Dean
My Bugeye is lowered between an inch and an inch and 1/2 in the front and I
intend to go back to stock height when I get around to it. Last Sunday
driving through a shopping center parking lot, I drug the exhaust on every
speed bump. I cannot back into my garage without laying out boards because
the front exhaust mount hits the edge of the lip on the garage floor. I vote
for stock height for any street Spridget other than the rubber bumper cars. I
should add that I also have a header that makes the pipe a little lower than a
stock header would. I would go with the polyurethane bushings though.
Larry Miller
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From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net on behalf of Dean Meyer
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 6:59 PM
To: Spridget List
Subject: Suspension tricks
OK kids, here's the million dollar question. I am about to order some
new suspension bits for the Big Block. I need your help in deciding if I
should stick with stock coils and leafs or go with the uprated and
lowered 1" ones. Keep in mind I will have a 95BHP Swiftune Sports Tourer
coupled to a Nissan 5 speed. I have front and rear sway bars, will have
the Frontline Koni front shock conversion and Special Tuning Armstrong
adjustable rear shocks. I plan on replacing all the rubber bits with
polyurethane.
I don't mind a hard ride, the car will be used for fast road and not
racing. I live in a very bumpy, ill maintained network of country roads.
I haven't flattened the exhaust on the Woody yet, but it's only 1 1/4"
in diameter!
What's the verdict?
Dean Meyer
1964 Morris Mini Minor Traveller "Wanna see my woody?" - (The last spin
of the year on Saturday.)
1966 Austin-Healey 3000 MK III "The moneypit from Vegas" - (Now
sealed in an Andy Warhol time capsule and buried in the yard)
1967 Austin-Healey Sprite MK III "The big block" - (95 BHP Swiftune
Sports Tourer on the way from Longs Corner Farm!)
1974 Land Rover Series III 88" "Kinabalu" - (Waiting for a tranny)
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