Saw These At Stoneliegh

[john 215]

Hi,

Visited Alastair Flacks stand at the show on Sunday, with 'our ' Tony and Phil, and had a good look at some parts he developed for his rally car, and has decided to supply them to others. I am planning to fit a set of his rear coil spring conversion to my DHC,the shock element is made by AVO which as you know is top notch stuff.The spring are standard motor sport size so a huge range of spring rates available, they can also supplied with two adjustments too.






they look almost to good to stick under a car [8D] !


He also had on display rose jionted lower arms for camber adjustment, once again a quality looking part,






The final part was alloy hubs, these featured a lot bigger out bearing, the small bearing on the stud is a standard one,





He can also supply, normal TR7 /8 AVO shocks and has a adjustable front spring seat struts.

A real nice gent to talk too and knows what he is talking about. His web site -


http://www.hamilton-motorsport.co.uk/

Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[DNK]

Well that's intriguing!

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[TR Tony]

Good pics John, the parts were indeed very impressive quality & developed by a guy who knows what he is talking about.

The units are a straight swap - take out your "normal" springs, fit these in place of the shocks. The shocks use 2 & 1/4 inch diameter springs which are apparently a standard motorsport size, hence the huge range of spring rates available. Alistair told me that due to the different geometry of the rear spring using the coilover, you can use a much softer rated spring - he uses 120lb on his track car (isn't the standard rear spring 160 lb?). This in turn makes the units suitable for road use too, as the suspension is not too hard. Does that make sense to you knowledgeable people out there?

As John mentions, the AVOs can be had with bump adjustment, or bump & rebound to further tune your set up.

It would be very interesting to hear the views of anyone who has actually used these on their car, whether track or road use?

Tony

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1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
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[trekcarbonboy]

Would the top shock mount on the car need strengthening to install these? They weren't meant to carry the weight of the car and I would think they would need some added strength since the weight of the car would now be placed here and not at the old spring location. Very nice piece of kit, for sure.

Craig '75 2.0 FHC

[tr8coupe]

[:D]when u add up for a proper set up AP brakes and plus all above is about 3k per corner including wheel and tyre lol
and some one said my car was to much lol[:D]
if the wife picks up the invoice folder for this car and starts adding up i am a dead husband[8D]
or i might should add this http://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-content/ ... tops-1.jpg
BMW Z1 ( sold)
Westfield sport carbon (sold)
Eurosport x1/9 turbo (sold)
TR8 coupe
Ginetta G27
TR7 v8 monster on 245 tyres all round (sold)
TVR VIXEN (sold)
Alfa GTV 3.0 CUP lol

[DNK]

See everything but the coil overs on the website.
How much

Kind of drooling over the injection set up.
Easy to install with my set up.
Anybody know if that FI will fit under the stock bonnet?

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[Vegas_M]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">... I might should add this http://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-content/ ... tops-1.jpg<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Sweeeeet! OK, I just have to divorce the wife and trade in the house to get one for my TR7V8. No problem. [:D]

M.

[john 215]

hi Don,

I believe the set we were looking at are the first set produced, and already sold to a gent in Germany, as far as cost -



Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by john 215</i>

... normal TR7 /8 AVO shocks <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Just make sure that the rears are the correct, they used to be to long.
The Koni has the correct length ...



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[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TR Tony</i>

... It would be very interesting to hear the views of anyone who has actually used these on their car, whether track or road use?
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I'll stick to Dutch engineering [:p]



They are 30kg/cm (168lbf/in) so have the same effective spring rate as 43kg/cm (241lbf/in) springs mounted in the original location.
Car is much more "lively" on bad road surfaces, but MUCH more fun to drive [:D]

But looks like a nice bit of kit for the asking price.

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[john 215]

Hi Beans,

Did you have to re-enforce the area for the top mount for the shock absorber when you fitted those sexy looking coil overs [?]

Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[Beans]

No I didn't for the following reasons;
• It would involve welding close to the fuel tank, and I was to lazy to remove it [:D]
• And compared to Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts the rear turrets of the TR7 are pretty strong. But I have to admit that I keep a close eye on the mounting points, but after 4000 pretty hard miles there are no visible problems yet;
• I didn't use the original top mount but had a solid mounts made that spread the load better;







• When I fitted them I knew that within a few years I would dismantle the car and add a welded in cage which will be used to strengthen the turrets (as it stands now work will start this year);

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[john 215]

Hi Beans,

Thanks for that, a mate rallies a mk 2 escort and now you come to mention it, ' our ' cars are far more beefy in that area, like you solution to spreading the load too.

Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[DNK]

Sexy Cad drawings sir.
You got measurements to go along?

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[Benzo]

Im just about to order a set of the hubs & Track Control arms, i cant help but think that the TCAs are expensive tho, but it will save me having to get someone to modify mine.

Any of you guys got Tasty front top mounts for 2.25" springs?



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