Any V8 Engines Going?

[petepetrolhead]

Interloper with a Griff here (you can guess what I'm thinking about!). Anyone know where I might find an AJP V8 (4.2 or 4.5) for sale??

[petepetrolhead]

James, everyone's fave breaker - Douglas Valley? Thanks for the FleaBay link - I'd seen that one but the inlet manifold and throttle bodies are missing. Can't imagine these are easily available???

[petepetrolhead]

Peter, I'm still sitting on the fence! Thanks for the long chat on the phone BTW. What's attracting me to the AJP is not the amount of power but the manner of the delivery. I'm researching both options - it's a big wedge of cash either way and I want to be sure I get the car I want coming out at the other end. After all, the Griff is the car TVR originally intended the AJP for, though I believe the story goes that PW decided in the end that the wheelbase was too short for that much power in the hands of the average driver - hence the lwb Cerbera which is harder to spin (!)

[petepetrolhead]

I apologise for teaching my Cerbera-driving friends to suck eggs - for any non AJP drivers dropping in here is a bit of techie stuff which illustrates why TVR wanted to move from RV8 (cross-plane crank) to AJP (flat plane crank):

http://www.projectm71.com/Cross_FlatPlane.htm

Hence the attraction!

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Clive, many thanks for the link to your thread. I remember seeing your car at the Griff Growl a few years back and being very impressed - I think the idea has been in the back of my mind ever since then. I also dug out the copy of Sprint with your article in it and re-read that last weekend - more inspiration!

That having been said, I confess I'm still on the fence as I still have a fondness for the old Rover (it has the best noise!) and am interested to find out just what a properly sorted big capacity example can do. Peter, I'm hoping to drop into Joolz' place on Friday, so perhaps I could take a peek at yours?