I don't recall ever seeing a response to the following post. I too
suffer from tail droop - my '75 Spit, not me although I probably am
developing symptoms - so I'm interested in any comments about this
and the best way to fix the problem. I also vaguely recall reading
something about the front coils being longer to raise the front
bumper to satisfy some sort of safety regulation and that shorter
coils were available somewhere. Am I right about that? Forgive me for
stupid questions - the Spit is something new for me after years of
tinkering with 3's and 4's. Thanks for any comments/help, etc.
>Back in the mid '80s, my first Triumph was a '78 Spit. This car had the
>typical Spit swing spring tail droop. Local to me was a business called
>English Only (in Detroit) that sold a no-name brand coil over shock. He
>sold them for $95 per set as I recall (rather pricey back then) and it
>lifted the back end of the car right up.
>
>My '71 Spit bodied GT6 (retro fitted with a swing spring) has the droop
>and rather them getting the spring re-arched (again) I am looking into
>options. I understand that I can specify air shocks for say a mid '70s
>Corvette based on discussions on this list. Recently I had a brainstorm
>- those shocks with the booster coil springs must have been for a
>Corvette. I just tried JCWhitney - they have a listing for the air
>shocks but no listing for the coil over shocks for the Corvette.
>
>Anyone else familiar with a coil over shock that would act as a booster
>spring (not replace the swing spring)? Is there another reasonably
>common vehicle that uses the same shock as the Spit? Anyone out there
>using or have used air shocks on a Spit - how do/did you like them, what
>was the vehicle handling like? Currently I have Konis in the rear and
>Spax in the front - although I am not certain that I am perceptive
>enough to adjust the shocks. I do know that I need to raise the back
>end of my vehicle and that I currently end up on the suspension stops
>(in the rear) more than I care to.
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