use the old trick from the seventies. install air shocks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>
To: <tym2@comcast.net>; "Tiger's List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] rear end height
>A couple of inches? Just for interest's sake, what wheel/tire combination
>are
> you running and what is the height above the pavement of the top of the
> rear
> wheel arch?
>
> Just this summer I increased the spacer thickness between the rear springs
> and
> the axle to lower the rear of the car another inch, and that went a long
> way
> towards curing understeer tendencies of the car. I have (I think) CAT
> springs
> and old Koni shocks in the rear. Front is Aldan single adjustable coilover
> shocks with 450 pound-per-inch springs.
>
> Cheers (and sympathy - we got about six inches of snow overnight),
> Theo
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
>> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of tym2@comcast.net
>> Sent: January 29, 2011 9:30 AM
>> To: Tiger's List
>> Subject: [Tigers] rear end height
>>
>> Tigers,
>>
>>
>> As I look outside and see more than 38" of snow, I'm thinking about
>> projects for the Tiger. As all of you know, the work is never done.
>> I am preparing to install new seats as well as an electronic
>> speedometer to go along with the change to the T5.
>>
>>
>> Since I did my car the rear end height is a couple of inches lower than
>> I would like it to be. If no one has a better idea I will probably just
>> fabricate some shackles that are longer to fit my needs. When I did the
>> car I used modified springs to cure wheel hop (I got them from either
>> Dale or Doug Jennings). The springs certainly cured
>> the wheel hop. The car now hooks up very nicely. Keeping it on the
>> ground and going straight is another story!
>>
>>
>> Any advice or help would be appreciated regarding raising the rear end
>> a few inches.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> Tym McDowell
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