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Re: [Mgs] lowering rubber bumper car

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] lowering rubber bumper car
From: Max Heim <mvheim@sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:00:28 -0800
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I can see how using cut-down springs, for example, could change the geometry. 
But what I am wondering is why one couldnâ??t just install the entire front 
suspension from a CB car, including the crossmember, thereby duplicating the 
ride height and geometry of the original design? I donâ??t believe the RB cars 
changed the tub or the attachment points of the crossmember, did they? Itâ??s 
possible that I donâ??t know what Iâ??m talking about, however â?? I have never 
had anything to do with RBs.

--
Max Heim
'66 MGB


> On Jan 31, 2024, at 12:28 AM, Paul Hunt <paulbhunt73@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Incidentally, watching a Richard Hammond's Workshop episode (a couple of 
> years old) last night where they took a lowered GT up Prescott and round a 
> hairpin there was a bang - just a demo run, not timed.  Opinion was it was 
> something to do with the rack as when lowered the steering arms are no longer 
> parallel to the ground.  That also causes bump steer.
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> On 30/01/2024 22:20, dcouncill wrote:
>> I don't think there is much to the process for the lowering itself. Several 
>> vendors sell kits with the blocks, springs, and associated parts such as 
>> Moss:
>> https://mossmotors.com/264-399-rubber-bumper-mgb-suspension-lowering-kit
>> Then it's just a matter of removal and replacement.
>> 
>> David Councill
>> 67 BGT, 64 B, 72B
>> 
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