Hamish Racing
Jedi Knight
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Hi Folks
As some of you know, I do uk sprints and hill climbs in the TR Register club championships.
Very amateur car and driver and apart from complex engine and gearbox stuff I do all the spannering myself.
couple of years ago i firmed up the front end with uprated springs and anti roll or sway bar. But I always thought it sat too high and was too stiff. Whilst last year was a good one. I decided to try and lower the car and add a rear axle brace as I use tyres that are just too wide and sticky - that triumph never dreamed of.
I have made longer rear spring shackles that have been braced with a spacer tube.
serviced the shocks and used SAE68 oil about 25wt.
The front uses high rate springs with thick poly isolators and the Ali spacer removed.
It looks lower and I actually feel it has free’d up the suspension as I now think it was at full stretch and was doing very little.
Is it a performance improvement?
Is it too low? ( especially when I fit the low profile competition tyres ?
We will see.
Some pics for your enjoyment.
( sorry but I don’t know how to embed the pics only add them ass attachments)
As some of you know, I do uk sprints and hill climbs in the TR Register club championships.
Very amateur car and driver and apart from complex engine and gearbox stuff I do all the spannering myself.
couple of years ago i firmed up the front end with uprated springs and anti roll or sway bar. But I always thought it sat too high and was too stiff. Whilst last year was a good one. I decided to try and lower the car and add a rear axle brace as I use tyres that are just too wide and sticky - that triumph never dreamed of.
I have made longer rear spring shackles that have been braced with a spacer tube.
serviced the shocks and used SAE68 oil about 25wt.
The front uses high rate springs with thick poly isolators and the Ali spacer removed.
It looks lower and I actually feel it has free’d up the suspension as I now think it was at full stretch and was doing very little.
Is it a performance improvement?
Is it too low? ( especially when I fit the low profile competition tyres ?
We will see.
Some pics for your enjoyment.
( sorry but I don’t know how to embed the pics only add them ass attachments)
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