I'm upgrading to the swing spring and longer axles myself. Does anyone know what the changes were? If it was just longer flexible hoses then that's pretty easy - if there were changes to the steel li
** The changes WERE to the steel lines, as the flex hose length for both axle lengths are the same. You can however just get 1 inch longer lines and use those. That's what I did on my '72 when I swi
Now that I have had a chance to scan my messages more completely, I'll offer what I know about the longer axle replacement. It seems to me that you might encounter some clearance problems in the rea
Thanks Barry. I think I'll have to put it together and see how it drives before making many more changes. Did you have any tyre clearance problems at the rear with the longer axles? I'm wondering if
Joe - if you used the shorter axles I'm assuming you also used the shorter earlier spring. I was comparing the two different springs yesterday and I don't see exactly how the early leaf spring would
I changed to 165/13 tires on my stock '79 Spitfire back in 1981 and have regretted it ever since. If the road has the slightest dip or bump in it the tires scrape against the body. Why am I still reg