Hey Y'all,
I have a 1974 MGB GT that I've been bringing out to Rallyx.
Information for prepping these cars for pavement is pretty plentiful, but prep info for dirt is pretty few and far between.
A good amount of work was done to the car before I bought it. Newish stock front dampers, bushings, tube shocks in the rear. Leaf springs are stock and original. I think I need some stiffer suspension. I've been bottoming out the rear suspension (I think I killed the tube shocks on my first rallyx day) and it porpoises pretty bad over ruts. Trouble is, most of the performance MGB suspesion seems to be oriented toward lowering the car, which I simply can't do if I value my gas tank.
I was thinking my first step would be to get some new leaf springs that aren't sagged so bad, and go back to lever arm dampers in the rear (50% uprated valving). The competition springs are available from across the pond, but I think I read that they would drop the car 2". I was thinking that if the new springs didn't offer much improvement, I would either break apart the leaf pack and add a leaf from the old spring or put on one of those pick up truck "add a leaf" kit.
For the front, I am planning to remove the sway bar. I'm not sure if I should be putting more spring in the front to compensate for the sway bar. Going to the uprated dampers seems like an easy choice.
So, that's kind of where my mind is at. What would you do to an MGB for dirt?
