RE: TVR Power restocks its parts list
Wednesday 1st December 2004
TVR Power restocks its parts list
New items on sale for upgrade enthusiasts
TVR Power has announced that it has the following items now in stock:
- Bull nose exhaust cans for Tuscans
- Latest Nitrons
- Ohlins remote shocks
- TVR large bore silencers
- Cerbera sports exhausts
See the TVR Power Web site for full details: www.tvrpower.co.uk/store.php
Discussion
Tripps said:
Just means that the oil is seperate to the damper in a seperate reservoir thing...
What effect does that have then?
Must be good I'd imagine due the respect given to Ohlins, but its always nice to know
- Allows the length of the shock absorber to be reduced
- Allows a larger volume of gas to be used which provides a more consistent pressure during the rod stroke
- Allows gas to be cooled (by mounting resevoir in airflow) and hence help with providing more consistent damping
- Reduces unsprung mass
Good technical article here provides more details.
jeremyc said:
Good technical article here provides more details.
I've had a look,, but it just looks like a plasma coil from Star Trek to me!!!! lol
On a more sober note, I notice that they are supplied in pairs, is it usually only the rear suspension that's upgraded, or are the Nitrons £850 (+Vat) a 'full' upgrade?? I don't understand!!!
>> Edited by chris watton on Wednesday 1st December 14:31
joospeed said:
actually that's one helluva offer from Dave there .. I know how much profit there is in Nitrons and it ain't much, by the time you've corrected any geometry issues and done the corner weights (completely pointless on a road car but customers insist on it for some reason) you've spent up to 4/5 hours .. it's a good car if the job gets done in under 3 hours.
Don't seem to remember me asking you to look at corner weights either time.
(But I do seem to remember a bill for a good few hours extra labour for all the playing with the bl**dy steering...)
jeremyc said:Hmmm... Has anyone done a back to back comparison of Nitron to Ohlin (and possibly TVR standard fit) to see the differences at all?
- Allows the length of the shock absorber to be reduced
- Allows a larger volume of gas to be used which provides a more consistent pressure during the rod stroke
- Allows gas to be cooled (by mounting resevoir in airflow) and hence help with providing more consistent damping
- Reduces unsprung mass
Good technical article here provides more details.
Tripps said:You need to consider what you want from your suspension. There is undoubtedly truth in the maxim that "you get what you pay for" in suspension upgrades, but do you feel able to take advantage of the potential additional adjustability that Ohlins might provide over Nitrons at twice the price?
Hmmm... Has anyone done a back to back comparison of Nitron to Ohlin (and possibly TVR standard fit) to see the differences at all?
So consider:
- do you want to be able to adjust the suspension ever, and if so how (and will you ever really bother making adjustments
)? - is it sufficient just to be able to have a better quality (in terms of handling and control) suspension setup but without any adjustability?
- is your driving ever likely to exploit the benefits (and be able to detect the differences) in a high-end setup?
Anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that the Nitrons provide a good quality setup that significantly improves the handling characteristics. But then again, some would argue that it wouldn't be difficult to improve on the standard TVR fitment....
Graham said:Tell me, once set, how can the "corner weights" (whatever they are) go off balance? Rich...
done the corner weights (completely pointless on a road car
which is almost as anoying as knowing when the Discovery is a psi or 2 light...
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