For the type of driving and experimenting you are doing I strongly
> > suggest going with an adjustable shock unit.
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> Thanks for the advice. Can you refresh my memory as to which of the
> units are adjustable? I believe that you sell a spax unit which is.
The Spax are adjustable and are a specially short unit which allows the
OE shock brackets to be reversed and retained. Early Spax were longer and
required a dropped bracket. Point to note. On my race car I am running the 2"
drop reversed eye leaf springs. With these installed I had to dust the cobwebs
off a pair of the old Koni/Spax drop mountings to prevent the shocks from
hitting full compression.
Another point to note is that there is very limited exhaust clearance
on all tube shock conversions I've fitted. I routed the Paeco system I'm using
around the shock and then welded the system. On a side note we got pretty
downed out looking at MGB exhaust systems for the blower MGB. We think there
is enough demand for a domestic manufactured top of the line performance
exhaust for the B, so we are looking into having one fabbed and dynoed.
There may be some other brands of adjustable units out there, so be
open to other feedback. I've used the Spax for many years and have been very
happy with them.
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> Thanks. Are the shocks in you coil-over kit adjustable? The sale on
> your coil-over kit (actually on all large purchases) is driving my
> impending order.
The coil over kits are coming in with adjustable GAZ units, which are
pretty nifty.
There are some definite issues with the kits that we are not happy
about. 1. The spring is not installed on the shock. This requires either
someone really heavy leaning on the unit or some small spring compressors. 2.
We have run into a problem with the honing of the bush tubes not being
accurate. You hate to spend so much dough, then find that hand work is
required to install. Once all the finicky work is done they should work well,
but use lots of anti-seize as the steel bushes have a tendency to freeze on the
cross bars. I ran a set of the first generation coil overs on my 65 MGB and
loved them. I intend to use them on my V8 MGB, when that gets further along.
Hope this helps. Keep in mind that the coil over kit is a verboten
modification in many race groups.
Kelvin.
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