Hi All,
...and just so that you didn't think you had an original idea, here's the
skinny (that I think originally came from Jonmac a year or so ago)
GT6 cars have their fuel tank on the LHS. Obviously the cars were designed
by RHS thinking people. Given that often there is only one person in the
car (yes, the driver), a LHS car with a full tank would be decidedly
lopsided. Hence, LHS GT6 cars came with a 3/8" spacer plate, mounted above
the spring cap!!!
When I was restoring the vintage racer, I noticed I had a bunch of these in
a parts bin. The PR(previous racer) mounted a fuel cell toward the RHS
ofthe car, negating the need for the plate. Back to the original config, I
found that replacing the shim also took away an interference between the
tire (LHS only!) and bodywork.
Dave T
Winnipeg
-----Original Message-----
From: John Reynolds <jfreynolds@briefcase.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>;
PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>;
Mostrom.Paul@principal.com <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 9:08 AM
Subject: RE: car level
>
>Patrick,
>I cannot explain it, and the best frame shop cannot fix it.
>If you want the car to sit level, shim the front left
>spring tower 1/2". It works and you do not have to resort
>to jacking with the suspension rates a la air shocks.
> John Reynolds
>1979 Spitfire
>1968 BSA Spitfire
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mostrom, Paul
>Sent: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:13:27 -0500
>To: PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil, spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: car level
>
>
>
>Patrick,
>
>FWIW....
>
>When I first put air shocks on my '77 (after putting in a
>new rear spring),
>the car sat level for about two weeks. It then settled
>into the same left
>sided sag. It was only after putting in dual schrader
>valves and boosting
>the preasure in the left shock that I have been able to
>keep the car level.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Mostrom
>'77 Spitfire 1500
>> '80 Ford F-100 (Triumph Support Vehicle)
>>
>>
>'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bowen, Patrick A [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:01 AM
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: car level
>
>
>
>OK, this question has been asked a thousand times, but I
>can't figure it
>out. My car shows the typical drivers side tilt (about 1
>to 2" lower).
>Well by body is now off the car and the frame sits
>perfectly level! The
>frame is straight and the body has never been hit. The
>rear spring off the
>car measures out and appears to be in perfect shape. It
>has new gabriel air
>shocks on the back. I will dismantel the front suspension
>today and check
>its measurements. Is it possible that slightly worn
>bushings between the
>car and frame or in some parts of the suspension is causing
>this. What am I
>missing.
>
>Patrick Bowen
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