
Roll Center Height 4.53
Roll Center Right 0
Roll Stiffness (ft-lbs/deg) 594.6
Anti Dive (%) 146.4

Upper Arm Length True/Front/Rear 10.42 10.43 14.26


Lower Arm Length True/Front/Rear 17.83 18.26 19.86
Spindle Length 12.88
Tie Rod Length 16.65
Front View Swing Arm Length 394.4
Side View Swing Arm Length 80.8
Total Roll Stiffness (ft-lbs/deg) 2552.3
Front Roll Couple (%) 76.7
Rear Roll Couple (%) 23.3
Roll Axis to Cg Moment Arm 14.29
Level Ground Roll Rate (deg/G) 1.28
Front Natural Frequency (cps) 1.55
Rear Natural Frequency (cps) 1.64

Source: Performance Trends Suspsnsion Analyzer v1.1

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