Taylor bright

This is soooo much faster and easier to use than the old site good work!

hi Clive i am taking into account the angle, however like i said it was just quick calculations based on assumptions such as the weight and measuring the front geometry by ratio on my monitor ill measure my spitfires motion ratio at work during the week and can give more accurate numbers if you would be interested in that :)

side note 250lb spring would be a good balance for a road car as by rough calculation(not measuring the car and just taking the gross weight and distribution of a standard 1500) should have a wheel frequency of about 1.5 hertz which makes for a solid road car 440 or 480lb spring would push you up to around 2 and 2.08 hertz which for a road car is about as high as you'd ever think of really wanting to go unless you had some serious extra weight to control, just my 2 cents as it were   

if the springs are too short then you can just make a spacer(if you have access to a lathe) to put onto the spring seat so that you can gain back the ride height

I've got nankang ns2r semis in 185/60 r13s only driven them once and they were grippy probably a bit dicey in the rain but I'm sure I'll find out this year I am running different wheels though, got John brown wheels d1's on it 

There was many mx5 seat varieties can hi show us which ones you have if it's the same as mine I'll send a photo of my slightly bodgy mounting if not someone else will probably be able to enlighten you

Sounds like we need to investigate, how much power we can shove through one.. For science reasons of course 

In terms of things I've personally done to mine, seats I've changed for mx5 seats just simply more comfortable and easy to get hold of.  The first engine was a near standard 1500 engine and was alright if in good condition then leave it. Efi will be the thing for my new engine but that's a rather different animal. If you're looking for a replacement to a rubber Bush you'll be looking at polyurethanes of which youll have different hardness compounds available, if going full blown race then you could change bushes for spherical bearings instead but unless only racing it's pretty unnecessary. I've heard of using a bigger battery and alternator and converting to ebay aluminium radiators if the current rad is old (ebay aluminium ones are often cheaper than rimmers or moss) electric fans are an option I have one from rimmers but I've heard from someone that an escort cosworth system fits very well 

Also the other question is how technical you want to go because you could run a nice dual spring set up and remove the anti roll bar if you wanted to go a bit over the top

If you have the corner weight and motion ratio i can work the perfect spring rate for you based on what you're going for 

Buy a bucket useful and cheap 

hey if those seats are still available and your a reasonably close difference i am more than happy to swap and i will even offer something towards you repairing the triumph seats

Hi Colin, yes that was the conrod eating it's way through the oil pump, no damage on the conrod or bolt though which is odd, the sump had all the bearing material in it however, and Clive that is very interesting do you happen to know how much I can mill off the top of the head 

Oops, that and the bottom of the sump was full of bearing material and swarf

I have some seats I'd be happy to swap for mx5 seats they are tan and need some love but if you're interested message me