Hi Joe, Thanks for that helpful bit of info! I do like the idea of the camber compensator & plan on using it when I get everything back together. The reason for this exercise is blowing up the diff a while back so I'm gonna steal the diff out of our 67. That's why I noticed the spring...still had the sticker on it...figured it was new. Then I noticed the spacers. OK, so it's probably a swing spring for a '73 GT6. I don't mind goin' back to the current spring, but my issue is the serious negative camber on the driver side(right hand drive). I suspected it was due to a worn out spring? Are there uprated rear springs for a MK1? I want to make this car handle much better than it does now. New front springs & urethane bushings as well as stealing all 4 konis off the '67. Oh and apparently there's a spacer on the driver side on the front spring...to compensate for the driver? Is this true?
Cheers, Todd Bermudez #597 Cincinnati, OH '68 GT6 RHD --- Joe Curry <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [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
