All of this brings up a couple of questions, one of which I probably should
have asked earlier but hadn't thought about.
1. How does the addco bar attach? I'm planning on putting this on my 71 V8
that did not have a factory rear bar.
2. One lister said that a rear bar on a car with an open diff will lift the
inside rear wheel and that is why he no longer uses his. Any thoughts?
Right now I have a 3/4 front bar and no rear bar. I am lifting the inside
front wheel under heavy cornering in auto-x use, and the car is pushing more
than I like. I have a spreadsheet that calculates weight transfer, etc and
it would appear that my best bet is to go back to the stock front bar and no
rear bar. However, the spreadsheet cannot take into account chassis and
bushing flex. Does anyone have any practical experience with what roll bar
combinations work for race use?
Thanks.
James Nazarian
71 MGBGT V8
71 MGB Tourer
87 BMW 325es
-----Original Message-----
From: ptegler@cablespeed.com [mailto:ptegler@cablespeed.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:06 AM
To: Paul Hunt; James Nazarian; mgs; v8
Subject: Re: Rear stabilizer bars
The kit I have (mfr unknown?) has four rubber bushes on a vertical riser
that attaches to the u-bolt plate. The bar can rise and fall a bit without
the bar even coming into play (if so desired..you adjust) Normal pivot
brackets are bolted t othe underside and the ends ride on these vertical
links.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>; "v8"
<mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: Rear stabilizer bars
> Which rear kit is that - the factory bar used on later cars or the
> after-market one? It sounds like the Ron Hopkinson kit and I have had a
lot
> of problems with that. The factory bar uses a proper joint between the
bar
> and the drop-links such that the axle was free to rise and fall - as long
as
> both sides were rising and falling an equal amount. The RH kit uses a
much
> simpler arrangement with a pin in a rubber bush that is being bent back
and
> fore as the axle rises and falls. The original on mine lasted for many
> years and over 70k and the pins only broke when corrosion had reduced
their
> thickness. One of the replacements broke in less than 100 miles and *its*
> replacement even quicker. Complaining to Moss UK (the agents for the RH
kit)
> they said they couldn't see how the thing ever worked properly in the
first
> place but washed their hands of any further responsibility. After that I
> modified the drop-links and rubber bushes slightly and since then it seems
> to have been OK for the last 2k or so, but if they break again I shall be
> junking it. They also supply hard yellow poly bushes as an alternative to
> the rubber and with those I doubt you would get round the first bend.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
> To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>; "v8" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:59 AM
> Subject: Rear stabilizer bars
>
>
> > The other day, I tried to order the Moss handling kit that consists of
7/8
> > front stabilizer bar and 5/8 rear bar with installation hardware...
>
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