<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Kevin -</div><div><br></div><div>I have the springs on my Spitfire from an earlier era (1970) and have not had a problem. I have adjustable shocks set at Full Soft.</div><div><br></div><div>The earlier springs lowered the nose back down to pre-1974 ride height. Triumph put a larger spring on the front to raise the ride height to meet Federal Ride Height Standards.</div><div><br></div><div>The internet (Facebook in particular) is generally a wealth of misinformation.</div><div><br></div><div>Have you looked at the Triumph Experience Forum and/or the Spitfire and GT6 webpage?</div><div><br></div><div>Within the WPTA, you have a wealth of knowledge in one Gary Fredo who has had numerous Spitfires over the years. Gary and I both worked on your Spitfire sometime in 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me look thru my notes, and I will follow up with you on the shocks that I installed on my Spitfire. </div><div><br></div><div>Give me a day or two.</div><div><br></div><div>Larry Ross</div><div>(412) 780-8495 - mobile</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 1:53 PM Kevin Dadey via Wpta <<a href="mailto:wpta@autox.team.net">wpta@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div dir="ltr">Hello again,</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks all for help on my previous issue with the leaky differential. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Now I need your expert advice about the front suspension for my 1976 Spitfire. I was advised soon after purchasing this car in 2018, that shorter front springs would help lower the nose of my car. It bothered me considerably until last year when I started to address the issue. First I purchased the shorter springs and a new set of stock shocks from Moss. I did not feel confident doing this job myself, nor did my friend, Jeff, "The Triumph Whisperer", who regularly assists me with my Spitfire projects. So, our local and very trustworthy mechanic said he'd do the work. The initial result was that the car sat far too low. He advised me to get a set of adjustable shocks. He installed them also but again I was bottoming out on our lovely Pittsburgh area roads. I took it back for adjustment. The result is shown in the photos - Springs 1a and Springs 1b. Now the ride was very hard and the car would regularly make a bang sound when driving over a small ridge or hole in the pavement. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Next, I posted these 2 photos on Facebook. Maybe some of you saw them. Of course there was unanimous criticism of my mechanic's work. Some even said that these new, shorter springs are shot. Probably junk in the first place. The advice what to do next is a bit varied. Some said just adjust the shocks creating more space between the coils. The other photo shows this setup using Gaz shocks also. I've been advised by one of those Facebook commenters also to purchase stock springs since the shorter ones were for earlier and lighter cars. I'd like to know what you think. I'm certainly prepared to purchase the correct set of springs but I'm hoping that these new Gaz shocks can still be used.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you again.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kevin </div><div><br></div></div><div id="m_8456654726041413730ydp826937deyahoo_quoted_8545010038"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div><div id="m_8456654726041413730ydp826937deyiv8938764013"><div><br><div id="m_8456654726041413730ydp826937deyiv8938764013ymail_android_signature"><a id="m_8456654726041413730ydp826937deyiv8938764013ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer</a></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:wpta@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wpta@autox.team.net</a><br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br><a href="http://www.wptriumph.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wptriumph.org</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/wpta/kevindadey@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/wpta/kevindadey@yahoo.com</a><br><br><br></div>
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