[Healeys] 100 +

[Henry Morrison]

C'mon, lots of 80 mph stuff in West Texas.   Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM


> From: fredcrowley at teamhealeytexas.com
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:10:14 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 +
>
> On my race '62 3000, at Texas World Speedway, I regularly get the car up to
> around 130 mph at the end of the start/finish straight. I've lowered the
> front end about 1 1/2 inches and the rear about 3/8", use competition
> springs up front and comp leaf springs in back (D. Welch). Rock solid
> (relatively speaking - it is an old english bus after all). Lowering the car
> looks good and has stabilized the car at speed, but of course this has only
> made ground clearance even worse. No problem at the track, but one needs to
> be more conscious of obstructions on the street. An obvious question to me
> tho', do y'all want to do a 100mph with a street car. Most speed limits top
> out @70 (75 in west Texas), so I would think that a little better stability
> over a 100 would be a non-issue at legal speeds (be aware of course that
> I've sucked up a lot of 110 octane fuel over the years so my perspective
> might be a tad different)????? Good tires and a solid suspension (good
> shocks, springs, alignment and camber) would probably give a better return
> than coping with a lower ground clearance.
>
> Y'all take care, eh?
> Fred
> a.k. Team Healey Texas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EDWARD ANDERSON
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:23 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 +
>
> I should have asked this when it was the hot topic of the week. I noticed
> that
> nearly everyone who had got their Healey over the ton had mentioned the too
> light front end except the one who got to 160 something. Anyone know what
> that
> person did to hold down front? The only thing I can think of that might
work
> would be a spoiler mounted on top of shroud in front of hood ( pref
> removeable
> ) so air pressure would hold front down. Yes-no?
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