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Re: Rear Shock Absorbers

To: TR3197@AOL.COM, n196x@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: Rear Shock Absorbers
From: "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:14:06
At 03:30 PM 9/16/98 EDT, TR3197@aol.com wrote:
>30 wt motorcycle front shock/fork oil is just what I put in the rear of the
>TR4. This was based on a recommendation I read somewhere a year ago.  

I had gone up to 50 weight fork oil in the past, without getting the
shocks stiff enough for my use.  Remember that my car is set up
strictly for autocross use and has seriously stiff leaf springs on
the rear.

>This is
>coupled with the use of a valve from the front lever shock of a MGB.

That's a neat trick; wish I'd known about it in the past.

John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu

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