Aftermarket shock absorbers

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BBLongman

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Can anyone tell who makes a front and rear set of gas/adjustable shocks for the rover p6?

I'm sure that they were available and can remember reading about them on the manufacturers web site. Unfortunately I can't remember the name. Seem to recall they were either red or had red in the name.

I'm only 32 and my brain has given up on me already?
 
My '73 wears red AVO 20-position adjustable gas shocks all round. They were already on it when I bought her in '01, plus 2" lower 150% uprated springs and a full complement of poly bushes.
 
The red shocks could also be Koni classics, which have adjustable rebound damp. I have some rear Spax gas in the usual yellow, after some fronts if anybody has some around ??? I come from the motorcycle world and when you look at your average car shock quality I doubt it does much good and their performance is mostly in the mind(It must be better its stiffer:laugh:) I think the best performance improvement will be in polybushes if you can handle some harshness of ride quality.
Any chance of posting some pics MrTask your car sounds lovely.
 
If you dont think the dampers do a lot, remove all 4 from your P6, drive it, and see how long you can last before you throw up! A bad day at sea is nothing compared to a P6, all coil sprung, so no spring damping, without dampers.
 
Thank you Vicky! Indeed my car does sound lovely, a deep sonorous rumble, but a bit mournful! I turn it over every now and then, always fires up straight away. Shame it hasn't left my garage for two years now. Still, it hasn't got any rustier in the meantime either.
I've begun scraping all the old underbody seal off my second rusty P6, keep finding more lurking pockets of rot. :-( I'm starting to realise just how much work a restoration really entails! Wonder how long my new year enthusiasm will last...
BB, how's the primrose yellow Estoura? You ought to post a pic or two of the finished car to round off your resto website!
 
I said nothing of removing the shocks!!! Only that gas shocks for a P6 are cheap and their performance gain over a new pair of standard shocks is I suspect minimal. I would place my money on the polybush for a major handling gain. If money was no object then I'd like Ohlins coil overs on all four corners. Oh god I'm going to buy a Scooby and a Burberry cap...
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Which have adjustable rebound/compression damp(All in one screw). Sorry... Good for towing eh... :laugh:
 
I fitted gas adjustable Spax on my old chevette, I never really thought much of the spax, quality was pretty poor, and even the minimum setting was way too hard, turn them right up and the suspension practically didn't move !!
 
It was the AVO adjustables I was thinking of, cheers for replies.

The Estoura is finished and on the road but I haven't really had a chance to finish off the website. Mainly trying to finish off the car!

I've done about 3000 miles in the last couple of years in it but have got fed up with the weber 500 carb on it. I just can't get it to idle and pick up cleanly. It also stinks of petrol inside the car if you park the car up after a run which I think is the heat evaporating petrol in the float chambers.

Anyway I'm just refurbishing a hotwire injection system to fit on it and hopefully with a decent set of aftermarket shockers and some new front springs it'll be seeing a lot more use.

Be keen to hear from anyone who has fitted injection as i'm currently trying to decide on an arrangement for a swirl tank.

Regards to all.

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BBLongman said:
It was the AVO adjustables I was thinking of, cheers for replies
I've done about 3000 miles in the last couple of years in it but have got fed up with the weber 500 carb on it. I just can't get it to idle and pick up cleanly. It also stinks of petrol inside the car if you park the car up after a run which I think is the heat evaporating petrol in the float chambers.
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Is this a reason against fitting a Holley set-up? Still in two minds whether to put my Holley on or not.
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The problem with Holleys is that they were all designed for engines with a larger capacity than the 215 cu.in Rover V8, so even the smallest, which is the 390cfm is far to big. It's the only one (I think) with vacuum secondaries and without these they flood up all the time. (Hence the petrol smells) Well set up standard SU's are good enough to cope with up to about 220bhp so unless you've got more than that it's not worth the trouble and the loss of drivability. (IMHO)
Personally I'd go with the Hotwire injection set up if I wanted to get rid of the SU's (although that 4 SU Boxer manifold posted up elsewhere on the site is tempting)
 
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