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speedy
 Post subject: Improving the dry ride
PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:22 pm 
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Are there any sure fire ways of improving the ride on a dry Mini? My suspension doesn't look like its had much attention other than hi-los, and I would like to soften the ride a little.

I figure I've got hydro envy. :)

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save your money and buy some smoove rides from the you kay they are a actual spring's and not rubber cones ...
other wise look for some rear dounuts they cop less stress when in use
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New rubber springs will make it ride better and softer.
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Alex Moulton's Smootha rides ARE rubber cones, but different profile to the usual.
S-Racer in the USA makes the metal springs... if you can call something with less than 2 turns a spring. :lol:

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Have you ever heard about the trick of altering the rate of the rubber spring with a ½" drill bit. :twisted:
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Thanks guys, so the consensus is to go for these

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as opposed to these

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Improve the dry ride? make it wet :lol:
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Morris 1100 wrote:
Have you ever heard about the trick of altering the rate of the rubber spring with a ½" drill bit. :twisted:

Yes but never had to do it, as I have proper hydrolastic... 8) :D

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GT wrote:
Improve the dry ride? make it wet :lol:

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Or get the cones from a much later mini , apparently after 1978 , English mini's had a slightly softer compound rubber in the cones . My 78 South African mini had them and was nice while not adding too much extra body roll .

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:lol: I've got a 1988. Maybe I should just accept it as it... :)

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Nahh , put aussie rubbers in it and then see if you have anything to complain about :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Meh... just convert it to hydro, like I'm doing the Clubby van... :lol: 8)

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How hard is that? Doc, are you documenting this conversion?

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The later rubber springs are softer when new but after all this time they will be as hard as any others.
New springs will be softer but they do not stay soft forever.
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