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1. Suspension (score: 1): Author: Zubrovka <zubrovka@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:39:42 -0600; Back in the 80's when I first got my MGB, I obtained a brochure from a company in California, I think it was called Dobi, that offered a complete performance suspension for the MGB. Springs, shocks,; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00479.html (7,602 bytes)
2. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:21:25 -0800; I havn't heard of them since that time. I bought Capri and MGB parts from them back in 85. I remember them well as the alloy valve cover for the B was porous and leaked like a seive. There are a num; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00484.html (8,595 bytes)
3. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Joe Short" <buster_balz@operamail.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:55:44 -0500; Another way to lower the front end without loss of travel is to swap the current front cross member for a CBB front cross member. The lowering kit in the rear does not truly impact travel. The shochs; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00501.html (10,158 bytes)
4. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:25:53 -0800; Joe has a point, but converting to a CBB front cross member is not a simple The best way to lower the car is to duplicate the CBB car. Swap the front crossmember. Modify the steering shaft to align w; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00508.html (8,707 bytes)
5. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Maynard Hirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:11:40 -0600; Food for thought: When MG went to rubber bumpers, they lowered the engine in an attempt to get the CG as low as possible. If this is the case, wouldn't a lowered RBB have a lower CG than a CBB? Mayna; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00537.html (7,604 bytes)
6. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:36:41 -0800 (PST); Really?? I have never heard this before... How much was it lowered? Maynard sez - == Dan DiBiase Dayton, NJ '76 MGB Tourer (Driver) '65 MGB Tourer (Project) NAMGBR #5-2328 Yahoo! Sports - live colleg; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00539.html (7,810 bytes)
7. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:40:47 -0800; I've never heard this before. How did they go about doing that? I don't see how they could have lowered it much -- the lower pulley only clears the steering rack by an inch or less. -- Max Heim '66 M; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00540.html (8,021 bytes)
8. FW: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:01:50 -0800; Sorry Maynard, I gotta call you on this. What are your sources for this My understanding, which may be erroneous, is that the front cross member change was made to give improved clearance for the V8; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00541.html (8,879 bytes)
9. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Maynard Hirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:49:23 -0600; John Twist told me this at one of his tech sessions. Maynard Hirsch /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00557.html (7,459 bytes)
10. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "james" <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:58:49 -0700; Alright, lets give this a shot (with a lot of included assumptions). Lets pick some weights: Car: probably 2200# by the RBB years Engine/trans: 400# Unsprung weight (tires/wheels, kingpins, rear axle; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00578.html (8,903 bytes)
11. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:48:48 -0000; Some time after the RBs were introduced the engine mountings were changed on the 4-cylinder to commonise them with the V8, which may have had the effect of lowering the 4-cylinder engine. But deliber; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00619.html (8,234 bytes)
12. RE: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Maynard Hirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:18:13 -0600; I was a little unclear when I said the engine was lowered. What MG did, (according to Tom Josefek of British Motor Classics) was that they kept the engine at the orginal height when they raised the b; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00631.html (7,607 bytes)
13. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:30:37 -0800; This is an interesting thread from a trivia standpoint. So, they essentially raised the bodyshell 2 inches while keeping the motor at the same height relative to the ground plane? I can actually see; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00633.html (8,463 bytes)
14. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "brentschwartz" <brentschwartz@qwest.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:21:20 -0600; The Perverse theory is that it would have been too expensive to raise the motor along with the car so to save money BL just left it at the same height. They also considered leaving the seats and the; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00644.html (8,275 bytes)
15. Suspension (score: 1): Author: MGMagnette@aol.com; Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 18:10:57 EST; Any suggestions for removing those little tapered piins at the end of the suspension arms? John Elwood Visit The World's Greatest Site Devoted to Farina Magnettes: http://www.mgcars.org.uk/farina; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00064.html (6,265 bytes)
16. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:45:17 -0800; Simple! Slacken the nut till it reaches the end of the threads, position a bottle-jack under the nut, exert a slight upward pressure with the jack, position a hammer head on top of the arm as close t; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00068.html (7,063 bytes)
17. Suspension (score: 1): Author: "Eric L. Van Iderstine" <elv1@ra.MsState.Edu>; Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 18:32:25 -0500 (CDT); I'm new on this one, my story.... I bought a 74 (I love chrome bumpers) MGB from a student at U. Southern Miss who didn't want to tow it back North :) I (totaly) resored a 79 Spit with a friend last; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00336.html (7,903 bytes)

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