Racing Red springs/shockies
Discussion
Does anyone have these fitted to their Tuscan?
They are on my 2003 Mk1 S and I’m wondering if they could be better set up, the car is still very twitchy and nervous especially on country roads, it feels like it wants to snatch all the time. I've read various threads on poor handling characteristics in the past - is it an idiosyncrasy with the car which to an extent you have to live with?
NB - the car has the 3mm spacers fitted on the front wheels
Cheers
Richard
They are on my 2003 Mk1 S and I’m wondering if they could be better set up, the car is still very twitchy and nervous especially on country roads, it feels like it wants to snatch all the time. I've read various threads on poor handling characteristics in the past - is it an idiosyncrasy with the car which to an extent you have to live with?
NB - the car has the 3mm spacers fitted on the front wheels
Cheers
Richard
Just some input from a Tamora (2002) owner - had horrendous bump steer with wrong offset wheels - 42 ET instead of 35 ET, just a few mm can make it very unsettling.
Check that you need the 3mm spacer ??
Racing Reds are made by Nitron, athough they have now stopped marketing them (I believe they can refurb them?). Unless they are leaking, it will be your "set-up" that will effect or reduce bump-steer/twitchiness on B-roads. Shocks at medium settings (12-25 clicks) won't usually upset the car? If you go full 30+ clicks and it feels less twichie, you may well still have bump steer - stiff damping will limit wheel movement and hence bunmp-steer??
I see you are a long way north from anyone I use, but a competent TVR Indie will/should be able to "soften" the twitchiness with a full 4-wheel alignment?
HTHs
Trev
Check that you need the 3mm spacer ??
Racing Reds are made by Nitron, athough they have now stopped marketing them (I believe they can refurb them?). Unless they are leaking, it will be your "set-up" that will effect or reduce bump-steer/twitchiness on B-roads. Shocks at medium settings (12-25 clicks) won't usually upset the car? If you go full 30+ clicks and it feels less twichie, you may well still have bump steer - stiff damping will limit wheel movement and hence bunmp-steer??
I see you are a long way north from anyone I use, but a competent TVR Indie will/should be able to "soften" the twitchiness with a full 4-wheel alignment?
HTHs
Trev
Hi
I have a 2000 MKI and have then fitted and I have the spacers on the front. They have been great for me and I have them set quite hard on the front though the back should always be softer than the front. I also have the rose joints from Steve Heath fitted. The car does skip a little on bumpy roads though it is on low profile tyres and quite a hard setting as it is primarily set up for a good track experience.
Any issues that make you nervous in the car could be the shock absorbers though once adjusted correctly, look for other areas.
I have a 2000 MKI and have then fitted and I have the spacers on the front. They have been great for me and I have them set quite hard on the front though the back should always be softer than the front. I also have the rose joints from Steve Heath fitted. The car does skip a little on bumpy roads though it is on low profile tyres and quite a hard setting as it is primarily set up for a good track experience.
Any issues that make you nervous in the car could be the shock absorbers though once adjusted correctly, look for other areas.
I have them fitted to my 2001 Tuscan. I had a few problems early on with them leaking but Nitron replaced them FOC after a year.
Since then, they have been excellent. If the car is twitchy, then I would be getting a good geo setup done by someone who knows what they are doing. The geo makes a world of difference to the handling of the car.
Mine gets done fairly regularly and it handles really well on the newer shocks. It doesn't feel twitchy at all whether on a bumpy B road or on track.
Bob
Since then, they have been excellent. If the car is twitchy, then I would be getting a good geo setup done by someone who knows what they are doing. The geo makes a world of difference to the handling of the car.
Mine gets done fairly regularly and it handles really well on the newer shocks. It doesn't feel twitchy at all whether on a bumpy B road or on track.
Bob
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