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August 1, 2007: The springs are back!
Bill returned my springs after installing a truly drool-worthy set of Nitron shocks on the Westfield. He also handed over the Westie's original shocks - that's the black one. I'd heard they were made by GAZ and the construction certainly backs that up, but notice it has more travel both in extension and compression. Nice! I don't really have any droop travel right now thanks to the stiff rear springs and the ride height I'm running, so I figured I'd install these instead.

Alas, it was not to be. Turns out the bushings are sized for a metric bolt, or at least a smaller bolt than I used. Nuts!

The track day tomorrow should be fun, but I hope I can play for a significant period of time. One of my RA-1s took a lot of wear when I ran it on the track on a Miata and it's starting to cord on the edge. I really shouldn't take it out at all, but I'll monitor it closely. At least it's a slow track! Or I could just take the Mini instead, but that means I can't chase the Westfield...

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