ground clearance is all I can think of.
exhaust pip scraping...
don't forget you need to lower the front end as well
you'll also need to change the bump stops
and check straps
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; wizardz@maxinter.net
<wizardz@maxinter.net>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: Spring question
>So, this all leads to my next question which is...
>Is it possible to install chrome bumper springs in a rubber bumper car ?
>If so, what are the pro's and con's ?
>
>>===== Original Message From wizardz@maxinter.net =====
>>close Jason but not quite...
>> the 7/6 leaf count is
>>split between the roadsters and the GT's
>>6 - roadster 7 on the GT's (extra weight)
>>the RB CB model years have different lengths for the
>>individual leafs as well as different curves.
>>
>>Paul Tegler
>>Twin 73' MGB GTs YB and OB
>>YB born 8/72 (Primrose Yellow) Yellow BGT
>>OB born 1/73 (Blaze Red) Orange BGT
>>email: wizardz@maxinter.net
>>http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>To: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>; MG Mail list
<mgs@autox.team.net>
>>Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 2:47 PM
>>Subject: RE: Spring question
>>
>>
>>There's a great deal of difference.
>>
>>1) Rubber bumber rear springs have 7 leaves. Chrome bumber cars only
have
>>6.
>>
>>2) Rubber bumber cars have a steeper arch in the spring, resulting in a
>>higher ride height.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>=J=
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what if any difference there is between the rear
>>> spring of a
>>> chrome bumper MGB and that of a rubber bumper MGB ?
>>>
>>>
>
>
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