[Healeys] Koni rear mount design vs Cape

[Alan Seigrist]

Al -

Putzke's rear kit requires no modifications and uses the existing
shock mounts.  Cape kit you have to drill up and reinforce the rear
seat shelf.

Alan


On 3/2/10, Al Fuller <al at bighealey.org> wrote:
> Steve:  you indicate below that if you had it to do over again, you would go
> with the Putzke shock conversion over the Cape kit.  Can you tell us what
> your thinking is on that score?
>
> Al Fuller
> al at bighealey.org
> '62 BT-7
> '65 BJ-8
> '85 Rx-7
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:57 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Koni rear mount design vs Cape
>
> I've had the Cape rear kit installed for several years and even though the
> bottom mounts were bent by the inclusion of too-short shocks, the top mount
> IMHO is a good design and shows no distortion whatever.
>
> The Cape kit is similiar to the Koni drawings except it replaces the two
> small lengths of angle steel with a full width piece approximately 3 ft
> long. For pictures, see:
> http://www.pbase.com/stevegerow/healey_rear_suspension
>
> However having said this if I had it to do over again I'd go with the Putzke
> kit.
> --
> Steve Gerow
> BN6 with tube shocks
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Alan

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