Having tried both the camber compensator and the swing-spring on my Mk1, I can truthfully say that the swing-spring leaves much to be desired. Apparently Triumph thought so too because after they tried it on early MkIV's, they lengthened the axles to drastically induce a lot of negative camber. I think that in itself did more to controlling the problems with the suspension than the swing-spring itself.
One additional thing that I have discovered is that by decreasing the roll stiffness, you get a huge amount of body roll that I find to be counter-productive. The camber compensator controlls the wheel tuck and makes the handling much nicer and most importantly, SAFER. While many people like the swing spring option, it will eventually end up with a sagging rear suspension due to the weaker springs that are used (fewer leaves). To get the full effect of the swing spring will require replacing the axles as well as the spring components and that starts to get into some really big bucks and makes the camber compensator a much more affordable option. Joe Curry ----- Original Message ----- From: "scotts junk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: [TR] spit suspension question > I have a bone stock 68 Mk3 Spit and would like, at some point, to upgrade the > suspension. Nothing radical, just enough to rein in the rear wheel jacking > and perhaps pick up a bit of grip. It will see predominantly street us with > perhaps an occasional forray onto the slalom course (just so the youngsters in > theirMR2s and WRXs have something to chuckle at). Here's what I've been > thinking of doing: 1)change front anti roll bar to late model 7/8"2)pick up a > swing spring for the rear. > Now here's the question: is it possible to swap the bottom (fixed)leaf on the > swing spring for the shorter bottom leaf taken from the its current spring, > allowing me to keep the axles that are on the car, or do I need to look for a > set of long axles to go with the swing spring? I'd like to keep it as simple > and inexpensive as possible. Have looked at adding a camber compensator, > butprefer the reduced rear roll stiffness of the swing spring and its > simplicity. > Comments please. > > cheers > Scott >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
