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I didn't want to steal the thread about the driving lights where we started to talk about lowering the body.
So I am just trying to visualize and figure out what occurs when you lower the front end by allowing the coil spring to be seated lower than the lower control arm. this being done by use of the spacers to lower the seat pan. I've attached a drawing. Seems to me that at the least you are lowering the riding height of the shock which of course lowers its pivot. With the same dimensions of all the pieces in triangulation this seem to me to pull the upper trunion towards the centerline of the car. This would be moving the camber in a negative direction. But since the Healeys were built with a slight positive camber, this small negative movement my be trivial to the handling of the car.
So I am just trying to visualize and figure out what occurs when you lower the front end by allowing the coil spring to be seated lower than the lower control arm. this being done by use of the spacers to lower the seat pan. I've attached a drawing. Seems to me that at the least you are lowering the riding height of the shock which of course lowers its pivot. With the same dimensions of all the pieces in triangulation this seem to me to pull the upper trunion towards the centerline of the car. This would be moving the camber in a negative direction. But since the Healeys were built with a slight positive camber, this small negative movement my be trivial to the handling of the car.