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Re: MGB sway bars (was Re: MGB vs TR7 as first...)

To: Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net>
Subject: Re: MGB sway bars (was Re: MGB vs TR7 as first...)
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 19:38:57 +0000
Keith Wheeler wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Truth be told, I don't have much experience in CB 'Bs, so
> I can't really compare the two.   My suspension also has
> some other changes besides the Hopkinson kit.  On the sway
> bar side, the only change I've made to that kit is I use
> harder front bushes.  I can (wet or dry, obviously easier
> in the wet) kick the tail out if I want, but it feels
> very progressive and straightening the car requires little
> more than a flick of the wrist.
> 
> But then this brings up an interesting question:  my RB 'B
> is currently a NB 'B (no bumpers), so I wonder if the lower
> polar moment of inertia could be a consideration in this?
> 
> -Keith Wheeler
> 
> Team Sanctuary                  http://www.teamsanctuary.com/
> 
> >
> >My RB V8 has the Ron Hopkinson kit and the rear cetainly breaks away much
> sooner
> >on wet roundabouts/rotarys than my CB roadster did.  When I upgraded the
> front
> >and rear springs on the roadster to RB types, mainly to improve wheel arch
> >clearance on the WW conversion, it did that plus greatly reduced roll and
> dive,
> >but also makes the rear looser in the wet.
> >
> >PaulH.
> >
> >
> >
> >Hmmm.  I wonder what the relative effects of your NB B riding higher (no 
>bumpers) is 
in relation to the loss of the pendulum at each and is?

I agree with you on the progressive oversteer and ease of control front (on 
both 
cars).  There is one particular roundabout/rotary in a corner of an industrial 
estate 
near us that I take my V8 round several times on a wet Sunday morning, purely 
in the 
interests of practising car control.  It was only after I had done this on 
several 
Sundays that I noticed that, although the factory that overlooked the 
roundabout was 
shut, there was a security guard in his office watching me.

Cheers,
PaulH.



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