Big up to my main man Joolz!
Big up to my main man Joolz!
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shnozz

Original Poster:

30,627 posts

300 months

Friday 17th September 2004
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innit and all that Tim Westwood crap.

Joolz put on a fine display of customer care yesterday in spending a few hours nurturing the chim and getting the suspension set up so its now handling better than either of my TVRs ever have done. Top man, and a massive thank you. 8 hours behind the wheel well spent when its service like that

PS - managed some decent speeds on the return leg. Thank God for Road angels

herbie hammer

686 posts

295 months

Friday 17th September 2004
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Glad to hear all is now ok - maybe now you will decide to keep the old girl!

HH.

raceboy

13,889 posts

309 months

Friday 17th September 2004
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You should have said you were coming 'up north'

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Friday 17th September 2004
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:blushingjoolzsmiley:

shnozz

Original Poster:

30,627 posts

300 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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raceboy said:
You should have said you were coming 'up north'


i know mate but the problem is that I had to be back in the orifice Friday as big Trial next week. If it hadnt been for that I would have stayed up for the night and sorted out a few

I did speak with Psychobert about arranging a session in sheffield shortly since I couldnt make it a night this time. Watch this space...

shnozz

Original Poster:

30,627 posts

300 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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herbie hammer said:
Glad to hear all is now ok - maybe now you will decide to keep the old girl!

HH.


its handling sweeter than any TVR I have owned. but I do have a test drive this morning in a cerb

Pies

13,116 posts

285 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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And once you've finished the test drive remember to put the roof back on

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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shnozz said:

herbie hammer said:
Glad to hear all is now ok - maybe now you will decide to keep the old girl!

HH.



its handling sweeter than any TVR I have owned. but I do have a test drive this morning in a cerb


lmao .. you and Craig wil be like twins then

shnozz

Original Poster:

30,627 posts

300 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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joospeed said:

shnozz said:


herbie hammer said:
Glad to hear all is now ok - maybe now you will decide to keep the old girl!

HH.




its handling sweeter than any TVR I have owned. but I do have a test drive this morning in a cerb



lmao .. you and Craig wil be like twins then


its bad enough that we share the same surname! I best steer clear of buying a cerb, he has been on at me to buy one since the first time we met. I can hear him now

"ock mcjimmy, ier tell yee what that needs, ach, a touch of the ol' nitrous to see off them porsches on the starboard bow"

T88CAN

3,474 posts

286 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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shnozz said:

joospeed said:


shnozz said:



herbie hammer said:
Glad to hear all is now ok - maybe now you will decide to keep the old girl!

HH.





its handling sweeter than any TVR I have owned. but I do have a test drive this morning in a cerb




lmao .. you and Craig wil be like twins then



its bad enough that we share the same surname! I best steer clear of buying a cerb, he has been on at me to buy one since the first time we met. I can hear him now

"ock mcjimmy, ier tell yee what that needs, ach, a touch of the ol' nitrous to see off them porsches on the STARBOARD BOW"


Is that Craig your talking about or Captain Birdeye

kevin63

4,661 posts

282 months

Saturday 18th September 2004
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joospeed said:
:blushingjoolzsmiley:
you should be used to it by now Joolz

deeen

6,396 posts

274 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Would either of you (Jools or Shnozz) have time to post brief details of the work done and the finished settings? Totally selfish post - I have similar suspension and it would save me re-inventing the wheel!

Cheers, Dean

wrinkly

755 posts

275 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Hi Joolz (and Schnozz) Just back from six weeks or so in France - and about 4,000 miles of great motoring (thanks joolz) so will need some tlc quite soon, methinks. Just to agree with Schnozz that Joolz is THE man - I know my enjoyment of tvr driving would not have been so trouble free and enjoyable without his fantastic help and skills. Ta.

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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deeen said:
Would either of you (Jools or Shnozz) have time to post brief details of the work done and the finished settings? Totally selfish post - I have similar suspension and it would save me re-inventing the wheel!

Cheers, Dean


I changed springs and top damper eyes on schnoz's car .. but as i keep saying .. each car is different so work out what *you* want before changing anything ..

deeen

6,396 posts

274 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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Fair enough, I already have AVO springs and dampers, I just wondered what damper settings you wound up with plz? Are you still near std ride height, does the Shnozzmobile have a rear anti-roll bar?

It seems to me there are a few folk with ajustables fishing about on their own for optimum settings, I am hoping for a bit of pooling of experience, tbh.

Seasider helped me greatly with his settings, for example. Cheers, Dean

>> Edited by deeen on Tuesday 21st September 14:47

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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deeen said:
Fair enough, I already have AVO springs and dampers, I wondered what damper settings you wound up with. It seems to me there are a few folk with ajustables fishing about on their own for optimum settings, I am hoping for a bit of pooling of experience, tbh.


shnozz hasn't got AVOs though ... they're my Joospeed dampers.

what springs are you using with the avos?

deeen

6,396 posts

274 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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Sorry, my mistake, misunderstood one of his earlier posts re dampers. My springs are (I'm told) single rate AVO springs, 300 / 250, standard anti roll bars both present.

And no you're not seeing things, I did edit mine while you were posting!

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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they're sensible spring rates, can't see why you would be having problems unless your dampers a re faulty?

deeen

6,396 posts

274 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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I thought the springs were too hard when I got them, now I think they're a bit soft, so I guess they're about right then!

My question was more how many clicks the dampers are on, with ride height and anti-roll bar status for comparison with my own... bit irrelevant since I got the wrong end of the stick re the dampers, humpfh!

I'll just keep twiddling mine by myself then! Any comments like "try this many clicks front, this many clicks back, works for some ppl as a fast road setting" would be great as a starter for ten, though.

.Mark

11,104 posts

305 months

Tuesday 21st September 2004
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I have AVO dampers and springs supplied by the main man Joolz on the rear of mine; IIRC they are on 13 clicks. although (and I'm guessing here) I suppose the information is useless as you have to also consider the type of roads you drive on and the tyre make/model/PSI?