Tuscan Tales

[MattGTA]

I must say, thst really is rather good.

[andyroo]

Thank you for a fantastic read.

[GTiRichTea]

Thanks for posting that up great read .

[hififreak]

fantastic job!!!

Tuscan is my favorite

[DuncanM]

Completely, utterly brilliant read! Thanks for sharing!

You are very much the perfect TVR owner

[sascha]

hi matt,

perfect, wonderfull, amazing thread, thank you soo much !

[F1GTRUeno]

I have no idea what anything you've written has meant as I'm about as tachnically minded as a paving slab but the attention to detail of what you're doing comes across regardless, amazing write-up and long may it continue.

If only the cars had come out of the factory with this level of thought...

On a side note, do you really have to respray the wheels black?

[wongthecorrupter]

That's a cracking looking engine bay Matt. What kind of power / torque are you expecting after the new management etc

[m4tti]

Thanks for all the positive comments folks..

Have now done 770 running in miles so big injectors and Syvecs time is approaching.

wongthecorrupter said:

That's a cracking looking engine bay Matt. What kind of power / torque are you expecting after the new management etc

Hi Simon, good question. Theres a PH members sagaris running over 440bhp, and the RG demonstrator has done about 470bhp, but the drivability was slightly compromised. Most of the others have ended up around 410bhp so I'd be happy with that.

Had a cheeky push up to 5500 rpm yesterday and my passenger said you could definitely feel that second shove of power kick in. Apparently it'll run up to 8k..

[m4tti]

F1GTRUeno said:

On a side note, do you really have to respray the wheels black?

I guess I dont have to but I think it might look quite cool, add to the stealth bat mobile-ness. The car's midnight blue so appears almost black in some lights. I also like a goon managed to scuff the paint on two of the wheels during the rebuild.. wheels which were spotless

I need to get some photo shop skills and see what it would look like.

Edited by m4tti on Monday 27th October 11:40

[wongthecorrupter]

m4tti said:

Hi Simon, good question. Theres a PH members sagaris running over 440bhp, and the RG demonstrator has done about 470bhp, but the drivability was slightly compromised. Most of the others have ended up around 410bhp so I'd be happy with that.

Had a cheeky push up to 5500 rpm yesterday and my passenger said you could definitely feel that second shove of power kick in. Apparently it'll run up to 8k..

That would do nicely wouldn,t it

[Peter030371]

O'Captain! My Captain.....much love for you on here, they obviously haven't meet you after a crate of Stella :-P

Cracking write up, the Striker has a Duratec waiting to go in her if you fancy practicing on that next. OK mines got 2 cylinders missing but how different can it be!

Edited by Peter030371 on Monday 27th October 19:22

[m4tti]

Gday mate. Thanks for the kind words. As for Stella...ive moved onto real ale recently, the wife couldn't cope with the garage goblin emerging every Saturday evening covered in oil and full of high jinx
Personally I blamed Sainsbury for doing 18 cans of Stella for 12 quid, cheaper than mineral water

The longer your Stryker doesn't have an engine the less chance it has of over taking me and driving off into the distance.

If you can get a weekend off for good behaviour I'm sure we could put it together in a weekend. Bet I could even knock you up a genuine looking IVA certificate too in that time

Fingers crossed for some dry weather and more running in miles down to the breakfast club..

Edited by m4tti on Monday 27th October 22:13

[Peter030371]

Real ale, you will be getting a pipe and slippers next

I will be working on the car this weekend if you want to pop over and then I can show you real engineering

[gordonsalive]

m4tti,

any update on the syvecs, etc. just found this thread, great read and well done!!

[fezst]

What a gorgeous engine! Brilliant read, thanks to the person who bumped the thread as I have only just read through this.

I'm in awe of the skill some people have.

[philipbrown123]

Great read, amazing detail. Just bought a speed six cerb.

[Y7TSY]

I cant even imagine the satisfaction you get every time you drive this after the amount of work you put in! Thankyou for taking the time in sharing this thread with us, and what a beautiful car!!

[m4tti]

gordonsalive said:

m4tti,

any update on the syvecs, etc. just found this thread, great read and well done!!

Syvecs update incoming .... Hopefully get it written up over the weekend!

Needed to make the odd bit myself this time. Can you guess what it is yet...






And while we're at it how about some tig welded decat goodness IMG_1938 by Barkley Dogue, on Flickr

IMG_1940 by Barkley Dogue, on Flickr

Better just say that's not my welding stay tuned.

Edited by m4tti on Tuesday 14th April 22:41

[Mark Benson]

He's back!