How nervous is your car?

[V8S]

A while back someone posted on a forum (might have been this one) about the difference having their geometry and tracking set up properly had made to the car.

Now, I know TVRs have quite direct steering, are light and have wide-ish tyres and therefore will be prone to following cambers in the road, but I think mine does it too much. It can't be normal for the car to try to fling me towards the hedge after every dip in the road. Driving it on typical Dorset B roads and lanes is sometimes an exhausting effort due to the nervous tension and having to hold onto the wheel tightly in case the car decides to go left... or right.

It can't be right, surely? I see no abnormal wear on the tyres and on smooth roads it doesn't pull either left or right if I let go of the wheel.

There have been a couple of near misses to be honest, where, just as a car is passing me going the other way, the car has jinked right.

What is the consensus? Is this nervousness normal?

And what possible steps can I take to remedy it?

I'm on Bridgstone S03 PPs.


Ta muchly,

Graham

[seb400]

V8S, when I bought my V8S the car used to 'track' very badly in the lorry tyre grooves on dual-carriageways/Motorways, leading to the symptoms you describe. I can't say it was as bad along ordinary roads though. I took my car to Moore Racing at Milton Keynes (on the recommendation of Steve Cox (TVR Speed Championship) who I met at a Virginia Waters meet, who new the car). Richard Moore took a quick look at the car and said - "Do you realise that all your wheels point in different directions?". Once he'd set up the geometry the car was fine.


Steve

[longers]

Mine used to tramline a bit on a local stretch of road that the everyday car wafted over. Was cured when new suspension was fitted and set up. It may have been the suspension that cured it, but I believe it more likely to have been the set up.

Longers

[HarryW]

No I don't think it's the car, V8S's can be pretty well planted, apart from when on heavily pot holes roads. Get the suspension checked and set up properly would be my recommendation , unless its the original shocks and springs in which case they must be due changing by now .



Thinking about it I didn't tell pookie that once he's got use to the car to wind a few clicks back on the front shocks for even sharper cornering as I backed it off for the sale .

[V8S]

Interesting, chaps.

I might get my geometry and suspension looked at.

[GreenV8S]

My car is nicely composed. The driver on the other hand is as nervous as hell.

[stephen pook]

"Even sharper handling!!"

Now he tells me!! It's like a go-kart massively overdosed on steriods anyway.

This could be interesting!

Mmmmmm.... What to do tomorrow..