Glad you liked it John.
No I don't have the works style rear suspension.
I have a relatively small budget and I believe Bill Price said the original rear suspension would have been OK for tarmac. Well as I only intended doing tarmac rallying and never felt I could afford more than say 150BHP from a 16V engine I went with the original set up.
The only mods were polybushed, 200lbs lowered springs and KYB shock absorbers. There isn't even a limited slip diff!
Tentatively I started playing around with tyre pressures but not enough to make a difference. What did make a difference though were the tyres.
Running to historic spec they were 185/70R13s. As the weather was so appalling for most of the day I used standard Michelin road tyres but later on it did actually dry out and I asked the service crew to put on my "proper" historic tarmac rally tyres - Avons at £115 each (gulp).
My god they were good. I got out of the car after the first stage with them on and wanted to hug everyone. Sarah asked me how I knew they were so good.
I could only say that I now knew what the expression "flying by the seat of your pants" means. I just felt confidence almost flow up me from my buttocks!!
It's just that I could feel the extra grip on the tarmac.
By the way it felt great too sat in the car whilst it went up on the jacks and axle stands and the wheels and tyres were changed[:D] Pretty cool eh
I am just so pissed off my health is getting in the way of doing more[:(]
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Project Manx 2010 - I wish I could drive a TR7 like Tony Pond
North Yorks/Lancs border
http://raidertr7.blogspot.com/
TR7 Sprint FHC tarmac rally car - Speke built ... Barnoldswick modified - there's a big difference!
