ludwig113 Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hi all, As the title says i'm going from a rotoflex setup to CV shafts on my '72 gt6 and i want to mount the shocks on the frame. From what i gather the frame extensions were to clear the rotoflex setup so i won't need them with the CV shafts ? If that's correct , which rear shocks do i buy? standard non roto spitfire/gt6 ? cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 My view is - If you have the original shock mounts standard rotoflex shocks are the correct ones - basically its the length that changes with the frame extensions and CV conversion does not change the length. I think the extensions are used when the original mounts become unserviceable. So if you are going off the chassis frame and not body mount they will need to be the shorter ones. I used the original mounts for my conversion sorry not the best picture of the mount. Of course if you are changing the overall setup then I'd bow to more knowledgeable people here on the forum. Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hi Paul, It should be possible to fit the shocks to the upper mounting points on the chassis when using the CV drive shafts but... Take care over the length of the shocks. Too long and the drive shafts could touch the chassis on full extension. Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 7 hours ago, ludwig113 said: Hi all, As the title says i'm going from a rotoflex setup to CV shafts on my '72 gt6 and i want to mount the shocks on the frame. From what i gather the frame extensions were to clear the rotoflex setup so i won't need them with the CV shafts ? If that's correct , which rear shocks do i buy? standard non roto spitfire/gt6 ? cheers paul I have fitted CV rotoflex to my spitfire, and used the Koni shocks that were on my mk1 vitesse and then spitfire. So use std spitfire length shocks, work fine. I say std, please do not use the cheap black ones... Koni are excellent and I have no complaints after 20+ years of use and probably 80K miles. Still on the same setting as when initailly fitted/tweeked to get them correct. So you don't need the extensions. However, they have an advantage that they sit the shock more vertical. Downside is that nobody seems to sell the correct length shock, shorter than std spit etc length. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, clive said: So you don't need the extensions. However, they have an advantage that they sit the shock more vertical. Downside is that nobody seems to sell the correct length shock, shorter than std spit etc length. TSSC club shop used to sell the extension brackets with correct, shorter Spax shocks. That was 10+ years ago, don't know if they still stock the right shocks now. Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Nigel Clark said: TSSC club shop used to sell the extension brackets with correct, shorter Spax shocks. That was 10+ years ago, don't know if they still stock the right shocks now. Nigel Nigel, a friend has a mk3 rotoflex GT6. He had the club kit, supplied with Gaz. Kept bottoming out. Gaz altered teh shocks (shortened I suppose) and no more issues. But the Club ought to be supplying the shorted shocks as std. (and really ought to be selling better shocks IMO, but Koni are not cheap) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 club shop brochure says shocker of correct length are supplied ?? specially made by gaz Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 I have the club extension bracket kit with Gaz shockers on my Vitesse mk2 and they fit fine . Started the shocker settings at 5 , much too hard and settled at position 2 Pauln 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Paul H said: Started the shocker settings at 5 , much too hard and settled at position 2 Hello Paul, Fully agree, I've just had the same situation - a long story via an odd issue, but in the end I needed to readjust the GAZ shocks to position 2; the rear of the car now handles much better with a balanced ride. Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 spax tend to need to be even lower makes you wonder why adjustable' s are so popular i had gaz and spax in my Vit 6 and depending on boot and passenger count always twiddling , pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: spax tend to need to be even lower makes you wonder why adjustable' s are so popular i had gaz and spax in my Vit 6 and depending on boot and passenger count always twiddling , pete Yes, they have a huge range available, but only the first few clicks are usable. There is an answer, begins with K! As to the club shop's kit, I would be asking very straight questions. My friends shocks were definitely too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cook Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ahhh!! I fitted spax adjustables years ago but they sit quite low at the back (too short??). I wonder if I should move them off the body mount to the chassis mount now I have CV shafts??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, Don Cook said: Ahhh!! I fitted spax adjustables years ago but they sit quite low at the back (too short??). I wonder if I should move them off the body mount to the chassis mount now I have CV shafts??? I wouldn't expect the rear shocks to affect ride height. That's much more likely to be a tired spring. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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