In a message dated 7/5/2005 12:50:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Steven.Rizzo@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL writes:
How many of you have modified your Healeys with the Bilstien gas shock
conversion? AND what do you think - was it worth the trouble and money?
All I have heard on the conversion so far is that it greatly enhances the
road handling ability of the big Healey.
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Steve--
I bought a pair at a good discount as a result of a Conclave 2003 gift
certificate but in any case they are expensive. I like mine, though I have
done a
number of other suspension modifications and it is hard to isolate the effect
of any one element. The biggest improvement I noticed from the Bilsteins is
that the car is much less susceptible to "bump-steer" when turning fast on
irregular surfaces, probably because the tubulars have more take-up than do the
levers.
Pleased--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
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