RE: Time For Tea? TVR Tuscan V8

[jamieduff1981]

It's nice, but I'd rather have a 4.3 Speed Six personally. I think straight 6s sound better than V8s. It's a more "British" sportscar soundtrack if you get my meaning.

[soad]

jamieduff1981 said:

It's nice, but I'd rather have a 4.3 Speed Six personally. I think straight 6s sound better than V8s. It's a more "British" sportscar soundtrack if you get my meaning.

Can only agree.

[rejn]

soad said:

jamieduff1981 said:

It's nice, but I'd rather have a 4.3 Speed Six personally. I think straight 6s sound better than V8s. It's a more "British" sportscar soundtrack if you get my meaning.

Can only agree.

I love V8s but I have to agree. The straight six in the tuscan is awesome (when it works).

I had one of the last fully convertible Tuscan S with it's 380bhp straight six - in the right conditions it sounded just like a supermarine spitfire and the way it pulled and pulled was awesome.

Wish I hadn't sold it.

[tvrwedgehead]

it does sound lovely, but then so does every TVR irrespective of the engine

However - the V8 soundtrack from a 'Wedge' is IMHO is the pinnacle of motoring noise
And I speak from experience "cos I've got one"

[robsco]

The Tuscan 2S is one of TVR's design peaks, truly wonderful - however! One of the USPs of a TVR, certainly in the last eight years or so of production, was the Blackpool designed and built Speed Six engine. One of the most blood-curdling six-cylinder engines ever built, by anybody, anywhere. If you remove that from a Tuscan, you are still left with a beautiful car, but it is not a TVR. It's a car that left the factory as a TVR.

[carl_w]

Has anyone tried fitting an S54 into one of the Speed 6-engined cars? Probably a bit heavy TBH.

[V8 Fettler]

A lot of ££££ to make a curvy car sound like a Wedge.

[WolfyJones]

carl_w said:

Has anyone tried fitting an S54 into one of the Speed 6-engined cars? Probably a bit heavy TBH.

Seriously why would you, especially when you can have a 400bhp Tvr S6 with a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty for less than £10k

[Zippee]

soad said:

jamieduff1981 said:

It's nice, but I'd rather have a 4.3 Speed Six personally. I think straight 6s sound better than V8s. It's a more "British" sportscar soundtrack if you get my meaning.

Can only agree.

A de-catted, sports boxed 4.3 S6 sounds the nuts - all 128.9db of it

[chris watton]

WolfyJones said:

carl_w said:

Has anyone tried fitting an S54 into one of the Speed 6-engined cars? Probably a bit heavy TBH.

Seriously why would you, especially when you can have a 400bhp Tvr S6 with a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty for less than £10k

Absolutely!

I also think that there are now a lot of S6 TVR's that are a lot more sorted and fettled now than when brand new.

[kiteless]

Great looking car, with a noise to match.

None of your flat-plane crank nonsense there

[fatboy18]

Sounds like the perfect combo to me Very nice

[kman]

Nice to see this story resurrected. I did the original photoshoot and videos

[Vladimir]

That is how a V8 should sound.

Absolutely lovely. The straight six sounds great too.

[cerb4.5lee]

A V8 is my favourite usually but on this occasion I think I prefer the speed six.

[Luther Blisset]

Something about GM V8s that doesn't do it for me sound wise. Ford, MB, Audi and a few make better sounding units. But if you look at it like this the LSs make a great swap. Probably the best bang/buck out there.

[thirsty]

I would say it passed the sound test.

[Garlick]

jamieduff1981 said:

It's nice, but I'd rather have a 4.3 Speed Six personally. I think straight 6s sound better than V8s. It's a more "British" sportscar soundtrack if you get my meaning.

[J4CKO]

What is happening with the TVR revival ? I thought this may be a prototype.

[alspeed]

Maybe it's just me, but as V8's go, iv'e never been overly impressed with the sound of chevys, they sound too agricultural and lumpy.

i think to trump the bellow of the speed six, it would need either a modern quad cam V8 or a V8 with a flat plane crank .

Lovely car all the same , wish it was parked in my garage.