160,000 mile Speed Six

[RedSpike66]

Just updated another thread with this, but on reflection, deserves it's own post...

160,000 mile T350 with a pre-emptive TVR Power rebuild at 60,000 miles in SPRINT mag this month... Yes, I repeat, 160,000 miles.

Thought 52k in mine over 4 years was good but this takes the biscuit. TVR Power stripped it down, and it's in rude health for another 90,000 they reckon. Next interview/article at 250,000

WOW !

[duff-man]

[thainy77]

I think that's Snakes car, not bad going for an engine made of chocolate .

[dvs_dave]

Excellent stuff and extremely impressive! Dom also should be very proud of this achievement and it gives me even more confidence in my engine.

Now where are all those guys still going on about the Speed Six being a flawed design? This pretty much proves that the design is fundamentally sound and that it was just some crap/incorrectly specced parts that caused all the trouble.

[sidewayz]

dvs_dave said:

Excellent stuff and extremely impressive! Dom also should be very proud of this achievement and it gives me even more confidence in my engine.

Now where are all those guys still going on about the Speed Six being a flawed design? This pretty much proves that the design is fundamentally sound and that it was just some crap/incorrectly specced parts that caused all the trouble.

^^^
This

[scotty_d]

Not read the article yet but is that 160k from the point of a power re-build and then just serviced only? if it is that is good to know.

[YKB]

The 120,000 mile Tamora that was in Sprint a couple years back has now also done over 150,000 miles. It looks like if the components are good (engine rebuilt at Str8 Six at 100K miles) and it's looked after properly (servicing at PPC) these Speed Six engines is more than capable of clocking up big mileages.

[zx10ben]

I believe it was the the car that had the rebuild done at 60K and the Power engine has just had its 100K service. I have my copy of Sprint at home and saw the piece but haven't read it yet, need to get my finger out!

[camel_landy]

Yep, read that article yesterday... Very impressed.

Can the poor reputation of the Speed 6 now be dismissed??

[Tvr Power]

camel_landy said:

Yep, read that article yesterday... Very impressed.

Can the poor reputation of the Speed 6 now be dismissed??

Poor Reputation DISMISSED when built and maintained correctly


Dom

[Grey Ghost]

Tvr Power said:

when built and maintained correctly

Dom

And driven correctly

I saw this car last year on TiTT6 and the owner drives it every day and uses it's full capability

[mr sagman]

thainy77 said:

I think that's Snakes car, not bad going for an engine made of chocolate .

I thought the guy that owned it is called 'shorts' on PH.. If this is a different car then there is another T350 with upwards of 100k miles on it.

[thainy77]

mr sagman said:

thainy77 said:

I think that's Snakes car, not bad going for an engine made of chocolate .

I thought the guy that owned it is called 'shorts' on PH.. If this is a different car then there is another T350 with upwards of 100k miles on it.

You could be right, it was first thing in the morning when i posted. I knew his name began with an S .

ETA: if it is the cascade car it is Shorts.

[Tvr Power]

Grey Ghost said:

Tvr Power said:

when built and maintained correctly

Dom

And driven correctly

I saw this car last year on TiTT6 and the owner drives it every day and uses it's full capability

Drive like you stole it

Dom

[VARLEYHYD]

Here we go

Shorts!

160,000 miles on


G

[Ozmira]

Really nice guy, met him a couple of times climbing in Guildford. Never seen him in trousers before, always shorts no matter what the temp.

[Gazzab]

Climbing in Guildford? There are no mountains in Guildford :-)

[Overseas]

Gazzab said:

Climbing in Guildford? There are no mountains in Guildford :-)

Social??!!

[slimtater]

Great, I can now refer to mine as "very low mileage"!!

Proof again that good care and servicing is the key.

[tonys]

Overseas said:

Gazzab said:

Climbing in Guildford? There are no mountains in Guildford :-)

Social??!!

Climbing frames in the local play-park

That's an impressive mileage though.