Todd, Your friend steered you wrong. The springs are the same width (length). The difference is that the later spring is a swing spring which causes the rear suspension to be less refined and allows the rear to have more body roll. The thing that makes the camber different on a Mk3 GT6 is the longer axles. So unless he also replaced those, the car's camber will not be appreciably changed.
The thing I recommend is to go back to the original spring and add the camber compensator to help prevent the wheel tuck that the swing spring was intended to do. The swing spring and the camber compensator are not compatible. Regards, Joe Curry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Bermudez Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 09:50 To: NASS Spitfire; Spitfire List Subject: [Spits] Rear spring GT6 Hi all, I've been in contact with the PO of our '67 GT6. Apparently he installed a MK3 GT6 spring in the rear. He said it was wider/longer so he had 1/4" spacers made to install at the diff. Apparently with the longer spring you'd have really bad camber(I'm guessing positive camber)? I don't know if that's correct or not? Also, I don't believe there is a bushing in the ends of the spring. Does there have to be? Also, if it's true and the spring is wider/longer, can I still use the camber compensator? I don't know how much longer it is? Oh and on the front springs. Who's a good source for uprated springs? Cheers, Todd Bermudez # 597 Cincinnati, OH '68 GT6 MK1 RHD [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
