FREE modification to make your S feel more responsive

[frontfloater]

This is a very simple tip which will make your S feel faster, more responsive and less tiring to drive at zero cost. It takes about 10 seconds, and is fully reversible if you don't like how it feels.

Unclip the secondary throttle return spring from its little hole, as arrowed in the photo. It is unnecessary - I've been driving mine for over 20 years like this, and never had the slightest problem with the throttle sticking. Make sure that the coiled primary springs, shown at bottom-left of the photo, are oiled and turning freely before doing this.

If you don't like how the car feels afterwards, it's a 10-second fix to put it back - but I think you'll be surprised what a big difference it makes to how the car feels. On occasions when engineers have replaced mine, thinking it had come off accidentally, the car immediately felt sluggish and far less pleasant to drive.



And now he waits for the purist backlash ... ¦:¬)

BOB

[frontfloater]

If the spring wasn't original equipment, what is the small hole for? It appears to have no other purpose. And given that the car has been serviced by at least 8 different TVR specialists during my ownership, surely at least one of those would have spotted it as being non-original and mentioned that? Those who serviced the car included Richard Thorpe at RT Racing, Central TVR, and most recently Heath at X-Works (who was one of several engineers who re-attached the spring). The engine also had a rebuild by Ford experts Specialised Engines, and had under-bonnet work done by the factory many years ago. So these were not unknowledgable chaps. But not one of them even mentioned the spring, nor suggested that it shouldn't be there.

To my knowledge the car was never used for motorsport. It was the 1989 press car, registered by Haughins and given to "Fast Lane" among others to test.

BOB

Edited by frontfloater on Thursday 22 August 18:55