RE: Racing Team Creates 7.0-litre V8 TVR Sagaris

[warnster]

Zippee said:

Jigsjigz said:

:\ i like it but i just hope the build quality of these cars goes up... they already had the power... just door handles and bits would fall off... or the car would blow up.

cant remember my tvr ever having door handles to fall off?

[soad]

What an engine - they're creating a monster!

[dean_ratpac]

would love to see dyno graph

[cramorra]

What happened to the speed six, then????

[Lucozade]

Would be good to see a cost comparison between an LS conversion and a 4.5 Speed Six Upgrade.

Definately worth thinking about in the future.

[LittleSwill]

turbo-ww said:

But you can see how the reputation is hard to shake off - Just ask Lancia about rust. They haven't had a problem with rust for years.

It's strange how differently Mercedes are treated. They just say they've sorted the problem and everybody just accepts it. In 30 years time will Clarkson be telling us a pile of rust is an E Class that was left outside for 5 minutes?

[Gazzab]

The Mercedes reputation is very poor re rust. A very high % of owners who have had cars made in the 96 to 2002 ish era know what its like to see your 2 year old shiney silver car start to rust.

[Shabs]

turbo-ww said:

Zippee said:

Jigsjigz said:

:\ i like it but i just hope the build quality of these cars goes up... they already had the power... just door handles and bits would fall off... or the car would blow up.

You've obviously owned a lot of TVRs to have come to that conclusion!

Strange how it's usually the people who've never even been in one that come out with the ill-informed crap about build and reliability!

But you can see how the reputation is hard to shake off - Just ask Lancia about rust. They haven't had a problem with rust for years.

Don't feed the troll, Jigsjigz has added just as much value and insight with his other 27 posts

[Johnpidge]

Oh yes please - now we're talking - make in the UK but make properly so it doesn't dissasemble itself as it goes along!!!!

[dinkel]

Was in a 500+ brake R33 Skyline last weekend and it made me think: turboed straight 6 in a Sagaris would make more sense than a huge V8.

Am I alone here?

[chuntington101]

dinkel said:

Was in a 500+ brake R33 Skyline last weekend and it made me think: turboed straight 6 in a Sagaris would make more sense than a huge V8.

Am I alone here?

Z-cars are doing this, and making the car 4wd!!....

[Gazzab]

chuntington101 said:

dinkel said:

Was in a 500+ brake R33 Skyline last weekend and it made me think: turboed straight 6 in a Sagaris would make more sense than a huge V8.

Am I alone here?

Z-cars are doing this, and making the car 4wd!!....

Dont they have a half finished cerb with this conversion?

[RichardD]

Gazzab said:

chuntington101 said:

dinkel said:

Was in a 500+ brake R33 Skyline last weekend and it made me think: turboed straight 6 in a Sagaris would make more sense than a huge V8.

Am I alone here?

Z-cars are doing this, and making the car 4wd!!....

Dont they have a half finished cerb with this conversion?

It must be a lot more than half finished now.

This thread has some links to pics I took last time I was there:-

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

[EviLScooB]

550bhp of an engine of 7litres is hardly anything to get excited over, beside it would be nice to see the TVR return properly to british roots. For me the TVR has lost it's soul since being in the Rusky's mitts, used to be car manufacture I loved but no more I'm afraid!!!

[King Fisher]

I can't rate it properly - the meter doesn't go up to 13.5!!!

[JamesAsh]

What kind of complete lunatic thinks the standard car isn't fast enough??

"If you have the means..."

[Supervet]

turbo-ww said:

Zippee said:

Jigsjigz said:

:\ i like it but i just hope the build quality of these cars goes up... they already had the power... just door handles and bits would fall off... or the car would blow up.

You've obviously owned a lot of TVRs to have come to that conclusion!

Strange how it's usually the people who've never even been in one that come out with the ill-informed crap about build and reliability!

But you can see how the reputation is hard to shake off - Just ask Lancia about rust. They haven't had a problem with rust for years.

Quite. And the only car I saw broken down on the hard shoulder on my 160 mile drive yesterday was, unfortunately for this thread, a TVR (on the A21 dual carriageway Tonbridge bypass).

[G0ldfysh]

Need the PH o'meter to go up to eleven !!!

[PascalBuyens]

JamesAsh said:

What kind of complete lunatic thinks the standard car isn't fast enough??

"If you have the means..."

[Bluebottle]

EviLScooB said:

550bhp of an engine of 7litres is hardly anything to get excited over..

Yeah but think of the tuning potential

JamesAsh said:

What kind of complete lunatic thinks the standard car isn't fast enough??

Me

Edited by Bluebottle on Tuesday 4th May 13:48