LS2 Tamora starter removal & refit.

[Don1]

Your guess is as good as mine.

[Willikins]

I had mine converted to fly by wire and the response is 100 times better, mind you I did have " that " converters cable arrangement in place before. I also have the odd time where the starter doesn't engage fully so I suppose it's more cash layout for bell housings etc. can anyone enlighten me on the cost, hassle factor and way to go from there own experience ?

[jellison]

Don, is is a straight t56 on the back of the LS or an LS then T56 bellhousing then tko (what I had as smaller (relatively!) package, never had an issue with start - that I can remember (proably did as first to do it but sooooo long ago). I am Old School now

[Don1]

Ah, it's a standard TVR T56 I believe, as came in the car from TVR themselves.

[jellison]

Don1 said:

Ah, it's a standard TVR T56 I believe, as came in the car from TVR themselves.

The std TVR one for al T-cars / Cerbs and Chims / Griff is a T5.

You can fit a T56 (on the back of most ls engine when manual in std mass made cars). You must have an adaptor plate to get to the ls most likely via a t56 bellhousing.

[Don1]

Ah, in that case a T5. Sorry!

[SteveSPG]

don, you can get a t5 to ls adaptor bellhosing, which would not be expensive, if you wanted to keep the t5

[Don1]

In the long run I think I want a 6 speed (is that the TKO?). Right now I'm just very happy it's running again....

[SteveSPG]

tko is 5 speed, about same size as your t5, and easier fit

6 speed is t56 or latterly 6060. both same family casing, but much bigger than tko

6 speed will be more demanding to fit, and exhauts will be lower.

its a 6 speed going in my tam as i really prefer the shift, and 6th cruising is v relaxed, i dont know of another t car with 6 speed box, so making fitment up as i go along.

its tight but doable...

[7 TVR]

+1 for never having fly by wire best thing i ever did getting rid of, i run an emereld like you and have a big mouth fast throttle on and i have to say manners and response are impeccable.
The fbw can be costly in set up time to get dialled in right & then still left me feeling disconnected from the car.

As for the starter issue it was one of the main problems on the griff with its tighter chassis compared to the T cars and the Cerb, went through 3 or 4 different competition starters and finally had to install heat shielding due to the starters proximity to the engine and exhaust!

Big heat soak of 6.2lt's in the summer

[tinker-27]

Don't fit FBW just Get it mapped correctly , I use emerald on most my conversions and they work very well , I have a T56 if you want one ,

[jellison]

FYI - tko is a good bit bigger than a t5. And a t56 another tep bigger again.

[SteveSPG]

can vouch a t56 will fit...same casing as the 6060 in mine