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tony barnhill
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Those red MG logos really look sharp with the wheel color!
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Thanks Tony /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
The video is finally available on YouTube.
The total video is 6.5 minutes long. Around 0:50 and 2:10 you can see where the car tries to over steer because I had lifted my foot off the accelerator mid-turn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Sh0x19jw0
The video is finally available on YouTube.
The total video is 6.5 minutes long. Around 0:50 and 2:10 you can see where the car tries to over steer because I had lifted my foot off the accelerator mid-turn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Sh0x19jw0
tony barnhill
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Neat - I guess the next big accessory for our MG's is a camera mounted on the dash!
tony barnhill
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195/60-15 tires fitted to those Shelby wheels completely fill the wheelwells & give the car a much more aggressive yet retro stance....glad I've got a couple sets of those Shelby wheels...after these photos, its gonna be hard to find them 'cheap' anymore!
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Nunyas said:
Glad to hear your wheels and tires are serving you well.
You 'lowlanders' make me chuckle though. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif Just a bit of re-tuning and your B will run fine at that altitude. Though no sense doing that if your only up that 'high' for short periods. If you really want to experience some 'thin' air come out to Colorado and go up Mt. Evans.
The parking lot is just 134 feet below the summit (14,264 feet). My TR8 carbs (ZS's) are tuned for @ 5,000 feet and I generally don't encounter idle issues until I'm over 12,000 feet. The downside to 'automatic' chokes at 14,130 feet was that I had to keep one foot on the gas, work the clutch with the other and shuffle between handbrake and footbrake. Only for a few minutes though, mostly when I would get stuck behind people who were actually scared to be driving up there.
In the Mt.Evans summit parking lot... The 14th highest peak in Colorado.
Parked just below the actual summit...
One view from 14,130 feet...
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Sweet video! Dude, you were BOOKIN'! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
By the way, I figured out my a-arm situation. The MGB/GT will get the negative camber arms & V-8 bushings, while the MGB roadster will get the stock arms from the GT and polyurethane bushings. Sound like a good idea?
By the way, I figured out my a-arm situation. The MGB/GT will get the negative camber arms & V-8 bushings, while the MGB roadster will get the stock arms from the GT and polyurethane bushings. Sound like a good idea?
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sounds good to me /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
Lowering the roadster will give you some negative camber, and the negative camber wishbones can go to use on the GT. Waste not want not... or however that's supposed to go /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
Lowering the roadster will give you some negative camber, and the negative camber wishbones can go to use on the GT. Waste not want not... or however that's supposed to go /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
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yeah, I know what you mean Doc. All the "fun and curvy" roads are in coastal residential neighborhoods... not quite as exciting when you're putting around at 20 - 25MPH. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gifDrEntropy said:
That's where that came from! Thanks! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gifBaz said:
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Just a quick update on my Wheel + tire + spacer setup:
Now that I've had the wheels on the car for a week, and have had the chance to drive over various road conditions, I feel I can give a better evaluation of fender clearance and road grip. Road holding is still very good as I first assessed. Tracking in rough turns is still very good; I think this is more of a function of the alignment than anything else.
The only thing that has changed since my original assessment is the fender clearance. It seems that the 1" spacers are 1/4" too thick. On smooth roads, and even in most rough turns I have no fender rubbing with the tires. However, I noticed this week that on one particular turn that I go through every day that my inside front will rub. If I'm careful on selecting my path through this turn there is no rubbing. You see, there is a dip + bump on the inside track of this particular turn and if I hit it just right (or wrong depending on perspective) the front wheel on the inside of the turn will rub the fender. The outside track of this turn is smooth.
If I used 3/4" spacers with this wheel + tire combo, there would be no rubbing on the above mentioned turn. If I used 185/65-15 tires with this Wheel + Spacer combo, there ~might~ be no rubbing in said turn either. However, 185/65-15 is approximately 1/4" smaller in diameter than a 195/60-15; so I can't guarantee that the smaller tire won't rub.
Given this new information, I would still go with the wheel + spacer + tire combination that I'm currently using. Or if I had the money, I would go with 15" wheels that have a +15 to +17 offset.
Just passing on information for those that are currently looking at wheel options.
Now that I've had the wheels on the car for a week, and have had the chance to drive over various road conditions, I feel I can give a better evaluation of fender clearance and road grip. Road holding is still very good as I first assessed. Tracking in rough turns is still very good; I think this is more of a function of the alignment than anything else.
The only thing that has changed since my original assessment is the fender clearance. It seems that the 1" spacers are 1/4" too thick. On smooth roads, and even in most rough turns I have no fender rubbing with the tires. However, I noticed this week that on one particular turn that I go through every day that my inside front will rub. If I'm careful on selecting my path through this turn there is no rubbing. You see, there is a dip + bump on the inside track of this particular turn and if I hit it just right (or wrong depending on perspective) the front wheel on the inside of the turn will rub the fender. The outside track of this turn is smooth.
If I used 3/4" spacers with this wheel + tire combo, there would be no rubbing on the above mentioned turn. If I used 185/65-15 tires with this Wheel + Spacer combo, there ~might~ be no rubbing in said turn either. However, 185/65-15 is approximately 1/4" smaller in diameter than a 195/60-15; so I can't guarantee that the smaller tire won't rub.
Given this new information, I would still go with the wheel + spacer + tire combination that I'm currently using. Or if I had the money, I would go with 15" wheels that have a +15 to +17 offset.
Just passing on information for those that are currently looking at wheel options.
R
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If you haven't already taken it, one route that I can recommend, is the back way through Crestline up to BigBear.
Drive down to Redlands, then out Mentone Blvd. up to the hills, you will be on either 38 or 18, been so long forget which one. Before you get to the right hand turnoff to Forest Home/Forest Falls follow the road to the left up to Crestline and then through up to Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead.
An exhilirating(sp?) ride.
Drive down to Redlands, then out Mentone Blvd. up to the hills, you will be on either 38 or 18, been so long forget which one. Before you get to the right hand turnoff to Forest Home/Forest Falls follow the road to the left up to Crestline and then through up to Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead.
An exhilirating(sp?) ride.
