Shock Absorbers

[pavendan]

Hello,

My dad is building a Lotus 7. Where can I get the shock absorbers with the incorporated spring?

 

Pato

[MHKflyer52]

Hello,

My dad is building a Lotus 7. Where can I get the shock absorbers with the incorporated spring?

 

Pato

 

Here is one link. http://www.spax.co.uk/

 

Hope this helps.

Post some photos of your dads build when you can.

:auto:

[MichaelD]

try http://www.freestylemotorsport.com in England

 

If that address is not correct the Google Freestyle motorsport.

[slomove]

I have the ProTech shocks from the UK. Made to order any size and end fitting, reasonable price:

http://www.protechshocks.co.uk/products.htm

[snookwheel]

Give Scott a call at Brunton Automotive in Bradenton, florida. He can get you in touch with Dennis Brunton who I believe is a distributor of AVO shocks.

http://www.bruntonauto.com/

 

The Se7en based Superstalker comes with the AVO coil over shocks. He will be able to get you what you are looking for. Dennis is a wealth of knowledge re the shocks and what works for a se7en! As is Scott and Glen Minehart, the new owner(s) of Brunton Automotive.

[craig chima]

I have a complete set of Spax adjustable shocks (adjustable spring perches, and valving) from a customer's 62 S2 Seven vintage race car that may be available (not sure about the springs). You can email me direct at chima97@aol.com if interested. Craig

[Ian7]

I have the ProTech shocks from the UK. Made to order any size and end fitting, reasonable price:

http://www.protechshocks.co.uk/products.htm

 

Did you get single or double adjustable? what was their "reasonable" price incl shipping if I may ask?

thanks

[WestTexasS2K]

Dennis Brunton is selling Gaz shocks made in the UK. They are reasonable price and come with the springs of your choice. Scott should be

[WestTexasS2K]

Scott can get you in touch with Dennis. They have several different styes to choose from.

[slomove]

 

Did you get single or double adjustable? what was their "reasonable" price incl shipping if I may ask?

thanks

 

I have single adjustable. Bought it 5 years ago and back then the double adjustable were not available. I suspect I would not know how to adjust them properly anyway without a shock dyno.

 

If I remember correctly (but not sure) I paid about $160 each, with made to order length. No idea what they may cost today. Of course shipping was another couple of bucks.

[Ian7]

I have single adjustable. Bought it 5 years ago and back then the double adjustable were not available. I suspect I would not know how to adjust them properly anyway without a shock dyno.

 

If I remember correctly (but not sure) I paid about $160 each, with made to order length. No idea what they may cost today. Of course shipping was another couple of bucks.

 

Thx, but give yourself more credit. A shock dyno (while invaluable in our race trailer) doesn't automatically tell you how to set dampers, all it's doing is telling you what forces the damper produces under what piston speed conditions. It's car behavior and what dynamic "evils" you are trying to cure that determines how you adjust the settings. It takes a lot of experience (with both dampers and the car in question) to be able to look at a damper plot and predict car behavior, or vice-versa. :-)

Bolt the dampers on, go drive, make logical adjustments, drive some more, see where car is better or worse. A chassis engineer can help you make the logical changes, or you can trial and error it providing you maintain track and tire conditions constant throughout. Only if car gets better continuously and you run out of adjustment in one direction do you need to think about dyno's and revalving the dampers.

[jbanker]

Dennis Brunton is selling Gaz shocks made in the UK. They are reasonable price and come with the springs of your choice. Scott should be

 

Dennis' email is coilovershocks@aol.com

He can be very helpful in helping Se7ens owners/builders with their performance shocks and springs questions. He will need to know specifics on your car that will require measurements on your behalf to help select the correct front and rear shock/spring rate for what you are trying to achieve.

 

Jack