Beefier V8S chassis (from when?)

[duncscz]

Unable to make an inspection yet of a prospective purchase, can I assume a V8S registered on 2Aug91 will have an S3 chassis and not the beefed up version which came later (ref page 172 of the Bible)? Is there such an improved handling with the later chassis, as mentioned by Steve H. ?

[HarryW]

Not seen or driven a non standard chassis V8S car myself so I can't comment directly, but a V8S against a S3 or such is a markedly different feeel IMHO.
Do you know if it really has the earlier chassis, or you surmising , as I think the amount of these ones can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Have you looked at a V8S and compared it directly against a S3 to see the difference . The easiest thing I can think of for checking is to look under where the engine sits, you should see an X cross-bracing not present on the earlier cars.
Anyone else .
Oh yeah....... the V8S wil be a little quicker .
Happy hunting

Harry

[RichardR]

I think the different routing of the exhaust on the V8S (i.e. so as not to spark up everytime you drive over a piece of grit) is possible because of the chassis changes (could be talking bollox) - the only way to be sure would be to take a look. I've never heard of a V8S with an S3 chassis!

[duncscz]

Thanks - photos on the way now, so hopefully all will become clear...

[Pies]

This might help my chassis its a very late (December)1993 V8S

Camera is pointing from front to back

[HarryW]

Mr pies whats that white stuff dripping off your chassis

Harry

[pies]

Its a mixture of water and gunk,from when i cleaned some oil of

[andyparrott]

duncscz said:

Unable to make an inspection yet of a prospective purchase, can I assume a V8S registered on 2Aug91 will have an S3 chassis and not the beefed up version which came later (ref page 172 of the Bible)? Is there such an improved handling with the later chassis, as mentioned by Steve H. ?

The original V8S (I had one of the first, ordered the day TVR announced they would make it) had the chassis that was intended for the Griffith. The Griff release date was postponed because TVR wanted to do more work on the Chassis but the V8S was launched (in theory limited numbers as a stopgap). I have never looked at the very late cars so don't know if they were changed from the original. The V8S chassis was later used in the S4. It was not an S3 chassis.

>> Edited by andyparrott on Saturday 11th October 09:37

[typevii]

Had a look under mine, I guess an early V8S as its a '91 on J plate, with 290i on the V5. The chasis is the same as Pies late one. So it looks like they are all the same unless anyone can confirm differently.

[duncscz]

Tks for the feedback - car sold before I had the chance to see !