Barney wrote:
>
> On April 22nd at our MG club Spring Tune Up Day I had the car on the rack
> for an oil change and discovered that the 3/4 inch front anti-sway bar was
> broken clean through. This somehow made the April 8th results seem even
> more incredible.
>
> On May 12th I finally got around to installing the new 7/8 inch sway bar.
> Big job, long story, but it's done and it works.
>
Yep, agree wholeheartedly.
I actually got a little fright on my first lap (on cold tyres) with the new
7/8"
sway bar. I was told that it might introduce a little extra oversteer but
didn't
expect to disappear off the track on the first hairpin!
It only took me a few laps to really get used to the new handling and boy
didn't
it make a difference on those corners where previously I would be cocking one
leg
in the air and spinning it stupidly while it was up there.
Remember... to stay in my Class I am not allowed to have a limited slip diff,
so
the sway bar (and hence both rear wheels on the ground... more often) was
essential!!!
I have just noticed that they have relented and changed the supp regs for this
series and now I am allowed "one additional sway bar" so does this mean I can
put
in the panhard rod AT LONG LAST??
Hmmm, have I installed "one additional sway bar"???? Nahhh, surely I have just
increased the rigidity (teeth rattling when crossing railway lines) of the
existing sway bay?
Haven't I?????
Eric
'68MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia
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