P38A Recommend wheel spacers please?

tomcat59alan said:

I'm staying in bed very quiet, she's found some exterior paint and dropped some hints about the barge boards and soffits.

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Datatek said:

We used to race one up against the Fraser Imps semi works team, used to do quite well, I was really just a labourer working on the engines.

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tomcat59alan said:

Mate had one was a bit light on the front, nothing a bag or cement didn't cure he said.

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wammers said:

Imp suffered in handling when it had suspension lifted to suit US bumper height requirements. Plastic bumpers were fitted to later MGBs for same reason.

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Shippers said:

I'm always surprised on here the wheel and tyre questions...Portugal log book lists factory size for both as manufactor fitted for that model turn up for mot with anything else fail stopped at police routine check can be everyday wrong size fine...but there is a section that you can get different sizes on log book for same vehicle but only manufactor options for that vehicle but you cant just buy them if youv'e not changed log book...

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Datatek said:

The swing axle front suspension was a bit crude, lowering the inner pivots improved things and gave a bit of negative camber on the front wheels. I never liked the rubber doughnuts on the half shafts.

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RangeRoller dt said:

Wheel spacers will the lock but have their own agenda.
You’ve gone bit too big for it not to be a nuisance of some sort.

I have 275/75 iirc and modded suspension for them to fit. If you drop to the bump stops you will crash

How do you like the road rumble?

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Henry_b said:

Oh yes..

EAS fault as RRDT says..

Wouldn't want it dropping onto its arse with those tyres!!!!!!!!

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wammers said:

Wheel spacers are for fitting wider wheels with a deeper dish than standard, to return the centre of rotation to it's correct position and retain correct steering geometry. NOT for giving clearance to oversized none standard tyres or widening track. How many times does this need saying before people take it in.

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Jon Dor said:

Thanks Tony. When I bought the tyres, I thought they were 65's and that there wouldn't be an issue.

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Dippypud said:

And now he's mullered the bodywork ...

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wammers said:

Thermostats on Imp vans were a bastard job. And the pneumatic throttle on early ones was a total joke.

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Henry_b said:

Smaller wheels

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tomcat59alan said:

And nobody's mentioned the added stress on the wheel bearings.

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Datatek said:

More positive offset to the steering geometry can make the car hard to control in some circumstances.

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RangeRoller dt said:

He had a wheel fall oft not long ago would be my worry
Be careful take your time Mike

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Datatek said:

The water pumps were the weak spot, I had a mod for that.

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wammers said:

To change the thermostat on the vans you had to remove and replace the studs at the same time as the thermostat housing. If you just removed the nuts the housing would not slide off the studs it hit the bodywork. A pain in the butt they were.

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Datatek said:

Don't remind me, I had an Imp van

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