Barrie:
The MGB GT V8 sat almost an inch higher than the regular four cylinder
car. At the front the cross member had the raised pads seen on rubber
bumper 4 cylinders to allow clearance for the early V8 oil pan (deeper
than the SD1 design).
At the rear of the car the spring front mountings were dropped,
effectively raising the rear ride height to match.
The 4.5" ground clearance sounds like it was under the middle muffler
which was about an inch larger in diameter than the 4 cylinder unit.
The higher ride height makes the car look a bit more "butch" but the
change in handling was criticized.
Your front height looks a tad low, but if your spring rates are where
you want them there is no problem with that.
I did a lot of research before writing up the vehicle height information
in the Performance section of the Moss catalog. I found that there was
an incredible range of heights from car to car. I ended up combining
current research from a number of mailing lists with inspections of
period photography to get a range of ride heights that give at least
some indication of the differences between available springs.
Kelvin Dodd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgb-v8@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@Autox.Team.Net]
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> Behalf Of Barrie Robinson
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 7:08 PM
> To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Springs
>
> Gurus,
>
> I need some advice on my MGB GT V8 (1970 body) ride height. My front
> measures 12.5" and rear 13" - from centre of hub to bottom of chrome
> trim. I measured the clearance to the bottom of the sill panel
> (lowest bodywork) and it is 5.5". The book says the GT V8 should
> have 4.5" clearance so am I high?....or do they measure to somewhere
> else like the exhaust ??? I have 185/70/14 tyres
>
> Regards
> Barrie
>
> Barrie Robinson
> (705) 721-9060
> http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
>
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