RE: New Lease Of Life For Original TVR Tuscan
Discussion
jl34 said:
I saw it a race retro and it looks even better than the photos. The Bumper looks good in my opinion whn you see it in the flesh. Think there is a lot of work to turn it from a race car into a fully developed road car with the basic ergonomics we expect though.
Can you imagine the grunt of that thing ?. it weighs bugger all!
Yep, I saw it there too, was pretty impressed, got one of their little brochures somewhere. All the performance figures were untested at the time, but seem really impressive.Can you imagine the grunt of that thing ?. it weighs bugger all!
Looks like a lot of fun!
The rear lights on the original Tuscan were Cortina Mk II - the earlier Griffith had Mk I 'ban the bomb' lights.
Curiously it seems more 3000M to me than Tuscan, I recall my fathers Tuscan V8 SE had different door frames - the door window was more vertical at the back edge, hidden door hinges, and I'd prefer to see period alloys as those on the car look awkwardly out of place.
I always thought TVR were daft in creating their own engines - they should have bought in customer engines, either Ford or Chevrolet V8's or BMW / Audi engines. Ford would have historical comparisons - Dad's current Griffith has a Ford 289 Hi-Po, his Tuscan had a Ford 302 V8.
Curiously it seems more 3000M to me than Tuscan, I recall my fathers Tuscan V8 SE had different door frames - the door window was more vertical at the back edge, hidden door hinges, and I'd prefer to see period alloys as those on the car look awkwardly out of place.
I always thought TVR were daft in creating their own engines - they should have bought in customer engines, either Ford or Chevrolet V8's or BMW / Audi engines. Ford would have historical comparisons - Dad's current Griffith has a Ford 289 Hi-Po, his Tuscan had a Ford 302 V8.
Fidgits said:
power to weight sounds ambitious.... but lovely if they hit it 
The Tuscan race car which was at Race Retro was, I believe, about 850kg and somewhere in the region of 650bhp, so the 'heavyweight' roadgoing model should be achievable.norwichphoto said:
Curiously it seems more 3000M to me than Tuscan, I recall my fathers Tuscan V8 SE had different door frames - the door window was more vertical at the back edge, hidden door hinges, and I'd prefer to see period alloys as those on the car look awkwardly out of place.
Based on the widebody LWB jobby...
I think fitting huge brakes to keep all the ponies in check would preclude the use of smaller wheels.
jellison is rebuilding a racing one of these - for authenticity, he's using a heavy Ford V8 with a heavy diff and box and is aiming for 950Kg and over 500bhp in race trim.
As the Chevy combo will be much lighter, in elementary road trim, their weights seem achievable - fat tyres too.
Mental.
As the Chevy combo will be much lighter, in elementary road trim, their weights seem achievable - fat tyres too.
Mental.
love it! very cool/fast
classic looks and modern tech.
I also love the Griffith 200 with the funny rear, and the Griffith 400 with the nice cortina's
would love to see those back as a replica but then better build and also a LS3<>LS7 engine option.
and ofcorse a nice interior with some nice lightweight race seats.
classic looks and modern tech.
I also love the Griffith 200 with the funny rear, and the Griffith 400 with the nice cortina's
would love to see those back as a replica but then better build and also a LS3<>LS7 engine option.
and ofcorse a nice interior with some nice lightweight race seats.
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