Discussion
Hi Keith,
The SEAC is back on the road, MOTed and insured although not taxed atm due to the weather (heating/demisting is awful!). After much deliberation I decided I couldn't justify an engine rebuild. Cost was one element but more significantly I felt that some aspects of the original engine needed to be improved upon (H234 cam and solid followers??) and then I'd be departing from originality anyway. It has polished and slightly scratched bores too so ideally needs a rebore/pistons - that's hard to justify when the bore is bespoke and you can get a 4.6L Rangie engine (actually a whole car!) for peanuts.
The dry sump installation is also pretty poor and needed substantial modification to make it work properly. So again I'd have to go down the path of modifying it to make it work properly and not compromise the usability of the car.
Soo... original engine is loosely assembled on a pallet with the associated dry sump bits to be sold with the car if I ever decide to sell. In the meantime I'm driving it around with the surrogate wet sump 4.2 scaring the populace... pops and bangs galore on the flapper ECU.
The interior is 'in need of attention' and the bodywork is scruffy but it's great fun!
Cheers, Martin
The SEAC is back on the road, MOTed and insured although not taxed atm due to the weather (heating/demisting is awful!). After much deliberation I decided I couldn't justify an engine rebuild. Cost was one element but more significantly I felt that some aspects of the original engine needed to be improved upon (H234 cam and solid followers??) and then I'd be departing from originality anyway. It has polished and slightly scratched bores too so ideally needs a rebore/pistons - that's hard to justify when the bore is bespoke and you can get a 4.6L Rangie engine (actually a whole car!) for peanuts.
The dry sump installation is also pretty poor and needed substantial modification to make it work properly. So again I'd have to go down the path of modifying it to make it work properly and not compromise the usability of the car.
Soo... original engine is loosely assembled on a pallet with the associated dry sump bits to be sold with the car if I ever decide to sell. In the meantime I'm driving it around with the surrogate wet sump 4.2 scaring the populace... pops and bangs galore on the flapper ECU.
The interior is 'in need of attention' and the bodywork is scruffy but it's great fun!
Cheers, Martin
Errr... Still no carpets but otherwise I have an interior. The roof leaks like a sieve so no carpets makes life easier in terms of demisting the windows; I need to fix the roof seals first. My feeling is that TVR never quite sorted out the roof seals so a bit of creative thinking is called for.
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