Is your TVR trying to kill you?
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If your TVR is trying to ditch or kill you at any given opportunity
and it feels literally like the ride on a cannon ball this might
be interesting for you.
As it was exactly the case with our Tuscan.
Now we have only put new tires on it and all of a sudden it is extremely controllable,
especially when accelerating and in the bends,
and a real joy to drive.
Like a completely different car.
Hope this helps someone or even helps saving lifes.
and it feels literally like the ride on a cannon ball this might
be interesting for you.
As it was exactly the case with our Tuscan.
Now we have only put new tires on it and all of a sudden it is extremely controllable,
especially when accelerating and in the bends,
and a real joy to drive.
Like a completely different car.
Hope this helps someone or even helps saving lifes.
silent knight said:
What tyres did you go for?
It is the Toyo PROXES T1 Sport we went for.That does not mean that I recommend it as the best tire for the Tuscan.
But in my case it made huge difference and is a lot of fun.
But I do not like the look of tread pattern.
Edited by Griffithy on Friday 11th July 17:14
had a slow flat yesterday, the tyres are fine but one of the valve stems had perished 
DJR 7 said:
Tyre pressures make a huge difference on all the TVR's
Usually tyre fitters inflate to 30/32psi, I run mine on 22-24 psi and it handles so much better
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Second this, Having had new F1s put on the Tuscy, collected it and drove straight to TVRSSW for its service, found the handling was to absolute pot, anything over 70 and it tried to thow me into the verge, skittering everywhere. Got to TVRSSW and coling checked the pressures to find one rear was on 38psi and the other on 35psi. With hindsight I should have checked them but as I had told the chap fitting them the pressures I wanted, I assumed he would have done as asked. Seriously buggered up a solid ride into a spacehopper tastic!Usually tyre fitters inflate to 30/32psi, I run mine on 22-24 psi and it handles so much better
D
Been driving my 300 bhp Chimaera on Federal 595 RS-Rs recently, and it's like driving my old Saab 9-5 again.
No, seriously, titter ye not, that's a good thing. I could drive the Saab down any fen country road, bumpy as hell, at warp factor 12 and it just soaked it all up, yet was stiff enough (250 bhp 2.3 turbo Aero, on sports suspension) to handle properly in the bends, cornering flat. Joy to drive.
The Federals have a lower load index than my track tyres (83 front and 87 rear, vs 91 all around for the Toyo 888s) and so give a softer, more compliant ride, yet with the Gaz Gold Pros at the front set on rock solid I still get good flat cornering. I took it down a country lane this morning at 4500 rpm in 5th and it was so reassuring to drive, absorbing the bumps and giving a great feeling of security.
So my message is, amongst all the other things you look at, compare load indices when choosing tyres - the higher the load index, the greater the weight of car it will take, so by inference the stiffer the sidewall. Same applies with aspect ratios - generally the lower the aspect ratio, the harder the ride. You when buying tyres you need to think about how hard a ride you want, as your choice of the above factors affects this and thus your comments on how your car feels on a particular brand/model of tyre
No, seriously, titter ye not, that's a good thing. I could drive the Saab down any fen country road, bumpy as hell, at warp factor 12 and it just soaked it all up, yet was stiff enough (250 bhp 2.3 turbo Aero, on sports suspension) to handle properly in the bends, cornering flat. Joy to drive.
The Federals have a lower load index than my track tyres (83 front and 87 rear, vs 91 all around for the Toyo 888s) and so give a softer, more compliant ride, yet with the Gaz Gold Pros at the front set on rock solid I still get good flat cornering. I took it down a country lane this morning at 4500 rpm in 5th and it was so reassuring to drive, absorbing the bumps and giving a great feeling of security.
So my message is, amongst all the other things you look at, compare load indices when choosing tyres - the higher the load index, the greater the weight of car it will take, so by inference the stiffer the sidewall. Same applies with aspect ratios - generally the lower the aspect ratio, the harder the ride. You when buying tyres you need to think about how hard a ride you want, as your choice of the above factors affects this and thus your comments on how your car feels on a particular brand/model of tyre
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