Discussion
steve
Please talk to Adrian Venn (ExactlyTVR) or Dave Smith (Owner of a Motorsport 302 3000S) before you restore the chassis and both these guys have experience of high power M series cars, and what had to be strengthen on the chassis and wishbones, etc. It would be a shame to restore it, put the V8 in and then find that you keep breaking things!
Good project though!
davidy
Please talk to Adrian Venn (ExactlyTVR) or Dave Smith (Owner of a Motorsport 302 3000S) before you restore the chassis and both these guys have experience of high power M series cars, and what had to be strengthen on the chassis and wishbones, etc. It would be a shame to restore it, put the V8 in and then find that you keep breaking things!
Good project though!
davidy
DavidY said:
steve
Please talk to Adrian Venn (ExactlyTVR) or Dave Smith (Owner of a Motorsport 302 3000S) before you restore the chassis and both these guys have experience of high power M series cars, and what had to be strengthen on the chassis and wishbones, etc. It would be a shame to restore it, put the V8 in and then find that you keep breaking things!
Good project though!
davidy
Don't worry David,had a good chat with Adrian Venn,will be having plenty more too Please talk to Adrian Venn (ExactlyTVR) or Dave Smith (Owner of a Motorsport 302 3000S) before you restore the chassis and both these guys have experience of high power M series cars, and what had to be strengthen on the chassis and wishbones, etc. It would be a shame to restore it, put the V8 in and then find that you keep breaking things!
Good project though!
davidy
All of the car will be upgraded to cope with 550bhp
tegwin said:
Wow... thats impressive..
What other mods do you have planned to cope with it?
Will be interested to see how you manage to fit the exhaust headers, those chassis rails look close?
I would love to do something similar with my M!
I'm making my own headers running forward so no prob there.What other mods do you have planned to cope with it?
Will be interested to see how you manage to fit the exhaust headers, those chassis rails look close?
I would love to do something similar with my M!
Edited by tegwin on Saturday 3rd October 18:07
Going to have a full rollcage + many more mods
Thats going to be awesome, 550bhp, jeees
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Boosted Cerb said:
Thats going to be awesome, 550bhp, jeees
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Looked at the CTS Quaife T5,but i've decided to go for the TK0 600.Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Not 100% sure on the ECU yet,just want to get everything to fit first before it all gets stipped for the rebuild.
stainless_steve said:
Boosted Cerb said:
Thats going to be awesome, 550bhp, jeees
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Looked at the CTS Quaife T5,but i've decided to go for the TK0 600.Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Not 100% sure on the ECU yet,just want to get everything to fit first before it all gets stipped for the rebuild.
Need to maybe catch up for a beer over Christmas for a progress update - Linda's almost recovered from the last seasonal get together we had...
TVR_owner said:
stainless_steve said:
Boosted Cerb said:
Thats going to be awesome, 550bhp, jeees
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Looked at the CTS Quaife T5,but i've decided to go for the TK0 600.Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Not 100% sure on the ECU yet,just want to get everything to fit first before it all gets stipped for the rebuild.
Need to maybe catch up for a beer over Christmas for a progress update - Linda's almost recovered from the last seasonal get together we had...
You know what women are like with drinks,not like us men who only drink 3 or 4 pints
an hour
Boosted Cerb said:
Thats going to be awesome, 550bhp, jeees
Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
Just been looking at your build Rich,looks fantastic Just had mine dyno'd at 509bhp and thats hairy enough in a long wheel base heavy cerbie.
Are you using the chev ECU to control the elec throttle? I'd highly recommend the chev ECU, its totally mappable plus you get all the advantages of thousand of hours development in the base map. Easy enough to wire, I've got all the info if needed.
Had any ideas about gearbox?
Rich.
What engine mounts did you use? any pics
Steve
Your starter for 10
I bought the mounts from Car Shop Inc in the states.
http://www.carshopinc.com/index.php/cPath/117?osCs...
But if you're going for forward facing exhaust manifolds you'll have more space and hence more choice for your mounts, IIRC SBC mounts can be modded to fit.
Have a look through these threads to see what I got up to, should cover most things you'll come up against.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
All the best
Rich.
I bought the mounts from Car Shop Inc in the states.
http://www.carshopinc.com/index.php/cPath/117?osCs...
But if you're going for forward facing exhaust manifolds you'll have more space and hence more choice for your mounts, IIRC SBC mounts can be modded to fit.
Have a look through these threads to see what I got up to, should cover most things you'll come up against.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
All the best
Rich.
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