Hi Deni, thanks for the positive comments they're always appreciated.
I've now sourced a pair of 150lb front springs from Moss Europe. I've gone with the softer rate as my car isn't going to be very heavy - the 180lb springs were perfect on my Spyder, which ran a straight 6, but the Speedster's only got a four pot - and a car with overly firm suspension is dangerous on the roads where I live.
The fen roads round here are very undulating as the ground they're built on is about as solid as blancmange, so stiff suspension on a car can make it impossible to drive safely at anything over 50mph. As an example, I attended a single vehicle RTC near Wisbech where a garage delivery driver had been driving a customer car, a Porsche Cayenne SUV on 20" alloys and 'uprated' suspension on a fen road. There was a particular straight where the road dips and rises twice in quick succession, and the Porsche was launched into space as it failed to damp the second rise after hitting the first dip way too hard - there were witness marks where the car had bottomed out. It struck a telegraph pole just under three metres above ground level almost twenty metres from where it took off, and ended up in the roadside ditch. The driver was fine, a bit shaken and probably in need of a new job, but the car was written off.
Anyway, back to the springs. Here's a list of what Triumph fitted and when:
http://auskellian.com/paul/links_files/springs.htm
And here's where you can buy the 150lb springs from:
https://www.jamespaddock.co.uk/front...111-spitfire-2
I also use Gaz ride & height adjustable shocks on their softest setting and almost fully extended to get the stance just right.
https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GSA366GAZAS
Not cheap but excellent quality and infinitely preferable to cutting the springs down.
Anyway, got to go as I'm on holiday and wifey wants me to get ready for dinner
