[Mgs] Stock ground clearance?

Frank P. Marrone itswonderful at comcast.net
Mon Sep 28 20:33:59 MDT 2009


Hmmm, well it looks like what I have is almost 2-3/4" below the frame rail
reference I mentioned.  Is this within the norm?

Frank


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Norm
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:06 PM
> To: MG Digest
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Stock ground clearance?
> 
> "It looks like it hangs down too far to me."
> 
> Frank:
> 
> It's an MGB!  Drooping MGB exhaust systems were my bane for years -- on my
> brand new '65 (back when) up to my late '66.
> 
> Even Kyosho, when they made a 1:18 scale MGB, made the exhaust droopy.
> Now,
> that's attention to detail.
> 
> Seriously. you CAN work it to be higher.  But, then you run the risk of it
> hitting somewhere.  My last B, the '66, was lowered a lot for racing.
> Because I also used it as my daily driver, I tucked the exhaust up as far
> as
> I could.  Always had an annoying rumble from where it was hitting
> something.
> But, with a 2" Peco system, I could only do so much.
> 
> Norm


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