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rovernut

rovernut

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Does anyone one have a rear sway bar to fit my fathers 74 1/2 MGB GT rubber bumper, or where to get one.........Also a front sway bar.......What is better for road use....stock , 5/8. or 3/4......He has tube shocks on the rear and is putting tube shocks on the front

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use the sway bar setup off of a 75 or later B, you can probably get them from Tony Barnhill. and forget the tube shocks, unless you are gonna do a serious suspension rebuild. they don't add anything over good lever shocks and have been known to tear up cars

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Chuck's right. The bar off a roadster is your cheap answer. You could go with a larger one from the aftermarket, but I'm thinking it'd be limited gains, really, unless you're really pushing hard. Even then, there's probably better ways to spend the money.
If it's a RB BGT, you should spend your money lowering it to CB height. THAT will give you the handling you want. Several ways to do it. Fitting a CB crossmember is best, but tends to be the most costly, too.

Anyway, forget about the front tube shock conversions. They're a sick joke that will do NOTHING for your handling whatsoever. Matter of fact, they're worse than good tube shocks.

The coilover conversions are very nice, but that's a lot of money.
 
I have a 72 B roadster and it came with a 9/16 bar on the front only. It had a lot of body roll especially when I tried a couple of runs on an auotcross track.
I changed both out to 7/8" on the front and 3/4" on the rear and the results were unbelievable. These came as a set although you could buy them separately.
You shouldn't change just one to a different size because it will unbalance the car around fast corners. If you increase the size of the rear without increasing the front, the rear will have a tendency to skid before the front. This sounds just backwards to what you would normally think but it is true.
The ones I bought came with an adjustable rear bar and you can adjust how much effect it is having on the car.
They can make an MG corner with the best of them and they don't effect the ride like stiffer springs would. I chose to keep my stock shocks. They seem to do well if I keep them topped off with the proper oil.
Look on page 40 of the new Victoria British Limited Catalog # MG.52
Bob

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