The Ultimate TVR Performance Gathering 2010

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Hi all,

Right this is quite late post, but I have been in touch with a few parties and I am organising an annual performance event. Regardless of tune, its for fun primarily and also willy waving (as thats hillarious).... The type of event is yet to be polled upon, ie. strip only, trackday only, trackday + top speed runs etc... The other parties are well accustomed to all the rules and requirements to organise such days, but the format of the event is upto US!

If everyone can vote, then I can get an idea of what we need to look at, at then we can take it from there...

This is the real thing, and hopefully the venue will NOT have some silly decibals limit so dont worry if you're peaking 130dbs, though I'd be amazed you can still hear!

The format of the event will be non-tuner biased, although we will discuss the format and agree on how tuners can also make use of the event, the more fumes the better... as every TVR owner knows, the Cerbera fold are the 3 headed dogs from hell and we love action...

Right, its all down to you chaps, I will make it happen. But I need an idea of what you chaps are interested in, so bang up your feelings and suggestions and lets debate this... the idea is to make it a revival of what Cream did for us a few years back on the cerbera's anniversary, but also to take it to the next level.

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Ron Fellows said:

Ash! If this ends up being TVRs only what are you going to do? As your bdo children are not really TVRs! opens can of worms and runs for it!

If on the other hand we're allowed to class our cars as TVRs cause they have the badge on the front but say have an LS lump for an engine! Can I bring mine?

LOL

you can bring your SLR baiting ZR1 along, as long as you get shot of that tractor leaf-spring rear setup!

TVR's are TVR's, before the speed 6 and the speed 8 engines came along, engines came from others right? so why ruin a custom that has been around since TVR's birth.... and having heard from others, these conversion TVR's seem to be awesome cars and I'm sure EVERYONE would love to see and hear them in the flesh!

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Gazzab said:

There is an article in Evo this month arguing that the best measure is terminal speed rather than acceleration. So how about that or how about the standing mile as per the Cerb drag test and compare standard cars, tuned cars and bdised cars ;-)

We could look at something like a morning and afternoonof slalom courses + tracking.... and then in the evening we could take do some high speed runs and like you say, grab the terminals instead....
I think launching in a TVR, regardless of tune is never going to be as sorted as big yank tanks and the likes.... so yeah, I'm up for terminals... we'd have to keep to 2 cars, insurance of such events can be a little arsy about every joe-bloggs racing together to top speed... I'll check with the informed though...

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ARDA said:

i would like to come as well i m new here , my cerbera 4.5 is in the body shop at the moment if its comes out on time i would like to come when is it going to be ?

The reason for this thread is for all of us to collectively decide on the format of the event. Then I will be in touch with certain individuals to locate a venue which will provide us an adequate setting for the format. Then its just a matter of getting a booking in for a date which we all can collectively *roughly* agree on.... and then work out the costs and ticket prices....

But 2010 is the planned year.... preferrably around late spring to early summer...

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stainless_steve said:

If i get the LSM finished in time i'm up for it
voted TVR's only

Sweeet!!!!

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TVR 500 DAN said:

Hi there all sounds great idea. TVR only, I have a 500 Chimaera, would i be welcome?

The poll shows that more are interested in it being an all TVR event, so I should think every TVR will be welcome.

The interest shows that the turnout may well be very big, if this is the case then a pretty large venue will be required and events will be running in parallel to give everyone plenty of track/strip time...

Been talking with Carbon Al and he has a few ideas up his sleeve too so all looks promising.

I know its a few months away still, but the sooner we get the interest building up, the sooner I can get some numbers to play with.

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Ok, looks its been decided that the format will be TVR only.

This includes ALL TVR based cars, if its a Ford Escort with an AJP then it enters, if its a Griffith with a quad-turbo LS7 it enters...



Although I do have a list of potential venues, I am all ears to more rare venues, so if anyone has any ideas - either post them on this thread or email me via PH email...

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gemini said:

Sounds good - Whatevers decided can I ask that the date is worked into the TVRCC calendar and doesnt compete for a "date"? Would be a pity to split the attendance!

Yes that would make sense, would hate for a TVRCC event to lose attendance due to a non-TVRCC event... near the time I'm sure we'll work out a date that works for all... I gues one or two TVRCC regions may get affected but we'll try to keep the casualties down...