and what does all this do to suspension components like cracking the
front member ?
Stiffer front springs, wider wheels and stiffer shocks on the front of
Tigers causes the cross member to crack around upper suspension
mounts. Also, lower fulcrum pins have broken on some cars. Most of
the structural failures are blamed on stiffened suspensions, added
weight of v8 and the wrong Ackerman steering angles on Tigers.
Alpines don't seem to have this problem, although yours has a v6
engine with more power and weight so there might be a concern there.
Jeff
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Subject: Front Spindles for Series IV,V, and Tiger and Front springs
Author: HERBEAM(at)aol.com at INTERNET
Date: 8/15/97 1:12 PM
Hey Gang,
I came across a set of front spindles at Smitty's (but there are no
more) that came off a Minx/Rapier. They are identical to subj spindles except
the axle is dropped 1". Sorta like those spindles you can buy to lower mini
trucks ! Well, I installed them on a IV and found out that in addition to
lowering the car it also added precious space for wheel clearance above the
upper ball joint . It appears that with the added space there some deep 15"or
16" rims could actually rotate over the ball joint. Old Rapiers and Minx's had
15" rims and maybe thats why the spindles are the way they are.
Anyway, I'm looking for more and I'm sure there are others out there that
would love to get their hands on some. I will try to pick up some in England
in Sept. The spindles were stamped w/: 1990445 17230(ls) 327(rs) &
engcg56-s4js8.
Springs: I purchased a set of 335 tiger springs from the cat club for
my V6/Auto and the car sits lower now than with stock alpine springs. The
car suspension is firmer but not as firm as I'd like it. Does anybody else
make stronger springs ?
Rear Springs: Saw a pair of aftermarket rear springs for a jeep at the
off road warehouse that were 36" eye to eye. The orignal springs on the car
are about 42" eye to eye . What I would like to do to lower the car instead
of using lowering blocks that increase susceptability to wheelhop is to
relocate the front spring perch higher in the frame and more towards the
rear. That would also help zero out the angle of inclination of the rear
spring which adversely affects the handling. I was reading in the old tiger
tips where one owner increased the length of the rear shackles to make the
spring parralel with the ground and he said it improved rear end manners
immensely.
Anybody out there experienced or like to comment of using shorter springs and
moving perches to lower and improve the angle?
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