As long as the moon is so big.........here comes my experienced opinion.
The only rationale for using a tube shock conversion on the front
of a Spridget would be if you were planning to do some off-road pro
rallying. Not because of damping ability, but as A means of strengthening
the upper and lower suspension attachments. There is no advantage to be
gained as far as damping is concerned. A poorly designed kit is actually
worse and less safe. There is no reason for rear tube adaptation. This was
fully discussed not long ago on the MGs list (and with apologies to
Mr.Hefner) check the archives. I'm sure you realize that not all changes
are upgrades.
Peter C
WFI... but realizing less than Mr. Black, I suspect.
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At 11:55 AM 10/17/2000, you wrote:
>This is a question for folks like Frank who have had tube shocks and have
>shifted back to lever shocks
>
>What do you feel are the pros and cons of such a conversion?
>
> I currently have good condition lever shocks, but have already installed
>the hard points to mount tube shocks. I would of course remove the valve
>cores from the lever shocks after mounting the tubes. I would have
>thought that modern gas shocks would be 'smarter' in response to different
>magnitude jolts. The kit I'm using is from WE Race Enterprises. The kit is
>from an old wreck, so I doubt the company is still around. The tube
>attaches to a post that is welded to a plate that mounts to the back side of
>the A pan in a position similar to the sway bar link mount on the front of
>the A pan. The upper mount is a bolt that passes through the wheel well
>sheet metal to go into a bent up tab on a thick steel plate that mounts on
>top of the existing lever shock and reaches toward the rear of the car far
>enough to bring the shock vertical. The shock ends up nearly vertical in
>side view, with an inward tilt of the top of the shock in front view.
>
>Thanks for the benefit of your experience. The $70 I'm about to sink into a
>couple of new gas tubes could be spent on the Morris if it is going to be
>wasted on an upgrade that isn't.
>
>Regards,
>Glen Byrns
>'59 bugeye
>'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
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