Sprint Lenght
Sprint Lenght
What's the spring length of the Standard Sprint spring's front and rear.
Unfitted off the car.
Mine's miles away so can not measure it up.
And can you fit 2 1/4 Spring's to Spax Shock's with the adjustable platform.
2011 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works. S Daily Driver.
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
Had a rummage in the various stock piles and came up with:
New Standard front: 14" x 4 1/4" (one orange stripe, one white)
New Standard rear: 11 1/4" x 3 5/8" (one orange stripe)
New Rimmers TKC768HD: 13" x 4 1/4" (No stripes, sold as 175 lb lowered by 1"
Forgot to count the coils, needed?
Tinweevil
New Standard front: 14" x 4 1/4" (one orange stripe, one white)
New Standard rear: 11 1/4" x 3 5/8" (one orange stripe)
New Rimmers TKC768HD: 13" x 4 1/4" (No stripes, sold as 175 lb lowered by 1"
Forgot to count the coils, needed?
Tinweevil
1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.
That's more than enought info thank's.Forgot to count the coils, needed?
Just with the AJP8 the Sprint is sitting some 4 inche's higher at the front than with the Stag engine.
Just sorting out some new spring's.
2011 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works. S Daily Driver.
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
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Mad Mart
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I just happened to measure some old standard ones a couple of months ago.
Front
Sprung = 10"
Unsprung = 14"
ID = 3 3/8"
OD = 4¼"
Rear
Sprung = 10"
Unsprung = 11½"
ID = 2 3/4"
OD = 3½"
Front
Sprung = 10"
Unsprung = 14"
ID = 3 3/8"
OD = 4¼"
Rear
Sprung = 10"
Unsprung = 11½"
ID = 2 3/4"
OD = 3½"
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. 
... Still Sprintless.
Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.
2012 Porsche Boxster 981 S
... Still Sprintless.Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.
2012 Porsche Boxster 981 S