Chimaera 500 work begins

Chimaera 500 work begins

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markreilly

795 posts

171 months

Thursday 11th November 2010
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I see you are going for 5 stud wheels,i know where there are a set of 5 stud wheels the same as these.they are original TVR wheels

jellison

12,803 posts

276 months

Friday 12th November 2010
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HELLO? Update please.................

v8ndy

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149 posts

238 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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How do all, Its been sometime since i`ve had 5mins! But today i got a cheeky few hrs in at the workshop.
All the rubber hose are being replaced with PTFE aeroquip stainless hoses and fittings, So no more power steering leaks!

BliarOut

72,857 posts

238 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Have you considered fitting an ATQ filter in the return line to prolong the life of the rack?

v8ndy

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149 posts

238 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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To the left of the fluid transfer pipes is the thermostat housing along with the bottom hose from the rad,
But the copper pipes have now been replace with aeroquip hose to give up some room for the water pipework

v8ndy

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Tuesday 18th January 2011
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BliarOut said:
Have you considered fitting an ATQ filter in the return line to prolong the life of the rack?
Whats an ATQ filter? If its small enough it could be a good idea

v8ndy

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Tuesday 18th January 2011
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BliarOut

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238 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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v8ndy said:
BliarOut said:
Have you considered fitting an ATQ filter in the return line to prolong the life of the
rack?
Whats an ATQ filter? If its small enough it could be a good idea
Automatic transmission filter, I was advised to fit something in the return line after repeated rebuilds and as the rack uses ATQ an automatic gearbox filter seemed like the answer.

Mine is tywrapped to the chassis rails near the O/S upper shock mount.

v8ndy

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149 posts

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Tuesday 18th January 2011
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v8ndy

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Tuesday 18th January 2011
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You`ve gotta have some old fashion bling on the car! Chrome don`t get ya homesmile

v8ndy

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Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Don`t worry chaps i`ll get it powder coated biggrin
Below the water pipe is the oil flow and return to a remote filter located up front

v8ndy

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238 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Remote oil filter located in the front away from the heat of the exhaust, The oil flow and return
pipes pass through the old air inlet hole in the left wing

Simon says

18,925 posts

220 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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v8ndy said:

To the left of the fluid transfer pipes is the thermostat housing along with the bottom hose from the rad,
But the copper pipes have now been replace with aeroquip hose to give up some room for the water pipework
Silly question scratchchin are those stainless fasteners securing the rack to the chassis? nice work keep it coming by the way wink would like to this Chim when your done thumbup the suggested inline PAS filter is a good idea as the stock one in the res is hard to clean and not as effective.

Edited by Simon says on Tuesday 18th January 21:05

v8ndy

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149 posts

238 months

Wednesday 27th April 2011
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Back Again, Just had to many pies on the go and not enough fingers recently but i`ve been playing this last week and got the fuel supply finish and engine loom sorted, The fuel system is a returnless system in 3/8" goodridge fuel hose and a bosch 044 fuel pump with a motorsport fuel inlet with a upsized cross over pipe. The pump needs the 12mm inlet on the gravity side in order to flow 300ltr per hr, The banjo union on the underside of the fuel tank caused a headache as there very little room to increase its size

v8ndy

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Wednesday 27th April 2011
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v8ndy

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Thursday 28th April 2011
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Upsized crossover pipe

v8ndy

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149 posts

238 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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104 pin ecu took sometime to seperate and splice back into the TVR loom, the OBD II port shed light on why it wouldn`t start! The Ford PATS security was still enabled on the injector map. Fingers crossed i should get the ecu back this week and its firing on all eight smile

Alexdaredevilz

5,697 posts

178 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Looks great!

One of my favourite engines, is that a kenne bell blower? Are you running a charger cooler in the manifold?

Keep the up the progress

v8ndy

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149 posts

238 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Alexdaredevilz said:
Looks great!

One of my favourite engines, is that a kenne bell blower? Are you running a charger cooler in the manifold?

Keep the up the progress
Yeah its a kenne bell, running a charge cooler that sits in the valley with the charger blowing through it. I was on with plumbing up the charge cooler rad and pump this afternoon so i`ll post some more pics. tommorrow
The fuel pump supply from the tank is now 1/2" and it just fits!

MPoxon

5,329 posts

172 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Wow, fantastic project. thumbup