Hey, while I doubt that this is a new idea, has anyone ever tried
turning the front spindle assemblies upside down and putting them on the
opposite side of the car (left on right, and right on left). I wonder
if this would allow the front suspension to be lowered, while
maintaining the original amount of travel?
I'm sitting at a desk right now, nowhere near an MG, but my memory tells
me that the spindle normaly sits just below the halfway point of the
king-pin, and by turning it upside down, you could lower the car by
double the offset, and by putting it on the opposite side, the
bell-crank would be in the same orientation as before (albeit at a
different elevation).
I imagine that if this worked, it would have been done already, so what
am I forgetting? Are the bushing sizes different on the top and bottom?
Would this put the crank in a place where the tie-rod ends couldn't get
to it? Is my memory backwords, and would this actualy raise the car, or
is there no (or so small of an) offset that this isn't worth doing.
On a related note, has anyone tried cutting and welding their own
spindle assemblies to lower the suspension? Any problems or
difficulties encountered?
James J.
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