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I've had Gaz Gold Pro's on my Chimaera 450 for quite a while now. They were supplied, fitted and set up for fast road use by Dom and his team at TVR Power. I have found them excellent for both road and track use and I don't make any changes when going out on track days. The ride is firm but I don't get too shaken on crap road surfaces and I enjoy the handling feedback the car gives me when pushing on or on a track.
There have been quite a few positive comments about the Gaz Mono's as well so they may be worth doing a bit more investigation about. A few owners have also fitted Nitrons, but these are at the expensive end of the spectrum and may not be worth the investment unless you are planning to do a lot of tracks days.
There have been quite a few positive comments about the Gaz Mono's as well so they may be worth doing a bit more investigation about. A few owners have also fitted Nitrons, but these are at the expensive end of the spectrum and may not be worth the investment unless you are planning to do a lot of tracks days.
Grey Ghost said:
I've had Gaz Gold Pro's on my Chimaera 450 for quite a while now. They were supplied, fitted and set up for fast road use by Dom and his team at TVR Power. I have found them excellent for both road and track use and I don't make any changes when going out on track days. The ride is firm but I don't get too shaken on crap road surfaces and I enjoy the handling feedback the car gives me when pushing on or on a track.
There have been quite a few positive comments about the Gaz Mono's as well so they may be worth doing a bit more investigation about. A few owners have also fitted Nitrons, but these are at the expensive end of the spectrum and may not be worth the investment unless you are planning to do a lot of tracks days.
Alot of the expensive is mainly in Quality Assurance inspection and materials used, as we have seen on this forum even the most expensive dampners can fail quickly. I believe most of the failures is due to incorrect tolerances between the TVR wishbone bore and diameters of the dampner bushes and outercasing cracking on expansion which could be because the materials were machined to an incorrect tolerance and poor metal quality? There have been quite a few positive comments about the Gaz Mono's as well so they may be worth doing a bit more investigation about. A few owners have also fitted Nitrons, but these are at the expensive end of the spectrum and may not be worth the investment unless you are planning to do a lot of tracks days.
You can drive around the 'Ring on any dampers. But if you are driving 10/10ths, then you need to be able to reduce the front end dive under braking, which suggests adjustable dampers.
If your plans do not include track events other than the above, then a decent road based damper should be fine. I gather the new Bilsteins, which do have some height adjustment, are well thought of, or Protechs.
If you think you might get the track day bug, then adjustable dampers are for you, just run them fairly soft on the road or you will hate the crashy ride. The hard setting (fronts) is for hard braking on billiard table smooth race tracks. Gaz Nickels are a little cheaper than Gaz Golds and give a decent ride. Gaz Monos are about £300 more and have a faster damping action.
If your plans do not include track events other than the above, then a decent road based damper should be fine. I gather the new Bilsteins, which do have some height adjustment, are well thought of, or Protechs.
If you think you might get the track day bug, then adjustable dampers are for you, just run them fairly soft on the road or you will hate the crashy ride. The hard setting (fronts) is for hard braking on billiard table smooth race tracks. Gaz Nickels are a little cheaper than Gaz Golds and give a decent ride. Gaz Monos are about £300 more and have a faster damping action.
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