Hi, the extra half-leaf is only on the competition springs, no? I have a
set of Dales street springs I bought around four years ago and they don't
have this half-leaf.
Frank
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> From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com [mailto:TIGEROOTES@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:26 AM
> To: beamertwo@hotmail.com; alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rear Leaf Springs
>
>
> Rick,
> Dale used a small eye in front because it allows much
> less sideways
> movement compared to the original large eye. I left out one
> sentence (cut
> and pasted wrong). He has added an extra half-leaf from the
> center of the
> leaf spring, running forward, and it wraps around the main leaf. He
> accomplished two things this way: the main leaf cannot twist
> sideways, and
> the springs no longer try to wind-up like a sine wave
> (lengthwise) when under
> hard acceleration or braking. ( ~ ) It works well, and this
> one change
> dropped his lap times by over two seconds.
> Perhaps I am not familiar with the late Series 2 Alpine
> springs, however,
> I know they are considerably wider than those on a Series 1.
> That change was
> also made on the Series 2 Hillman Husky. I thought the
> change in width was
> the only real change made, with the exception on an extra
> leaf being used on
> all Tigers.
> Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
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