[Healeys] End of a Season and Winter Handling Projects

David Nock healeydoc at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 24 11:08:26 MST 2009


Jim.  You do not want positive camber. You want negative camber, the  
Healey originally has to much positive camber.
This will give you some tire wear but the handling is much better

We have off set bushings available.





David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Nov 24, 2009, at 9:30 AM, James Sailer wrote:

> Bob,  Thanks.  Do you have words of wisdom/starting places for me  
> to get out
> positive camber? Any different alignment than standard?  My sway  
> bar has been
> switched out to be a large one.
>
>
>
> From: Bob Spidell
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:55 AM
> To: James Sailer
> Cc: Alan Seigrist ; Healey List
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] End of a Season and Winter Handling Projects
>
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------
> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
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