Racestorations

[2033husky]

I have been thinking about getting racestorations rear shock kit. Has anyone else used this & if so what did you think. How much trouble is it to order parts from overseas? Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks Jeff

 

[LastDeadLast]

Jeff,

I've got the set on order. I think they come with Spax shocks. If you like, I'll take some pics of the setup when I get them installed and give you my impressions.

They should be here by the end of next week.

 

[Guest]

Doesn't TRF have them too?
Likely more costly but less aggravation with shipping.

Just be aware that they require some welding.

 

[LastDeadLast]

The Racetoration version is alloy... Not that it makes that much difference to a road car, as long as it's strong enough to do the job.

What I like about most all products from Racetoration, is that most everything they build has been tried and proven and designed for the track. Not that other offerings won't work on the track either, but they probably weren't designed for that type of abuse from the start.

 

[Guest]

I thought he imported them from racetorations. I thought that was the point. Just like the nylatron stuff is all goodparts but marked up.

 

[LastDeadLast]

I just checked... the TRF stuff is all steel. This is the Racetorations model:

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[Guest]

Fair enough.
The welding is for the Revington coil over btw. I'm not sure about the racetorations one. My bad, sorry.

 

[LastDeadLast]

Oh... yes, I forgot about the Revington version... Yes TRF does resale it. You have to modify the trailing arm to install that one...

 

[Guest]

Right - the reason it was on my mind is that I was talking about rear shock upgrades to the guy who is supplying parts for my engine. I didn't want to do this kind of conversion because I was worried about clearance (I run 16x7s).

He suggested the Revington conversion. When I mentioned that the welding for the kit was offputting, he told me that the one of the diff mount upgrades I just paid to have put in is the same thing. That's why it was on my mind.

In the end I went with uprated rebuilt lever shocks.

Jeff, sorry for taking this ot. You will need to make sure that the parts are marked for a classic car, otherwise you pay a lot more on duty.

 

[LastDeadLast]

Alan,

I asked the tire rub question Darryl Uprichard as well. His response:

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There should be no problem with tyre rub. We use up to a 7" rim without a problem.

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[Guest]

Yeah I got that too, but I just don't like the way it looks. I'm worried about torsional stresses, even though my chassis is rock solid.

I'll stick with uprated levers until I find it to be a limiting factor, then I'll think about the coilover conversion.

 

[Alan_Myers]

Hi Jeff,

Had to go look and see what car you are working on.

TR6 can definitely benefit from a shock conversion, as can all the IRS cars.

With TR2/3/4 and the live axle version of TR4A, I'd think twice about it... Lever shocks can be made to work pretty well with multi-leaf springs.

An exception would be any of the live axle cars that have been converted to a monoleaf suspension, in which case tube shocks would probably be best.

Racetorations stuff is generally good.

The Revington TR kit uses a different method of positioning the shock, that some folks like better. But it does require some modifications and welding.

There are other, steel kits similar to Racetorations, but heavier of course.

Basically, what I'd watch out for in any conversion would be that it must attach to the frame, not just to the body. Any kit that's relying only on the sheetmetal of the body to support the shock is going to be pretty short-lived.(Racetorations attaches to both, which is okay.)