9500CI owner

[ac4vette]

He thinks so! Haha, jk no thats from Jaws 5: Shark on Highway Patrol!

Did anybody else see that movie besides me and eric?

I guess it is just you, Eric and three others.

[YTCD]

I guess it is just you, Eric and three others.

Haha, yep!

[ac4vette]

Haha, yep!

[erickonphoenix]

I also love the C4, I had enough money to buy a early C5 or buy a ragged C4 and get it the way I wanted it.

The C4 just fits me better, they are not for the big tall guys, that is for sure.

Is that your daily driver vette in your sig?

It used to be until I retired it in June. Good daily driver though.
I'm glad you went with the C4, there are so many used C5s knockin around my part of town it's really getting obnoxious.

[MEM-TEK]

I thought they needed to be level?

They actually stick out past the edge of the front cover on the outside by a about 1/2 inch.
I wanted to move them back some, but it sounds like that may not be a good idea.

They are 30 1/2 inches from center to center. Is that two far apart?

Hi ac4vette,

The radar antenna, considering its low mounting location, should be mounted such that it is pitched up anywhere between 0 to 8 degrees. A 5 degree up angle would be ideal in my opinion. No more than 8 degrees though!

The shifters are approximately 30 inches apart. That is ideal! You mention that the shifters stick out past the edge of the front bumper by about 1/2 inch. That too sounds really good. You can move them back so that they are nearly flush with the front of the bumper, but don't recess them though. Normally you would want to mount the shifters so that they are level (no up or down pitch), but I recommended a 2 degree up angle since your shifters are mounted very low to the ground. I looked at some photos of corvettes like yours and then did some quick calculations based on the shifter's mounting height. It turns out that a 1 to 2 degree up angle would actually be ideal in my opinion.

I can't wait to see the finished installation pictures!

[ac4vette]

It used to be until I retired it in June. Good daily driver though.
I'm glad you went with the C4, there are so many used C5s knockin around my part of town it's really getting obnoxious.

So you are retired LE?

I am a old guy, got a bunch of friends in LE.

I have helped with a bit of training for some of the guys that just could not shoot.

I think the C4 is about to turn the corner, so many of them have been run into the ground and left to die.

Soon it will take the place on Corvette history that it belongs and the C5 will be the new C4, only the dedicated will drive a C4.

A stock C4 ZR1 can still hold it own against damn near anything built today.
I know of a couple that are real monsters, putting big numbers at the rear wheels.

Stock C4's with the Z51 package are still capable of 1 "G" or better, which is not bad.

[erickonphoenix]

So you are retired LE?

I am a old guy, got a bunch of friends in LE.

I have helped with a bit of training for some of the guys that just could not shoot.

I think the C4 is about to turn the corner, so many of them have been run into the ground and left to die.

Soon it will take the place on Corvette history that it belongs and the C5 will be the new C4, only the dedicated will drive a C4.

A stock C4 ZR1 can still hold it own against damn near anything built today.
I know of a couple that are real monsters, putting big numbers at the rear wheels.

Stock C4's with the Z51 package are still capable of 1 "G" or better, which is not bad.

lol, no I retired the corvette. I'm an advertising guy. The one in my sig was doctored up on photoshop to look like a cop car.

I always wanted a ZR1 but 70k was a bit much when I was 27. Frankly it's still a bit much.

[TSi+WRX]

The radar antenna, considering its low mounting location, should be mounted such that it is pitched up anywhere between 0 to 8 degrees. A 5 degree up angle would be ideal in my opinion. No more than 8 degrees though!

The shifters are approximately 30 inches apart. That is ideal! You mention that the shifters stick out past the edge of the front bumper by about 1/2 inch. That too sounds really good. You can move them back so that they are nearly flush with the front of the bumper, but don't recess them though. Normally you would want to mount the shifters so that they are level (no up or down pitch), but I recommended a 2 degree up angle since your shifters are mounted very low to the ground. I looked at some photos of corvettes like yours and then did some quick calculations based on the shifter's mounting height. It turns out that a 1 to 2 degree up angle would actually be ideal in my opinion.

I can't wait to see the finished installation pictures!

I don't know how I keep missing this thread! It's grown exponentially since my last response here!

In light of all that's been said, I simply say that I defer entirely to guys like djrams and MEM-TEK, when it comes to the details of the 9500ci.

My first thought at having seen the pictures of your ZR4 heads was that the angle might be too steep, but with MEM-TEK weighing-in with his Escort-specific expert opinion, I completely defer to his judgment and advice!

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My only concern for you, now, ac4vette, is the units being exposed to road-debris. They're low, but in remembering the configuration of the C4's nose, IIRC, they shouldn't be "dirt-scraping" low, per a similar mounting on, say, a C5 or C6, right? So maybe that is, in actuality, just fine.

My biggest concern would thus be the exposed wiring - the very unlikely event that they get hung-up on something.

Is there any good way that you can see, based on your years of automotive experience, to get them "snugged up" to either the bumper skin and/or the physical jammer and radar-antenna units, themselves?

I can't help but think that if we're all able to just sit down in your shop, together, that this entire thing would be solved, in, literally, minutes, based on all the combined experience in both countermeasures mounting/setup, as well as automotive experience, too.

[ac4vette]

Well, it is done.
That was a bigger job than I had originally thought it would be.
Pics and info to follow.