I can't really see why you'd regret a tube shock conversion, unless it is
that the SPAX shocks are too stiff for your liking and adversely affect
the ride quality. The benefits of tube shocks over lever shocks are
(IMO): better rebound control; low maintenance (none); longer lasting;
much cheaper to replace. That said, I am using generic small car shocks,
not those fat heavy-duty performance-oriented SPAX shocks, and I find the
ride and handling perfectly acceptable. Then again, I've never driven a B
with SPAX, or one with decent (non-leaking) lever shocks, for that
matter, so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. But I think a stock B has
a reasonably supple and well-balanced suspension, and doesn't need
go-kart-like spring rates or massive antiroll bars to achieve good street
handling. From that I deduce that it doesn't need racing-tuned shock
absorbers, either. Rambling on further, I would suspect that the
combination of stiff shocks with relatively soft springing and antiroll
bars, and the high roll center of the RBB, might conceivably be an
unsatisfactory combination. I don't recall if the SPAX are adjustable; if
so, perhaps you might try them at their softest setting.
If you get the impression that I don't drive one of those lowered,
flared, airdammed, 2-liter, dual-DCOE street racer B's, well, you'd be
correct. But YMMV, FWIW, etc....
Enrique Claure had this to say:
>Hi list, when I started my project 77B I thought performance was first on
>my list. I changed the standard shocks in rear and front for the tube shock
>conversion. I am not so sure I did a good thing for my car. Can anybody
>with the same configuration comment on the pros and cons? thanks, Enrique
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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