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1. Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:48:14 -0800; What experience do folks have with tube shock conversions? Are there any kits that work especially well? Will these kits work with higher end shocks like konis? Larry -- I've found something worse th; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00527.html (7,681 bytes)
2. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:56:27 -0800; The high-end kits seem to come with SPAX. The low-end kit I have (Wheelwright, no longer available) came with no-name Brazilian shocks. There is no reason you couldn't use Konis if you can find ones; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00528.html (8,152 bytes)
3. RE: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:13:33 -0800; I was talking to Lawrie yesterday about this subject. These are my 2 pennies worth. 1. The original shocks work pretty durn good for most street use. 2. Tube shocks are easy to fit on the rear, and; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00529.html (9,829 bytes)
4. RE: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:50:13 -0800; It's been nice knowing you. Increasing spring rate, or loading will result in underdamping. Track use will require an increase in spring rate and damping due to an increase in loading. You know that; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00540.html (11,446 bytes)
5. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "james" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:57:59 -0500; The spax are a high end adjustable shock. I would say that the spax kit is the best designed of the kits I've seen. The fronts are pretty similar as I recall, but the spax rear kit includes a new pla; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00554.html (8,324 bytes)
6. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "james" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:27:41 -0500; More snip then write... Larry and I have both built them based on the same basic design, will discuss in detail if interested. The last set I saw was for more of the strut type shock and it had a kno; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00558.html (8,512 bytes)
7. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:08:15 -0000; IME Spax are only acceptable for road use on their softest setting. They are much more expensive than getting an exchange replacement for the lever-arm, which I can get for about UKP12 each as oppose; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00567.html (8,060 bytes)
8. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:17:44 -0500; This is the suspension set-up for my autocrossing (and road) '74 B-GT: - 1" lowered rear springs from Moss - Uprated shock valves (in fresh rebuilt lever shocks) - Doug Jackson panhard rod - new gen; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00571.html (9,405 bytes)
9. Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:58:44 EST; Koni struts adjust through a central shaft, but the normal shocks have to be fully compressed to adjust - but how often would one be doing that anyway - doesn't seem to be much of an issue to me. Nea; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00581.html (8,327 bytes)
10. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "james" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:43:04 -0500; I put the #550 springs in my '71 GT. The fronts went down exactly 1" the rears however did not. I talked to kelvin about this and he said they have real problems with all of their rear springs being; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00587.html (10,351 bytes)
11. Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: MG1935@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 22:47:09 -0400; I recently read somewhere, in one of the many newsletters I receive as a newsletter editor myself, a horror story of poor quality tube shock conversions for the MGB. The author claimed that he discov; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00417.html (6,750 bytes)
12. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: "Gary R. Burrell" <burrelgr@tuns.ca>; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 09:40:20 +0100; The subject of tube shock conversions was mentioned in the MGB Driver a couple of months back. If you look at any of these kits they all have the same basic design (Unless your talking coil over spri; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00426.html (8,970 bytes)
13. Re: Tube shock conversions (score: 1): Author: Bill Lattimer <m22@primenet.com>; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 16:35:53 -0500 (CDT); Not all kits have the two bolt architecure; my SPAX kit has a bracket/spacer arrangement that connects to an additional bolt. I'd agree that the bolts do loosen, but the article in question was ludic; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00434.html (6,796 bytes)

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