"Gentlemen, show your engines!"

[Pupp]

neal1980 said:

Thanks

The amount of time it took to get everything in the right place you would not believe! I have mm's to spare on most things.

Intercooler and Radiator are for a Sierra RS500 bought brand new then hacked to death. Turbos are from a Subara Impreza x2, Fueling is MS2 with ignition and boost control.

Hope it goes as well as it looks and the heat is manageable

[bubblehead]

Still a work in progress but getting there and for me thats half the fun

[dbv8]

Very nice and different. Well done sir

[sgrimshaw]

[haircutmike]

Eye candy at this time in the morning, there should be a law!








Very desirable.

[slideways]

[dbv8]

slideways said:

Looking promising Richard.
Is that a recent pic? Better give Mike a kick up the harris

[spend]

So even after showing him the dry install, Mike got the stud in the wrong timing cover hole for the adjuster I'll fix him later

[gizzer]

Happy Days !!!!

[Chris71]

Okay, I know it's not especially smart, but I can offer a slightly different perspective on my engine:

[slideways]

spend said:

So even after showing him the dry install, Mike got the stud in the wrong timing cover hole for the adjuster I'll fix him later

I think it's all in there loose at the minuet

Edited by slideways on Wednesday 25th May 18:13

[slideways]

dbv8 said:

Looking promising Richard.
Is that a recent pic? Better give Mike a kick up the harris

Thanks Derek, the Pic was take this week

[J400GED]

Simon says,
What ignition system have got there?

Ged

[NewChimBoy]

Hellfire ! .... a very long way to go for me then.
Very impressed with those engines lads;works of art ...... I think mine is the same ....??
What is the first starting point (read "Easy" )for a new TVR owner to upgrade. .. ie hose upgrade ??

[dbv8]

Simon says said:

Dbv8 will see yours even closer come Santa Pod

Edited by Simon says on Wednesday 25th May 21:39

Hopefully be there running a little gas but i will be on standard ignition etc.
I would be interested in your recommendations to complete my MS2 order from Phil.
I only have the trigger wheel fitted at the moment

[dbv8]

Simon says said:

I only have the trigger wheel fitted at the moment

Well its a start but seriously I was driving round for a while with just the trigger wheel fitted Phil may tell you to go direct firing of the coils but at the time I wanted EDIS Phil is a good chap and he runs an RV8 and as done through various upgrades of MS so I would be inclined to go with his recommendation,as far as ignition goes COP would be wasted tech for my engine as I never see it reaching the state where I would benefit same goes for MS3 I think if your after wringing every BHP out of the motor with as much tractability then ignore my last sentence my brother in law swore by gas on his BB Chevy many years ago so am very interested how your car runs up the strip I should imagine your well up on the Nitrous now as practice is better than theory with that stuff as I remember

Phil has recommended the EDIS.
I just want the best spark possible on a second map with some retard to allow for the faster nitrous burn.

Nitrous is easy enough at levels upto 100bhp on a RV8. I believe a healthy 300bhp RV8 TVR would be good to run 11's on a 100 shot. Just buy a basic 150i kit from the Wizards, get an 11lb bottle and a heater.
I can advise fitting and setting up correctly.

[dbv8]

The sparks a concern as i think i hit the wall on my standard set up.
Nitrous can literally blow the spark out if its not powerful enough.
Closing the gaps helps to a degree but it isnt ideal.
I also run B8ECS plugs and may have to go to 9's for 200+

[MuffDaddy]

Looking at that Cerbera engine bay has me thinking. Would it be possible to clean up the chimaera engine bay, remove wiring or reroute it, and some of the pipework to reduce the chaotic look?

[haircutmike]

MuffDaddy said:

Looking at that Cerbera engine bay has me thinking. Would it be possible to clean up the chimaera engine bay, remove wiring or reroute it, and some of the pipework to reduce the chaotic look?

Great idea.

The wiring would be quite easy, I saw a chim with most wiring "invisible", can't remember who, might have been a Surrey lad.

Apparently you can get rid of the pair of steel heater pipes and run hose, (not hoes) through the valley.
Has anyone done that and if so, how?

[Pupp]

haircutmike said:

Apparently you can get rid of the pair of steel heater pipes and run hose, (not hoes) through the valley.
Has anyone done that and if so, how?

Not hoes, or even hose, but 15mm stainless pipe simply bent to pick up the relevant hoses at either end - see top of p2 on this thread and look just to the side of the thermostat housing which is where one pipe is picked up (2x 90deg elbows with an ally joiner but a preformed 'u' bend would do just as well. Need decent madrel benders to form the pipe to the right shape but get it right and it can be threaded through the under manifold void without having to disturb anything. Well worth doing just for the better spanner clearance on the drivers side and the ability to pop the rocker cover off with no drama