True, my experience is based in my swing-spring MK IV.
Doug
At 10:56 PM 1/4/2006 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>Doug,
>I am assuming that your comments are mostly regarding later cars. The early
>fixed spring cars don't have a spring sag problem. And with the shorter
>axles, if you have gas charged shocks, the change in camber is more of a
>problem because the later long axle cars have an exagerated negative camger to
>begin with and bringing the camber to a more neutral position appears to help.
>
>The other issue is that the later cars were heavier and therefore the weight
>resistance to the gas charged shocks tends to offest the charge to a greater
>degree than the earlier lighter cars.
>
>My comments are limited to the early short axle cars and are made entirely
>from experience. I tried KYB shocks on a Mk1 and a Mk2 Spit and had the same
>problem both times. I ended up selling the rear shocks to the owner of a 1500
>and they worked just fine.
>
>Regards,
>Joe
>----- Original Message ----- From: <doug@dougbraun.com>
>To: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; "David Mayer" <celiracer81@hotmail.com>;
><spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:48 PM
>Subject: Re: Suspension question and more...
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