Paul TVR

Thanks for looking, have been offered a good price on Toyo's which is TVR's recommended tyre now, but they again are only V rated. Nangkang do a W rated but not too sure about putting a budget tyre on, I know lots are as good as their premium products but not sure which ones as been out the game too long lol.

I will need to get the rear shocks sorted as had one fail in a big way, the top lock nut came undone and allowed the damper to unwind from it's mount, the damper still works but the threads need tidying up plus not too sure about using them again, either way the car will need corner weighting once they are back on. Do you have scales there?

Yes when running normally I believe it would be .75 or 3/4 to 1 degree, but as standard the car was having trouble biting into corners, the rear would grip then lose it all of a sudden, now the car is very controlable, can chuck it into a corner and drift out the other side, something TVR's don't normally do. Must say it does suit my driving style but probably not the fastest way round a track or country lane lol. A big question would be how the car would drive if adjusted back again, would it be the uncontrolable monster it was before?

guess it's more about getting the car looking low than making sure the dampers are working to their full potential, with the stiff springs the car will have less roll and the owner will think it's handling much better.

This is the problem, it was set up for track day use and they gave it lots of camber, so wouldn't mind it being reset to overcome awful tyre wear but then don't want to lose that turn in they gave me when having it set up. also never use it on track anymore but for b roads it's still much better than before, except a fair amount of tramlining on badly rutted roads.

Suppose you could compare it to the Hilo system used on mini's, has the same effect, used to adjust ride height without needing adjustable dampers, then lowering the car is mainly a looks thing I guess.

Is the Griff not adjustable on the camber natural or forced?... .Also are you looking for tyre prices. The camber is adjustable at the front yes, does Wim sell tyres as well? If you do some prices would be good

Just doing a mini service on the Griff and noticed the tyres were rather low but they have worn very badly on the inside I run 1 3/4 degrees neg camber of the front but didn't expect such bad wear. Paul Also anyone know where I can get decent 225/50x15 in W or higher rating? Looks like Bridgestone have sold out of S03's

Is this your cars actual data? or suggested target positions. On these cars the caster etc isn't adjustable so should be fixed.

Peninsula were selling adjustable bottom arms a few years ago, also had longer one to allow more camber. not sure what effect that would have though.

No the car is a TVR Griffith, running standard shocks and springs, upgraded bushes have been fitted, the geometry has been done and not running anything heavy, just .75 neg camber on the front.

Not my car but someone from the Griffith forum is having problems on b roads of the car following the camber excessively and getting bump steer with pot holes, apparently feels very unsteady, has new bushes etc in the suspension so looking for other options

Did I see a topic about pairing tyres on here using the lines painted in the tyres? Thought I did but can't find it in the search.

Seen a few like that when I was fitting tyres, saw a few remoulds do similar but then I think they often used Michelin casings. Remember seeing one remould start to mutate once fitted as they hadn't found the puncture in the case, the air pressure then lifted the tread off the tyre, very strange as the hump started growing out the tyre lol

The new mini has a reset button for the run flat sensor just below the hand brake lever, I presumed most other cars should have the same? Although saying that BMW wanted £25 to press the button.