Shock Change

[plug]

Got to change the shocks on my speed six, going to go for the Protec ones as I don't track the car and are within budget.
I there anything else I need to order at the same time eg bushes, is it worth changing any from rubber to poly while I am doing the shocks.

Cheers for any help.

[Vee8ight]

Why get protec if you don't track it? Bilsteins are the daddy's for road use imo

[Tirus]

If you want a supple ride & "On rails" road holding no dip/dive then Nitrons set up correctly is the answer.

[portzi]

Tirus said:

If you want a supple ride & "On rails" road holding no dip/dive then Nitrons set up correctly is the answer.

protechs are half the price of nitrons and are a discounted alternative to an adjustable damping setting. l would go for standard billies .

mark

[Vee8ight]

You will always get what you pay for, my non adjustable billies were nearly the same cost as some alternative adjustables. You cannot scrimp on quality.

[Byff]

I was thinking of Gaz gold pro's.

I've had bil's and nitrons in the past so it would be nice to see the comparison. Anything would be better than the bouncy ride I have on my worn out ones (whatever make they are).

[ridds]

Protechs are perfectly good for road or track. You'll need to up your spring rates and look at valving if you want more serious track use though.

Get Joo spitfire4v8 at Sports and Classics to get you the set, ask if they can uprate the spherical bearings though as these do wear with time. I've upgraded to PTFE lined on mine.

http://www.kitsandclassics.co.uk/suspension/

[portzi]

Vee8ight said:

You will always get what you pay for, my non adjustable billies were nearly the same cost as some alternative adjustables. You cannot scrimp on quality.

That quote is too true, looking at the shock below. I know what make it is!!, but all l will say is, get the best you can afford, as is the topic of this thread :

[plug]

Nice to see my question on changing any of the bushes got answered and the thread didn't go of into a what shock is best debate.

[Tanguero]

I found that poly bushes are not an unmixed blessing. Its is most definitely worth changing the diff bushes for 2 piece poly ones - it makes life much easier if you need to change them. Having put poly bushes on the suspension I will change back to the OEM metal/rubber ones when they next need changing - at least for the front suspension arms. I have already binned the big front drag strut poly bushes and gone back to the original rubber ones. The poly bushes had way too much slop and started to disintegrate at the edges leaving the drag strut room to move around!

If your current bushes are OK, I certainly wouldn't change them for poly bushes just because you are in there.

[gruffalo]

Vee8ight said:

Why get protec if you don't track it? Bilsteins are the daddy's for road use imo

I had these and the change to Nitrons was like night and day, the ride is so much improved with the Nitrons.

When TVR built these cars they did so to a tight budget, good shocks are expensive so they made a compromise and put of the shelf Billy's on to keep the cost down and the Cerbera became known as a car that was tricky to handle on the limit, why perpetuate that if you can remedy it?

[Vee8ight]

gruffalo said:

I had these and the change to Nitrons was like night and day, the ride is so much improved with the Nitrons.

When TVR built these cars they did so to a tight budget, good shocks are expensive so they made a compromise and put of the shelf Billy's on to keep the cost down and the Cerbera became known as a car that was tricky to handle on the limit, why perpetuate that if you can remedy it?

Billy's weren't on the Cerbera from the factory