RE: Time For Tea? TVR Tuscan V8

[alspeed]

The cans in the picture are different to the ones in the video




=fatboy18]
Each to their own, I like em
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[fatboy18]

alspeed said:

The cans in the picture are different to the ones in the video




=fatboy18]
Each to their own, I like em

HaHa, yes just noticed that, Im liking the cans in the Picture

[d_drinks]

The engine conversion on the car was performed by Warren and the team at Topcats Racing.

As has been said by a few on here, it's not just an engine swap there is a lot of fabrication needed, changes to parts, the wiring and much more.

Topcats have done a lot of these conversions now and each one is unique, given how no two TVR ever seemed to leave the factory exactly the same each conversion has its particular nuances.

www.topcatsracing.com

For more details.
Cheers,
Darren

[WolfyJones]

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

I'll raise yeh

http://youtu.be/3OGCXqEEl6k

[stats007]

I'd been considering doing this to a Cerbera, however having heard this I'm disappointed. It doesn't suit the character of the car at all .

I'd also do something about the rear boxes - they look daft.

[jamieduff1981]

fatbutt said:

Sound, yes ok the S6 sounds better at full chat but people are missing some important points here. The LS can rev from cold, is totally unstressed, can be tuned/ mod'd easily up to 600 HP without too much hassle and is emissions compliant. My S6 cars sounded like a bag of spanners from cold until warm so most of my driving was done below 3000 RPM and not that much fun. I swapped my Tuscan S2 for a griff as I just couldn't put up with the compromised practicality of the S6.

I can see why someone who isn't too fussed about the clear difference in noise but wants a more practical (and cheaper in the long run) TVR would go for the conversion.

Looks and sounds great in the video. Congrats to the owner.

I have to warm my AJP8 up before thrashing it too. It's not a hardship. I'd love to see the payback period for a V8 conversion to become cheaper than maintaining a Speed Six!

[wongthecorrupter]

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

yep, that's how mine sounds, very angry

[WolfyJones]

jamieduff1981 said:

fatbutt said:

Sound, yes ok the S6 sounds better at full chat but people are missing some important points here. The LS can rev from cold, is totally unstressed, can be tuned/ mod'd easily up to 600 HP without too much hassle and is emissions compliant. My S6 cars sounded like a bag of spanners from cold until warm so most of my driving was done below 3000 RPM and not that much fun. I swapped my Tuscan S2 for a griff as I just couldn't put up with the compromised practicality of the S6.

I can see why someone who isn't too fussed about the clear difference in noise but wants a more practical (and cheaper in the long run) TVR would go for the conversion.

Looks and sounds great in the video. Congrats to the owner.

I have to warm my AJP8 up before thrashing it too. It's not a hardship. I'd love to see the payback period for a V8 conversion to become cheaper than maintaining a Speed Six!

Same here, I warm all my cars up before giving them the beans, including my Griff.

[skyrover]

stats007 said:

I'd been considering doing this to a Cerbera, however having heard this I'm disappointed. It doesn't suit the character of the car at all .

I'd also do something about the rear boxes - they look daft.

It completely suits the character of the Cerbera IMO

There is no better engine on the market for this application

[WolfyJones]

carl_w said:

WolfyJones said:

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

8200 rpm in a speed-6 engined race car vs 8300 rpm in a standard S54-engined remapped road car? Plus you could buy a crashed M3 for a lot less than £10k.

I love my CSL but there is also something very special about the TVR speed six,

[lincsls2]

To add to this I have a Vauxhall Monaro LS2 V8 (6L) with a Wortec cat-back system fitted. It sounds identical to the car on this clip. The problem is that listening over a laptop or cheap computer speakers never does these LS engines justice. They sounds much better in the flesh and very nice from in the cabin!

[Evo]

spartridge said:

Evo said:

Change the rear silencers though, looks like they've been nicked off Smokey and the Bandits Kenworth

Now that's much better, now it's perfect

[sjc]

lincsls2 said:

To add to this I have a Vauxhall Monaro LS2 V8 (6L) with a Wortec cat-back system fitted. It sounds identical to the car on this clip. The problem is that listening over a laptop or cheap computer speakers never does these LS engines justice. They sounds much better in the flesh and very nice from in the cabin!

Indeed.
And I had a look at this car close up at a meet in Cambridge laste last year.It's a total credit to it's owner, and leagues ahead of any production TVR in build quality,execution and design.
If TVR had built them all like this,they wouldn't have dissapeared.

[smilo996]

Moses exhausts, seems they can part water. Great idea in the interim.

Some regular scaffolding pipes would be even better they don't seem to fit. However the rest of the car looks great and it sounds pretty good. All credit to him and certainly better to do this than let it rot somewhere. So mods are of benefit.

[GTRene]

not the sound that I expected...
but very nice though a big LS engine in a TVR.

I like this kind of LS sound more, also the silencers look different/better in this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArqUhr5Nwk

[Digga]

WolfyJones said:

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

I'll raise yeh

http://youtu.be/3OGCXqEEl6k

Both sublime. Never owned a Speed six but drove quite a few in my time - in fact all at least once, except the Cerbera - and loved them.

I think though, I can see why the car in the OP appeals. Whilst the Speed Six sings, the V8 bellows. Ultimately, flat-out (on track ideally), there is something delectably menacing about the V8 - both RV8 and LS - that is hard to resist. Certainly the look of the car is fantastic - those wheels really suit it.

[Hollowpockets]

I love the 4.3 s6 in my sag, but id love a black Tuscan 2 with an LS7 edit - to sit alongside it

[GranCab]

Sounds like a tractor and belongs in the adjacent field of cabbages ...

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Ive had a straight six TVR, V6 TVR, V8 TVR, Ferrari V12 and porsche flat six, However nothing compares to the sound of my current steed - a 1.6 diesel Megane Grand Scenic.

So there.

[WolfyJones]

GranCab said:

Sounds like a tractor and belongs in the adjacent field of cabbages ...