[Healeys] End of a Season and Winter Handling Projects

[Bob Spidell]

I've got 185/70H-15 Vredestein Sprint Classics on 6-inch sealed Dayton wires. The biggest effect on handling I got was from getting as much positive camber out as possible with offset bushings (my BJ8 had excessive pos. camber) and getting a good alignment. Turnins to corners became much more decisive and true instantly (I think the pos. camber was a holdover from when Healeys came with bias-ply tires). 

I put a larger (Addco) sway bar on, which keeps the car flatter in corners, but it increased the steering effort. Roller thrust bearings in the upper trunnions alleviated that problem. 

The Vreds are plenty sticky for my driving, last up to 30K miles and haven't given me any surprises (decent in the wet, too). 

I got behind a tuner boy on a windy mountain road the other day who wouldn't let me pass until he scared himself and/or his girlfriend made him pull over. 


bs 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sailer" <bj8Healey at msn.com> 
To: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>, "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:24:02 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] End of a Season and Winter Handling Projects 

Alan, 

Thanks. I have been considering minilites and different tires but being in 
the state Longstone is a stretch with the shipping. I am currently running 
a General tire, 165R15 86T, and run 30 lbs all around at the recommendation 
of the vendor (well known Healey/wire wheel supplier). 

Are there any stateside equivalents? 

James