Is the SP6 engine a flawed gem?

[Walford]

natben said:

Early SP6 engines had poor quality components from india

Have heard rumours that TVR wanted to move onto CAD with the Speed6 design, but there was a mix up and they ended up moving onto


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[WolfyJones]

Were you bullied at school?

[glow worm]

No, but Walford's school was approved .

I suppose we should feel sorry for these LS orphans that don't have a forum of their own .

Edited by glow worm on Saturday 18th May 12:28

[WolfyJones]

Maybe ph could create a chevrolet Barry boys forum.

Edited by WolfyJones on Saturday 18th May 12:39

[glow worm]

Nah, the geezers not on Walford market baras anymore.He's int garage under the arches wiv his bruva Phil .

[goneape]

I see, thanks. This thread I've resurrected seems quite disparaging about the quality of the rebuild work, I guess now it's 4-5 years on the re-builds have some reasonable miles behind them - what counts as good longevity? 50k? 100?

I know a highly tuned engine is always going to need more fettling than a mass produced lump. Don't expect M reliability etc etc!

[WolfyJones]

200k on a power engine now, all the main builders have 100k 5 year warranties as standard, I have had a few speed six engine cars and never had any problems, my Sag has over 60k on it lots of track days done and never had a problem.

[Walford]

glow worm said:

No, but Walford's school was approved .

I suppose we should feel sorry for these LS orphans that don't have a forum of their own .
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http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids-28/

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[natben]

goneape said:

I see, thanks. This thread I've resurrected seems quite disparaging about the quality of the rebuild work, I guess now it's 4-5 years on the re-builds have some reasonable miles behind them - what counts as good longevity? 50k? 100?

I know a highly tuned engine is always going to need more fettling than a mass produced lump. Don't expect M reliability etc etc!

TVR Power give a 100k mile warranty and one of his rebuilt cars is now past 200'000 miles, people tend not to do huge miles in there TVRs so there arent that many above 100k millage but if you get one with a proven rebuild I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[goneape]

Indeed, I'd be looking at probably 5k/year. Thanks for the info!

I guess what I'm weighing up is the relative long term costs of a speed 6 engine vs the AJP8.

[Englishman]

I've one S6 car that I haven't spent anything on the engine that I didn't want to in almost 8 years. Then I have another that has cost over £10K in the last 12 months. You'll find AJP's are similar, potentially 20% more expensive.

How lucky are you feeling?

[m4tti]

Walford said:

Have heard rumours that TVR wanted to move onto CAD with the Speed6 design, but there was a mix up and they ended up moving onto


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Listen to this and compare it too a warbly LS sound.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=g4ZLBxP_a5Y

Come on Walford, Walford n kustom something a bit more challenging. V10, v12 you must be able to do better than the most fitted gm engine (read boring) on the planet. Walford and kustom us up something special.

[Walford]

The link doesent start,
boring old yank V8
my engine boring the driver in its old chassis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbjFZHEszvY

[swisstoni]

I just spent 10 minutes reading this whole thread before realising that most of it is from 2008

Thank the lord things seem more positive these days. Generally it appears that the rebuilt engines (by the firms we all know) have proved themselves over time.

[Walford]

swisstoni said:

I just spent 10 minutes reading this whole thread before realising that most of it is from 2008

Thank the lord things seem more positive these days. Generally it appears that the rebuilt engines (by the firms we all know) have proved themselves over time.

5 years later


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[tail slide]

I'm now up to 30k on my 4.2 S6, meticulously built by STR8SIX in 2009. It's used hard on track fairly often as well as on road. No work needed on engine since, just std annual services.

Shorts' T350 S6 is now over 200k; http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

So they have enhanced reliability with extra performance - mine still holds most of the 1-lap sprint and hillclimb records against any other roadgoing TVR's, though more to do with car than driver I suspect.



I humbly suggest that these are now precious gems, any previous minor flaws having been polished out

Edited by tail slide on Saturday 1st June 17:27

[TA14]

tail slide said:

Shorts' T350 S6 is now over 200k; http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

although it needed a rebuild at 60,000.

[natben]

Walford said:

5 years later


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Walford,

The firm you have posted a link to are NOT one of the recognised builders infact I'm not sure they have delivered a working engine.
One of the problem builds in the link is actually an AJP8.....!

But once again you try to drag down the SP6.

What about the lousy LS builds there are a few of them out there you should highlight them.

The recognised builders like TVR Power and str8six turn out excellent product you know that but choose to highlight the company above.


I do not include Racing Green on the recommended list as there treatment of Pascal and his supercharged build is unbelievably shocking.

[nrick]

I think we have been here before

3 camps of owners

Those that love the S6
Those that love the S6 but acknowledge its design is challenged
Those that fit a LS

Multiple solutions for us as grown ups to decide what WE want to do in OUR circumstances

But we all love the Tuscan/Tam/T350/Sag..............

[Walford]

natben said:

I do not include Racing Green on the recommended list as there treatment of Pascal and his supercharged build is unbelievably shocking.

you are slagging off TVR engine builders not me

The attraction of the LS, is i can build and maintain the engine my self