In the 1970's when I owned my TR2 for the first time, I had to put on some
'half race' springs on the rear as they were the only ones available. This
made the car oversteer at every opportunity, but because I got used to it, I
could drive it like that. It was especially exciting around roundabouts. I
could scare any passenger that dared to ride with me, even the local nutter !
Very few had two rides ! It did save my life though, because I bought a
Lotus Elan and after racing my pal, who was in his GT6, down the motorway I hit
a slippy patch of road and the rear end started to swing out at 70 mph ish. on
a bend. I didn't even have to think about controlling the oversteer and after
swinging both ways I got the car straight. A cop car (Triumph 2.5 PI) saw the
incident and came after me, but I was in a Lotus Elan wasn't I ? To bad they
are so fragile !
Brian Johnson
"R. John Lye" wrote:
> Jack Brooks wrote (regarding sway bars for TR-3A's):
>
> >John,
> >
> >Get the front one, but not the rear one.
> >
> >TR3's are notoriously tail happy. Holding the front end down with an
> >anti-sway bar will help make the back stick better. My TR3A has just a
> >front bar.
>
> I agree completely. I installed both a front and a rear (Amco) sway bar on
> my TR-3A and found that the car oversteered badly. I removed the rear bar
> and got much better handling. Incidentally, my TR-4 had what appeared to
> be Amco front and rear bars on it when I bought it, and also oversteered
> badly. "Proper" sway bars (those who've looked under my TR-4 will know
> what I'm talking about) have transformed that car completely.
>
> cheers,
>
> John Lye
>
> '59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
> email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
> homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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Cheers
Brian Johnson
Internet bjohnson@myself.com (work) or b.johnson@lycosmail.com(home)
1963 TR4 AFP503A / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O ) ex USA
1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car in pieces
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI - Eurobox but it goes !
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