New build, old school shell on later spec chassis - discuss?

[GadgeS3C]

heightswitch said:

What size wheels and tyres have you used Geoff??
N.

see above ^

"16x9 Minilites, 245/45x16 rears, 16x7, 205/55x16 fronts, all on Toyo T1R's"

[PUP805K]

heightswitch said:

PUP805K said:

Nothing of the Vixen worth publishing, but this is my Taimar being worked on by Surface and Design in Blackpool.




Geoff G.

What size wheels and tyres have you used Geoff??
N.

16x9 Minilites, 245/45x16 rears, 16x7, 205/55x16 fronts, all on Toyo T1R's

Geoff G.

[heightswitch]

PUP805K said:

16x9 Minilites, 245/45x16 rears, 16x7, 205/55x16 fronts, all on Toyo T1R's

Geoff G.

Interesting Geoff.
Have you got a side profile shot....Are these the new 1 piece minilights from Del at Minilite?? Was thinking about those sort of sizes for dads vixen..

Edited by heightswitch on Thursday 17th January 17:22

[jellison]

Thinking along the same lines GTR.

On the tyres point. Is it just me or peeps just like wacking in the biggest set of rims they can and covering with huge arches.

I personally like to feel the car working against what grip it has rather that just have huge grip all the time. I prefer more grunt that tyre, but maybe that is just me!

My old 3000M (lightly flowed heads - maybe 160+bhp (when 23)) was plenty of fun with 185/somethings!

My racer is on 225/60x15's (Yoko 032's), mind has to be like this to race.

You be interesting to pop in a set of same height say 16's with lower profile and say 245 rears.

Chim was fun with 405bhp and SP9000's on (nice middle of the road road tyre - nothing particularly track orientated - not a trackdayer), god you could get that thing so far sideways and keep it there Not Fast - but fun.

[PUP805K]

heightswitch said:

Interesting Geoff.
Have you got a side profile shot....Are these the new 1 piece minilights from Del at Minilite?? Was thinking about those sort of sizes for dads vixen..

Yes they are genuine one piece Minilites, I went to Telford to have a look at production and order my wheels.



This is the best side view I have at the moment.

Geoff G.

[heightswitch]

PUP805K said:

Yes they are genuine one piece Minilites, I went to Telford to have a look at production and order my wheels.



This is the best side view I have at the moment.

Geoff G.

Spot on. and no doubt knowing Russ and Del will be good value when compared to 3 piece wheels. Have e-mailed them for available back sets...I think moving to 16" opens up much more tyre availability without looking too rubber band in the arches, particularly if you have widend the arch.....as for wide rubber. Dad is 73 this year so some very safe wide rubber will do him just fine with getting on for 200hp.
N

[Slow M]

GTRene said:

a bit silly power but nice to see what its becoming.





http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=32693.8175

I'm totally captivated.

Best,
B.

[PUP805K]

heightswitch said:

Spot on. and no doubt knowing Russ and Del will be good value when compared to 3 piece wheels. Have e-mailed them for available back sets...I think moving to 16" opens up much more tyre availability without looking too rubber band in the arches, particularly if you have widend the arch.....as for wide rubber. Dad is 73 this year so some very safe wide rubber will do him just fine with getting on for 200hp.
N

Only six years behind your Dad!! I originally started with 15"x7" Minilites but after 3 months decided to go to 16", the 15" were unopened and Minilite were happy to swop them for the 16's, and yes I did get a very good deal. I will be fitting the same combination to the Vixen, although with diferent offset, 16x9 rear and 16x7 front.

Geoff G.

[jellison]

Slow M said:

GTRene said:

a bit silly power but nice to see what its becoming.





http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=32693.8175

I'm totally captivated.

Best,
B.

Is that in the UK or US?

[V8 GRF]

jellison said:

Is that in the UK or US?

USA

[coetzeeh]

jellison said:

Thinking along the same lines GTR.

Chim was fun with 405bhp and SP9000's on (nice middle of the road road tyre - nothing particularly track orientated - not a trackdayer), god you could get that thing so far sideways and keep it there Not Fast - but fun.

The highlight of my visits to the Ace Cafe was watching you and Top Sparks' departures - mostly sideways with the odd tank slapper thrown in to get the heart rate going.

[DavidY]

jellison said:

GTRene said:

when do you think your ready with it and show us the finished car, also what specs are you planning?

I just came across this build.
how much hp has yours Jon? this one goes for 825hp

he says

said:

Here's a car I'm working on now, TVR with a slightly modified small block ford.
Puts out 825hp.... Car weights in at 2200lbs...... Probally could take an Enzo..

a bit silly power but nice to see what its becoming.





http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=32693.8175

OMG

.... I like it to look original, .....

Looks fairly period though

[heightswitch]

DavidY said:

Looks fairly period though

Thats what I thought!!

[DavidY]

[jellison]

David - That was quite a TVR back in the day (well covered on here).

[my250gt]

DavidY said:

Love that! Does it still exist?

[DavidY]

From another thread

heightswitch said:

The V8 met its end along with Brian. the shell was cut up along with the chassis and Buried. some bits of the car do exist, such as dashboard etc but the shell and chassis were cut up to ensure they were never used in a car again.

[GTRene]

DavidY said:

Indeed I recognised that car from other pictures, did not seen this one before, thx.

[GTRene]

or so I thought, I have 2 pictures on my pc but it has another bonnet? is this the same?

[DavidY]

Isn't the top one his V6?