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**Indiana_Jones** · 18th September 2012, 12:34

Originally Posted by Motu

... So I got another MkI Austin 1800 - great on rutted roads, and would go up my drive forwards towing a trailer with 3 bikes and no wheelspin at all.

Nice lol

I got a bit of wheel spin in my crab around 3 weeks ago when leaving the shops and going up hill just after it had rained, was the first time it had ever done that!

But I think that's more so to do with my tyres which are starting to get on and I'll be replacing them this summer hopefully.

On the cards for next month is a new exhaust system, current one is rusty as fuuuuuuuuuck.

-Indy

**scumdog** · 18th September 2012, 17:21

Originally Posted by Virago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Marina#New_Zealand

Had a look, didn't really explain the ute naming etc - and no mention of a '500', just a 575? (I think, from memory...)

**pete376403** · 18th September 2012, 21:28

Originally Posted by Flip

I did it for two reasons.

I fitted modern radial tyres that work better with positive camber and 185s are the biggest tyre I can fit however the tops of the wide tyres used to be outside the guards and would have failed a WOF.

There is no way I was going to cut the guards.

So you've adjusted the camber to put the TOP of the wheels inside the guards (ie closer together at the top? Thats negative camber.

/----\ = negative, \----/ = positive.

Standard Minis have positive camber on the rear wheels. When wider tyres are fitted, and the camber unchanged, they look crap from the rear.

**Edbear** · 18th September 2012, 21:44

Originally Posted by pete376403

So you've adjusted the camber to put the TOP of the wheels inside the guards (ie closer together at the top? Thats negative camber.

/----\ = negative, \----/ = positive.

Standard Minis have positive camber on the rear wheels. When wider tyres are fitted, and the camber unchanged, they look crap from the rear.

That is what I thought hence my question. Regardless, it's a nice example.