you're right we are not all racing vintage. I sometimes forget that. I am
interested in your progress. the only changes I made to my TR4 front
suspension are better shocks, roll bar and negative camber.
bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'stutzman'" <stutzman@adelphia.net>; "David Wingett" <elkhorn@core.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: Suspension Thoughts
> Not many organizations would. What I'm really up to is building a set of
> fundamentally stock-looking modifications that dramatically improve
> handling. I suspect Hardy had a thoroughly non-stock front
> suspension--we're not all racing vintage. Every so often I remind myself
> that Peyote would be mid pack at most SCCA sports racer meets just as it
> is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stutzman [mailto:stutzman@adelphia.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: David Wingett
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Suspension Thoughts
>
>
> i didn't think svra allowed rod ends replacing standard parts in our
> suspensions. bruce
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Wingett" <elkhorn@core.com>
> To: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
> Cc: "Friend Of Triumph" <FOT@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:52 PM
> Subject: Suspension Thoughts
>
>
> > Bill
> > Do I remember you saying that you have the new 3D susp. program?
> > I
> have
> > been giving it some serious thought myself. Will it do the things you
> > expected?
> > I also use Aurora rod ends instead of bushings on the upper "A"
> > arms. Great for adjusting camber & caster.
> > Concerning the front trunnion. I have a set of uprights in the
> shop
> now
> > having them checked out. My thought is this. Don't use the
> > trunnion!! I
> can
> > turn the threaded bottom down to 3/4" and thread it for a 3/4 x16
> > crown
> nut.
> > Now we can make lower arms with Aurora rod endsin place of the
> > trunnion. Hoerr Racing, Coleman, Howe, Port City...There are a lot of
> shops that can
> > build safe lower "A" arm to any length needed. That's the trick,
> having
> the
> > program to do the geometry.
> > Your thoughts?
> > David Wingett
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