[Fot] TR4 Suspension

[Charly Mitchel]

Gary, I had lowered my MGB years ago using blocks and felt the handling went
terrible.  I went to my local spring shop and talked to him about
rearching(or dearching) the rear springs and he recalled that when the MGB's
were new he had taken the main spring and flipped it over.  This takes the
eye of the spring and moves it from the top of the spring to the bottom of
the spring which in essence drops the car about 11/2" -2".  I did this about
10 years ago and haven't experienced any thing negative about it.  The
spring shop guy told me he could think of any reason why this would be a
problem.
The handling of the car is greatly improved with this modification.  I also
went to an earlier car front crossmember instead of shorter springs for the
front end.
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>
To: "Gary" <vintage.racer at comcast.net>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 Suspension


> Gary,
>     With a spacer in place,  it may be necessary to install "traction
bars"
> on the rear axle to prevent "spring windup" under hard braking. You might
be
> better off to have the arch of the springs adjusted by a spring shop to
> lower the car. A spacer between the spring and the axle gives the axle
> "leverage" agaiinst the spring as it reacts the the driving or braking
> "twist" of the tires against the pavement. The taller the spacer, the more
> leverage there is and the more likely to get axle hop under acceleration
or
> braking.
>
>                     Greg Solow
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary" <vintage.racer at comcast.net>
> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:37 PM
> Subject: [Fot] TR4 Suspension
>
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > Thanks to one and all for your suggestions on lowering the ride height
on
> > my
> > racin TR4.  I removed the spring spacer and reversed the lower A-arms on
> > one
> > side of the car and that dropped it down to a nice height.  Looking
> > forward to
> > completing the other side in the next couple of days.
> >
> > I'll then move to the rear suspension where I plan on using a spacer
> > between
> > the leaf spring and u-bolt securing plate (thanks Tony).  Realign the
> > front
> > end and we're ready for the next race.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > '62 TR4
> > '69 TR6
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