Hi Bill,
I have several MGA shocks that I would be happy to use as a donor to
help your cause. Is that front or rear?
Anyone know if the Healey valves are the same as MGA valves?
Talk about a detaily question, thats got to be right up there with the most
unusual, sorry.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Damper settings
> To the racers among us, or anyone else who might want to chip in:
>
> I have a couple of Armstrong lever arm dampers (easier to type than "shock
> absorbers") that I need to send out for a rebuild. I was told they had
> heavy duty damping, so I pulled the valves out and one spring set seems to
> be a lot heavier than the other. The small spring (rebound I think) has
> seven coils of spring in a heavier wire than the other which has nine
> coils. The larger springs have the same number of coils, but the heavy set
> is a much larger wire. From this examination I think I have one normal
> damper and one heavy.
>
> My question(s):
>
>>From experience, what does the heavy valving mean for performance, and
>>ride
> comfort?
>
> Has anyone who has used them had any problems with the added suspension
> loads damaging the chassis mounting points?
>
> Does anyone recommend them for road use and if so does anyone have one
> spare valve laying around in the way, and if not does anyone need one?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Lawrence
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