It's been suggested enough times now that I'm awake and paying attention,
that I need to lower the rear of my 73 MGB. I'm doing a lot of breaking
one wheel loose in turns, and can't afford a Quaife limited slip at the
moment (sigh).
The current situation:
Front: 3/4" anti-sway bar, V8 bushings, delrin anti-sway bar bushings,
25% uprated springs (lowers front 1", supposedly), stock lever
shocks (fresh rebuild)
Rear: MGB-GT springs, stock lever shocks (fresh rebuild). The GT springs
are about 11% stiffer than stock, but do raise the car 1/2" or so
above normal.
I'm pretty tight on funds (just got a roll bar put in Sunday) and would
like to cheap out, but not waste my money. Here are my options as I see
them:
1) For $65 there is a rear leaf spring lowering kit, which basically
consists of spacer blocks and longer U bolts. This is designed to lower
the rubber bumper models 1.25". Would this actually do anything except
"raise the axle" relative to the leaf spring?
2) For 2 @ $85 I can get 25% uprated leaf springs which also lower the
car about 1". This is perhaps what I should have done in the first
place, but I got expert advice to the contrary. At this point I have 2 6
month old GT leaf springs for sale.
3) For an additional 2 @ $70 I can get %30 uprated lever shocks "as long as
I'm in there". I still don't quite understand how shocks would affect my
problem, or whether 30% is a significant amount. Also, I'd then have 1
month old rebuilt rear levers for sale. Or, for 2 @ $21 I can uprate my
shock valves (hmm!) 25%. Again, is this a significant change?
4) Then there is the nutty go for broke (and I do mean broke) option of
new uprated leaf springs AND the tube shock conversion. People are
always amazed when they find I still have lever shocks and run in DSP,
but like I said, I don't grok the shock, Spock. This option gets on the
nasty side of $250 for the rear and $345 for the front.
Thanks in advance for any input!
John M. Trindle | jtrindle@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
'73 MGB DSP | '69 Spitfire E Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
Home Page: http://www.widomaker.com/~trindle
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