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Many years ago Tom Gibbon bought what was probably the last AC lightweight gear box from the stores at Thames Ditton. He fitted a TR3 overdrive to this and put it into his Ace. Tom is no longer with us but the creent owner of his old car might let you a]have a look at the instalation. Tom Ace is AE107 which should be tracable through the Ace Register.
   
   Ken Davies

A piece of metal the same width as the spring leaves, 1 inch longer than the distance between the spring mounting bolts (measured across the car) and as deep as you want to lower the front of the car placed under the centre of the spring. Depending on how far you want to lower the car you may need to fit longer spring mounting bolts. This will lower the car and very slightly increase the negative camber on the front wheels. The increase in negative camber will improve cornering grip and turn in but only very slightly.
   
   This worked very well for me on AE108 which was also lowered by having new springs made up which were lower and shorter than standard (both front and rear). I my case the metal plate was placed under the front spring to lower it even further for racing and its removal gave slightly more ground clearance for road use.