True, originally that was a concern of mine, but you don't know until you try...
They work and it's not too harsh, stiffer than my leaky lever shocks but that
was kind of the point. [;-)]
It doesn't apply here but I also made a kit for the front so I actually have
these shocks all the way around...
I have had them on mine for about three years. I looked through the book over
and over. The thing was I found many for cars more comparable in weight etc.
but
none that I could use because of length and the hole arrangement so it came
down
to the Vette shocks or none. This was the best solution for me, and thought it
would help someone else.
Max Heim wrote:
> Hmm, length is one thing, but it occurs to me that the weight and spring
> rates of the Corvette suspension would be considerably different than that
> of an MGB. I would wonder if that shock would just be too stiff for a B
> roadster. For comparison, the ones that came with my kit cross-listed with a
> VW squareback. Something to consider...
>
> on 4/29/02 6:42 PM, Chad Cooper at mgb72@airmail.net wrote:
>
>
>>I did this awhile ago and the best shock I found was a rear shock for a 1987
>>Corvette. I looked alot through all the books and this was the ideal length
>>shock for this application. Hopefully this message will save you some
>>research.
>>This shock had the best collapsed and extended lengths, I found many with
>>one or the other. Also this was the only one I found (proper length) that had
>>eyes at both ends instead of a threaded rod. Only one thing to mention about
>>your current plan, buy the shocks first and then make your upper plates, the
>>top
>>shock eye was larger than 1/2". Hope this helps, if you need anything else
>>just
>>ask.
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