Yup. It's easy to build jackers into a TR3/4 lower spring plate, and
that's the easiest way to set ride height and corner weight. Put in the
bolts, jack to suit, take off the plate, measure the thread depth, take
out the bolts and stick in shims. I didn't bother making adjusters for the
rear springs, I just made three different shackle sets so I could swap
them around.
Unfortunately after I did the work I found out that Peyote is 50/50 by
50/50 front to back and diagonal with me standing in the seat. Apparently
Pat Starr new exactly what I weigh today when he restored the car 14 years
ago. Remarkable guy. Still, I used the jack screws to set the car flat so
I could baseline all the suspension measurements and set up the bump
steer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Kramer [mailto:rgk@flash.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:42 PM
To: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: TR 4, 4A, etc. FRont Spring Spacers]
FOT,
Somewhat related question. Our race group recently agreed to allow
threaded collar adjustable coil-overs on 240Z's and other cars with 1972
rules. The 240Z guys proved that BRE and Sharp were making these and
fitting them under the spring perch in the struts and that the SCCA made a
rule change around
1971 to allow for such a thing, albeit only on MacPherson Strut cars.
Nevertheless, it brings to mind that the idea of a threaded spring spacer
under the TR springs front and rear on a TR4A/6 would allow for some
corner weight suspension tuning. Of course, one would have to replace the
adjustable spacers with fixed units once the ideal settings were found to
maintain legality. Has anyone done this?
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "J M Wagner" <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: [Fwd: TR 4, 4A, etc. FRont Spring Spacers]
> I wasn't very descriptive... They're cast aluminum. I believe they
> came off a TR 4A parts car, but I don't remember.
>
> --Justin
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: TR 4, 4A, etc. FRont Spring Spacers
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:32:21 -0700
> From: J M Wagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> Reply-To: J M Wagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> To: Friends of Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
>
>
>
> Here's two aluminum spacers that raise the height of the front springs
> on a TR 4, etc. They're 5/8" thick.
> If you like your front springs, but don't like the ride height, maybe
> this is the cheap answer.
>
> $5.00 plus shipping.
>
> --Justin
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