Doug,
How are the Victoria British rear springs, any good? My Tiger needs
front springs and I think I might need the rear springs.
The MKII Tiger had the Panhard rod mounted on the frame opposite of
the MK1 Tiger. Apparently, it was mounted incorrectly on the MK1's
because British engines turn opposite to American engines. The Panhard
rod needs to counteract the torque of the engine transmitted through
the axle, so I've heard. MKIIs had traction bars installed direct from
the factory and this is the way to go to eliminate wheel hop. Dan
Walters makes a torque arm for Tigers that stops wheel hop but I don't
know how it works.
Jeff
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Subject: Rear suspention
Author: "D. Leithauser" <dleit@mintcity.com> at INTERNET
Date: 6/10/97 1:49 PM
I'm kinda new to this Tiger stuff, at least so far as having one that
actually is a decent looking, driveable car, as opposed to one that sits
around my yard/garage for 15 or so years. Anyway, now that the beast
drives, and autocrosses, I find that the rear axle hop is at least as bad
as I remember it from 15 years ago. My car has not had the panhard rod
connected at both ends any time that I have driven the car, and having it
connected at only one end did not seem effective so I removed it. I know
that this was supposed to have been engineered (cobbled up?) by the great
automotive guru Shelby, but the darn thing just does not look right. When
the car is setting level the panhard rod is far from level, forcing the
axle to move in much more of an arc than it should if the mounts were in
line. I suspect this is a lot of the reason that the mount pulled loose
from the frame. I understand that the factory LeMans cars had the mount
lowered 3", which would put the two mounts much more in line than the
normal production car.
Well enough rambling on about that. My real concern is rear axle hop on
hard acceleration and powering around corners. I've got new rear springs
ouy of Victoria British and Spax shocks with 185/60 13 yokahama 008's . it
sticks pretty good, but I'd really like to get the rear axle under control.
What are other people doing for this? I'd appreciate any ideas.
Thanks, Doug Leithauser
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anyone cared.
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