The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

There are pictures of my dolly in action over the weekend in amongst some of the more exotic machinery.

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/14445492_LGiHw#P-1-12

Cheers
Mark

Good pictures your sprint looks a little soft and low at the front.

it's certainly too low, but soft it ain't! I have 400lb springs in there. I got some shorter ones just before the event, thinking I could adjust the seat height on the spax to bring it up to where I want, but the damn things are seized solid. During the off season I will be looking into replacing them with something else, AVO's maybe. I'm in need of a bigger anti-roll bar up front, and some stickier tyres and some more power and......... well you motorsport guys know how it is.

Cheers
Mark

Didn't you do a front arb from a Sierra or something John? I seem to remember seeing it on E-bay...

Also;

Is that the rear ARB sitting very low in this picture?

it does sit rather low, but the ground clearance all round is only around 3 inches, it left a nice big gouge on the footpath as I reversed out of the drive. like I said earlier I need to get new dampers so I can adjust the ride height.

cheers
Mark

Fair enough.
Some good shots in there, how did you do?

cor, you lot don't half go for some expensive machinery.

love the wireless link on top of the bucket !

some great looking cars in there. is there a set of results anywhere ?

thanks for the link

stu

Results were not good on paper, but was pleased with the mods I had made to the car, I was a good few seconds quicker (raw time) than I had been previously. I had a good run in the morning but hit a cone so added two seconds to my time which dropped me down the table by about 10 places. In the afternoon I had some serious misfire problems, I have just fitted an MSD 6AL ignition box and I think it was cooking my plug leads.

the results are here http://boston-bmwcca.org/results/AutocrossResults.aspx event 7 was last weekend. I was in class J at this event.

I definately need new tyres next season, the ones I use are very old and were part used when I got them!

Cheers
Mark

New tyres make soo much difference.
Yes I made an anti roll bar from a 26mm Sierra one but I am not too sure it helped much, I think the braking is compromised when the front is too low as the footprint lessens.