Tuscan Mk1 Suspension Upgrades
Discussion
Hi there,
I've now had my Tuscan for around 4wks and have been enjoying every minute of it!!! Have now completed 1k miles(below 4000 revs )as i've been running in the rebuilt engine.
The one area that I would really like to improve is the handling.....as I knew before I purchased, and indeed discovered during my test drives, this is not one of it's strongest points!!! However the good thing is that I'm aware that it can be vastly improved - as long as you make the right modifications.
I believe the mark 1 Tuscans came with a 16mm anti-roll bar and the later Tuscans came with a 19mm to stiffen up the rear-end. I am also aware that there is a mod you can do to raise the steering rack on the mark 1.
The other major area for change would be springs/shocks and geometry.
Any advice from anyone who has done similar modifications to a mark 1 would be MOST appreciated
The car will be used as a fun car, which will involve fast road work, lots of twisties
a spot of European touring next year, and may include the occasional track day - what do you all suggest?!?!?!
I've now had my Tuscan for around 4wks and have been enjoying every minute of it!!! Have now completed 1k miles(below 4000 revs )as i've been running in the rebuilt engine.
The one area that I would really like to improve is the handling.....as I knew before I purchased, and indeed discovered during my test drives, this is not one of it's strongest points!!! However the good thing is that I'm aware that it can be vastly improved - as long as you make the right modifications.
I believe the mark 1 Tuscans came with a 16mm anti-roll bar and the later Tuscans came with a 19mm to stiffen up the rear-end. I am also aware that there is a mod you can do to raise the steering rack on the mark 1.
The other major area for change would be springs/shocks and geometry.
Any advice from anyone who has done similar modifications to a mark 1 would be MOST appreciated
The car will be used as a fun car, which will involve fast road work, lots of twisties
a spot of European touring next year, and may include the occasional track day - what do you all suggest?!?!?!
I've got a 2003 Tuscan which, until recently, had done 31,000 miles on the original suspension. After a lot of research on here and by talking to other TVR owners I had the shocks and springs replaced with a Gaz Gold setup by Derek at AbsolutelyShocks.com.
The difference is amazing. Although Derek said my car wasn't the worst he's worked on, he's managed to make it simultaneously more comfortable, grippier, and more communicative - basically, it now handles at least as well the last Boxster I drove, which has to be a benchmark. Some of this is down to a decent geometry setup (mine was some way out from spec), but it's also got to be down to having damper valving and spring rates which match each other and the weight of the car.
Quite frankly, I'm still a bit stunned that TVR got so much of the fundamental chassis design right, but then cocked it all up with their suspension setup. I now have a car which can be driven hands-off at speed on a bumpy road, turns in flat with huge confidence, and doesn't dive all over the place under braking. All for £750 plus VAT, which can't be bad!
Cheers,
Pete
The difference is amazing. Although Derek said my car wasn't the worst he's worked on, he's managed to make it simultaneously more comfortable, grippier, and more communicative - basically, it now handles at least as well the last Boxster I drove, which has to be a benchmark. Some of this is down to a decent geometry setup (mine was some way out from spec), but it's also got to be down to having damper valving and spring rates which match each other and the weight of the car.
Quite frankly, I'm still a bit stunned that TVR got so much of the fundamental chassis design right, but then cocked it all up with their suspension setup. I now have a car which can be driven hands-off at speed on a bumpy road, turns in flat with huge confidence, and doesn't dive all over the place under braking. All for £750 plus VAT, which can't be bad!
Cheers,
Pete
Hi all, Derek has just done mine as well with golds and geometry set up while in for service at TorqueRVT.
I then drove down to Silerstone performance to have the 18¨ SP12s fitted.
245-40 back, 235-40 front
Fantastic difference with no tram line problems etc and the new alloys look great.
I then drove down to Silerstone performance to have the 18¨ SP12s fitted.
245-40 back, 235-40 front
Fantastic difference with no tram line problems etc and the new alloys look great.
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