How close can the 350 handling get to the Sagaris?
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Just watched the TG test of the Sagaris with JC praising it as 'the best handling TVR ever' - I'm just wondering how different the whole setup is to the T350? With some tweaking or aftermarket suspension items, can the 350 be made to handle as well as the Sag?
Just curious.... :-)
Cheers
Jerry
Just curious.... :-)
Cheers
Jerry
I think the very last T350s had Sagaris-like suspension (but the Sagaris has a wider track and a few other tweaks to make the whole package). If you noticed the Topgear lap time chart, the Tuscan2 was not far behind the Sagaris, shows the Sagaris isn't that much improved over the other recent models (assuming it was the same Stig driving - maybe the Sagaris' Stig was not as quick in this type of car).
IMO you should spend the money on driver training. I'm sure that a good driver in a T350 would be able to lap faster than an average driver in a Sagaris.
On the road the Sagaris seems more planted on really bumpy/cambered B roads. However, at any decent speed the Sagarises I've drvien bottom out all the time at the rear meaning you slow down anyway. My T350 doesn't bottom out on the same roads at faster speeds. So IMO they kind of balance each other out :-)
IMO you should spend the money on driver training. I'm sure that a good driver in a T350 would be able to lap faster than an average driver in a Sagaris.
On the road the Sagaris seems more planted on really bumpy/cambered B roads. However, at any decent speed the Sagarises I've drvien bottom out all the time at the rear meaning you slow down anyway. My T350 doesn't bottom out on the same roads at faster speeds. So IMO they kind of balance each other out :-)
tailslide said:
I run Sag-spec springs with Nitron dampers just to give less dive and squat on track, like Sagaris.
Do you know Paul I never thought you used brakes. How do you manage to be so quick and use the middle pedal.
Someone told me once you are so quick you can watch the sun rise in the West
YI8TVR said:
tailslide said:
I run Sag-spec springs with Nitron dampers just to give less dive and squat on track, like Sagaris.
Do you know Paul I never thought you used brakes. How do you manage to be so quick and use the middle pedal.
Someone told me once you are so quick you can watch the sun rise in the West
I just point & hang on, then brake after the finish line!!
It has been fun nipping in front of the modified RV8 cars & Sagarii
Edited by tail slide on Saturday 2nd December 16:57
You know your good! 
IMHO, not as good when straight out of the Factory. However with a good set of A/M dampers, geometry and corner weighting then better. As everyone on here surely realises its purely subjective as tyres, pressures, geometry, gear ratios, final drive ratios and differential type not forgetting driver ability all have their own influence on the outcome.
Now that should get you all rattling the keybords!
Now that should get you all rattling the keybords!
_Deejay_ said:
Ricardo Bertone said:
Has the Sagaris got a wider track than the T350C?
Ricardo
Ricardo
Yes. Even the later t350's with the Saggy chassis are narrower (if you look at one, you'll notice the multiple mounting points for the dampers).
D
...when did the T350 start to use the Sag chassis (roughly)? Would my Jun 04 car be one of these??
Thanks for all the replies everybody - once I have got used to the car a bit more I think I'll go for at least the geo and corner weighting option, if not the aftermarket dampers (stock ones seem pretty good IMO...) Just need to find somebody who is capable of doing it - my local TVR specialist is Kerridges in Suffolk - anybody had theirs set up there successfully??
Cheers
Jerry
jerrytlr said:
_Deejay_ said:
Ricardo Bertone said:
Has the Sagaris got a wider track than the T350C?
Ricardo
Ricardo
Yes. Even the later t350's with the Saggy chassis are narrower (if you look at one, you'll notice the multiple mounting points for the dampers).
D
...when did the T350 start to use the Sag chassis (roughly)?
The T350 chassis has never been any different. The Sagaris chassis and T350 chassis are different - in each of the four corners.
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