On my race '62 3000, at Texas World Speedway, I regularly get the car up to
around 130 mph at the end of the start/finish straight. I've lowered the
front end about 1 1/2 inches and the rear about 3/8", use competition
springs up front and comp leaf springs in back (D. Welch). Rock solid
(relatively speaking - it is an old english bus after all). Lowering the car
looks good and has stabilized the car at speed, but of course this has only
made ground clearance even worse. No problem at the track, but one needs to
be more conscious of obstructions on the street. An obvious question to me
tho', do y'all want to do a 100mph with a street car. Most speed limits top
out @70 (75 in west Texas), so I would think that a little better stability
over a 100 would be a non-issue at legal speeds (be aware of course that
I've sucked up a lot of 110 octane fuel over the years so my perspective
might be a tad different)????? Good tires and a solid suspension (good
shocks, springs, alignment and camber) would probably give a better return
than coping with a lower ground clearance.
Y'all take care, eh?
Fred
a.k. Team Healey Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: EDWARD ANDERSON
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:23 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 +
I should have asked this when it was the hot topic of the week. I noticed
that
nearly everyone who had got their Healey over the ton had mentioned the too
light front end except the one who got to 160 something. Anyone know what
that
person did to hold down front? The only thing I can think of that might work
would be a spoiler mounted on top of shroud in front of hood ( pref
removeable
) so air pressure would hold front down. Yes-no?
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