Tvr s rebuild, refresh, modify, improve

[jeromeparmentier]

ronnymees said:

thanks for the reply's, TVR is alive it seems ;-)

Yes, it is
Anyway, welcome! Another S owner in Flanders I see I have a 280s in green and live near Ghent, hope to see you around once, they are very rare. Enjoy!

[DamianS3]

ronnymees said:

Hi all,

thanks for the reply's, TVR is alive it seems ;-)

Just checked and I have the GAZ GP8-2286 installed on the car, so maybe I need to adjust them for more comfort driving?
Yes, I also have the old suspension but they seem very worn out.
Ronny

As mentioned Gaz are adjustable adjust the dampers to soft And see how she feels then work back towards hard until you are happy. springs start at like £60 a pair so so not the end of the world if you need to swap.

Cheers

Damian S3 24v

[GreenV8S]

DamianS3 said:

As mentioned Gaz are adjustable adjust the dampers to soft

It's important that you start with the dampers set to fully hard and then adjust them equally from there. That might mean adjusting them all to a very soft setting, but when you're counting clicks you should always do it from the hard end of the adjustment range.

The reason is that the adjusters don't always have identical travel. This doesn't matter much at the soft end of adjustment but matters a lot at the hard end. The fully hard positions are always the same though (corresponding to the valve closed against the stop). So you want to make sure that they're all adjusted back to the same distance from fully hard.

[edsj]

Hi Christian. I saw your brake conversion. What willwood part# and disc size did you use and did you need anything else to fit? Thanks in advance!

[DamianS3]

GreenV8S said:

It's important that you start with the dampers set to fully hard and then adjust them equally from there. That might mean adjusting them all to a very soft setting, but when you're counting clicks you should always do it from the hard end of the adjustment range.

The reason is that the adjusters don't always have identical travel. This doesn't matter much at the soft end of adjustment but matters a lot at the hard end. The fully hard positions are always the same though (corresponding to the valve closed against the stop). So you want to make sure that they're all adjusted back to the same distance from fully hard.

Thanks I didn’t appreciate that.. strangely that’s how I did mine as they were only a couple of clicks off fully hard anyway. Lucky