Supercharged LS1 Cerb on the road *Photo intensive*
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Thanks for the great comments guys, its good to get some encouragement after all the hard work.
Just to answer a few questions.
Chassis mods were minimal, new engine mounting post were installed but everything else was just heating up some of the tubes and hitting them with a hammer to give a bit of clearance here and there. Nothing more than TVR did themselves on particular bits of the chassis. All other chassis work was repair work. From below, my outriggers looked ok, but on top (only visible with a body lift) they were perished.
The T56 will fit without fouling the transmission tunnel but the chassis indentations just give a bit more clearance. One of my biggest concerns was knocking noises when it first went on the road but all seems good so far.
Traction control is the adjustable Race Logic system with the funky digital adjuster. I've installed the wheel sensors but I need to wire the system up.
Hopefully take it along to a few TVRCC events, I'm on the boarder between Hants and Dorset so should make both their monthly meets at some point.
Cost wise I'd rather not say, not because its alot of money, far from it, more because it would just be a total sum of parts, remember I've paid nobody any labour for this. Read through my previous threads and you find costs for the engine conversion.
Rich.
Just to answer a few questions.
Chassis mods were minimal, new engine mounting post were installed but everything else was just heating up some of the tubes and hitting them with a hammer to give a bit of clearance here and there. Nothing more than TVR did themselves on particular bits of the chassis. All other chassis work was repair work. From below, my outriggers looked ok, but on top (only visible with a body lift) they were perished.
The T56 will fit without fouling the transmission tunnel but the chassis indentations just give a bit more clearance. One of my biggest concerns was knocking noises when it first went on the road but all seems good so far.
Traction control is the adjustable Race Logic system with the funky digital adjuster. I've installed the wheel sensors but I need to wire the system up.
Hopefully take it along to a few TVRCC events, I'm on the boarder between Hants and Dorset so should make both their monthly meets at some point.
Cost wise I'd rather not say, not because its alot of money, far from it, more because it would just be a total sum of parts, remember I've paid nobody any labour for this. Read through my previous threads and you find costs for the engine conversion.
Rich.
GreenV8S said:
eff eff said:
That's way way better than factory 
If it was 'factory' I think there would be way more sikaflex slathered over everything. 
(Seriously, though, that's very yummy indeed.)
Edited by Zumbruk on Monday 6th July 17:31
External - looks fantastic 
The light conversion looks great and the splitter suits - especially with the dark blue colour
Engine bay - as others have commented it looks "factory" not "bodged" (or should that be other manufacturer factory v's standard TVR ) - the engine just looks like it was designed to go there and the effort you've gone to make the engine bay look tidy has paid off 
Sound - from that small clip - sounds bloody awesome!!!
Great job - a credit to you
Now after all that effort - just get out there and enjoy driving "the beast" - the interior re-trim can wait for the crap weather (oh, looking out of the window that's here already )
The light conversion looks great and the splitter suits - especially with the dark blue colourEngine bay - as others have commented it looks "factory" not "bodged" (or should that be other manufacturer factory v's standard TVR
) - the engine just looks like it was designed to go there and the effort you've gone to make the engine bay look tidy has paid off Sound - from that small clip - sounds bloody awesome!!!
Great job - a credit to you
Now after all that effort - just get out there and enjoy driving "the beast" - the interior re-trim can wait for the crap weather (oh, looking out of the window that's here already
)Horse_Apple said:
Now you have some spare time you could do with weeding your driveway
My wife said I shouldn't post the video's as someone would point out the mess 
Something had to give, over the last 2 years, I've built the TVR, we done the house extension and we're building a Porsche 356 replica 
Power wise, I'm kinda hoping to break the 500bhp barrier at the fly with the current set up (6psi, std engine). The supercharger guys, Wortec, recon it should be do able. My set up is basically that of a VXR500, they produced 500bhp with std engine, exhaust, manifolds and the supercharger wasn't intercooled.
There's the option to go to 9 psi and 12 psi. At 12psi with a mild cam apparently 600bhp is achievable. Won't be going there yet though, the idea was to have a Cerbera which could, if needed be used everyday without worring about wearing it out. All that power is just secondary
Rich.
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