Erin,
I've had a good set of lever arm shocks on my bugeye before and after
I used the Spax tele conversion from Mini Mania. As you might have
deduced by now, I took them off because a *good* set of armstrong shocks
actually worked better.
Why, well the mounting angle of the teles is way sub-optimal, also the
shocks acted as droop limiters. Max suspension travel way reduced by
about 1"
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Erin Matzen <sunflower@networksplus.net>
To: 'spridgets@autox.team.net' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, 14 March 1999 14:45
Subject: SPAX shock conversion
>Hi People,
>Well I put the Spax shock conversion kit on my Sprite to day and its
AWSOME! If it hadn't been for replacing the leaf springs the conversion kit
itself took about an hour to put on and it came with absolutely everything
we needed! I am very impressed, and I am very glad I switched! The new
leaf springs probably make a big difference too. Before I had all this
done, my lever shocks were shot, and my leaf springs were just about totally
flat and a piece had broken off already. Whenever I would go over even a
slight bump you could hear the bump stop hitting the underside of the body,
and if I was going down a generally bumpy road, it would clatter really bad.
BUT NO MORE! HAHA! I am sooooo happy. When I drove home I felt like I was
driving a little Ferrari or something!
>Erin
>1969 Austin Healey Sprite
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