Lift Kits

The SL-C is a low car, and approach angle is compromised by a fairly long front end ahead of the front axle. All that leads to ground-clearance issues. The solution? Lift up the front of the car!

There are two ways this is typically done: the older RamLift Pro unit, which uses a small hydraulic pump to expandable “cups” mounted over the shocks. This system can raise and lower the front end of the car on command. Most SLCs with the InfinityBox harness have a switch and wiring built-in for this approach. These are available from www.ramliftpro.com .

The second is an air-lift system that uses an air pump (and an optional tank) to lift the front end using air, and similar-in-concept cups under the springs. This kit is available from Stanceparts. Be sure to order the kit with the 16mm shaft openings in the cups— measure yours to be sure, though!

Tips

If you are using the RamliftPro system and experiencing mysterious leakage, check all your hose connections first, obviously. If they hold under pressure, be sure the unpressurized line from the reservoir to the pump is the right kind- use only the hose supplied with the kit or equivalent as standard hoses will always develop a slow, seeping leak that is hard to find.

If all that fails, be sure you have the filter screen installed in the fill opening of the reservoir. Builder Rob Mesa discovered that fluid can leak out of the vent in the cap under some circumstances. Here’s how he described the problem and solution:

Challenge - Many of us have come to be frustrated a what appears to be a leaking RamliftPro pump. Many have tightened, sealed and rechecked all fittings multiple times only to have the same result - a perpetually 'wet' pump and hoses, or worse. Well, there may be a cure, at least there is a solution to my version of the problem, Hopefully this will be a cure for you as well.

Cause - In my case it was (finally) discovered that when lowering the car the stream of fluid returning from the lift pucks through the reservoir would shoot directly at the cap. This would happen with such volume and velocity that the cap would become continuously 'flooded' (regardless of fluid level). This in turn would 'block' the vent hole in the cap with fluid, and since the reservoir had to vent, the only thing it could vent was fluid.

Effect - I kid you not, (at its recent worst) there was a 3 inch stream of fluid coming from the top of the reservoir cap every time I lowered the car. Since my lift pump is normally completely sealed off from prying eyes, it took quite some time to realize the cause.

Solution - Tilton has a filter screen available for the standard reservoir shipped with the RamPro Lift. The filter to my knowledge is not included with the lift system. The filter has a solid bottom to it, and the bottom should deflect the stream of fluid from reaching the cap. In my case, I only had a Wilwood filter available, so in my haste to see if this would in fact work I adapted it to fit the Tilton part.

Result - The filter deflects the fluid as anticipated and I finally have a completely dry floor and pump assembly on the passenger side of my car (my lift pump is in the front of the passenger footbox).