RE: PH Carpool: TVR Tuscan 2 LS7

[braders]

Nice read Simon and car looks great,
I hope to have my Tuscan by the end of Jan
Mine only as the LS3 in but really looking forward to its arrival,
be nice to have a meet with all the LS powed cars?

Cheers

[yellowstreak]

After_Shock said:

The Ls7 produces 500bhp out of the box, dependant on exhaust/intake and fuel but around that figure im sure this car will be putting down.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph. It must be st scarey.

[Warwick67]

Wow, beautiful, what a lovely noise, hats off. I've seen a few LS conversions now and they really do look like they belong in a TVR.
Now, I wonder if one would fit in my M....

[Gary C]

FWDRacer said:

Exhausts look ridiculous. Sorry.
Sound alright mind

Think the low view makes them stand out too much, probably not as obvious when seen at normal height maybe?

[trando]

Stunning car with an equally stunning soundtrack. Love it. Congrats.

[Dr Boxcat]

this feature, made go straight to the classifieds looking for Tuscan 2's Absolutely lovely motor.

[Gorbyrev]

Awesome car, awesome sound and great colour! Thanks for sharing.

[Grovsie26]

Amazing. What a noise. Drool.

Though i would echo some comments and say the exhausts look stupid. I also hate TVR clocks/speedo's with a passion. They look like somet out of a cereal box.

[legalknievel]

'The project is largely finished, barring a little tweaking with the ECU and a potential brake upgrade when the current discs are finished.'

Famous last words!

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Melman Giraffe said:

Not sure about the alloys, prefer 18' spiders

Terrible wheels. May as well be made of cheese. The SP12s are a massive improvement.

[ACW]

Brilliant engine to use, such a great performer even in stock form, but with a camshaft and intake / exhaust mods I understand these engines can put out over 600hp. Knight Racing Engines have achieved this I'm sure. BTW, is there a balance pipe on the exhaust? Is there even room for one??

[alex_gray255]

Nice article, Simon!

Keep up the good work

[V88Dicky]

Gorbyrev said:

Awesome car, awesome sound and great colour! Thanks for sharing.

+1

Makes me want to get my Monaro out if winter storage and take it for a blast. LS engines rock!

[lazyitus]

Great article, beautiful car and fantastic workmanship/vision. This is exactly what Pistonheads is all about. I'd absolutely love to have the time and money to make myself a bespoke TVR like this and it's hats off to Simon for this effort.

Brilliant!

[P4ROT]

Amazing- would sound even better with a less restrictive exhaust...

[Bassfiend]

I just ...

[dvs_dave]

dinkel said:

Performance figures? 0-100 in 8-ish I presume . . .

Given that a standard Tuscan S with sticky tyres will do it in 8.08s (as tested by Autocar some years ago), this I'm sure will knock a chunk off that time.

[madmover]

Awesome car, I hope you enjoy every minute of it

[spartridge]

Thanks for all the positive comments guys. Will pick up on a few of the questions...

[Keithyboy]

WorAl said:

LuS1fer said:

I can't help wondering whether, had TVR bought in LS engines back in 1998, whether they might still be here.
I would certainly have been more inclined to have bought one and probably would have.

Edited by LuS1fer on Monday 14th January 12:23

Without a shadow of doubt, creating their own engines was the downfall. The amount of cars that had to go back to be repaired was rediculous. My car was in 6 times for rebuild (before I bought it) under warranty. That 1 car must have cost them a fortune alone, never mind the others that had been back.

TVR did great when they were borrowing engines from other manufacturers.

Nothing wrong with the AJP - although I accept the Speed Six debacle was probably instrumental in their downfall. I also love the sound of the converted Tuscan

Edited by Keithyboy on Monday 14th January 19:51