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Inside info? Or from experience?VinceFox said:
I'll have a fiver with you that engine isnt making 200bhp.
Apparently technics built a turbo charged V6 cologne that dyno tested at 240bhp & around 260-280ftlbs of torque..Thats with big valve heads..Turbo profiled cam & low compression pistons..The bolt on kit can produce anything from 180-220bhp on stock parts..Also a TVR is a lot lighter than a capri..Admittedly its not cheap and most people swap out for a cossie lump..Then there is a supercharger option..The colognes responds really well to forced induction which is what a supercharger does..It certainly is a cheaper fitting option as well...But it does use 50% more fuel..The ole cologne always gets a bad rap!!..ZigaActually, be careful here...
My understanding is that there were/are TWO Turbo technics specs. The one which used a standard engine with bolt on turbo generated 190-200 BHP (from memory) and the one with the big valve head etc was good for 230-240 BHP.
160-200 bhp isn't that big a jump, so I reckon it's possible.
and I don't think a wedge is all that much lighter than a capri !
My understanding is that there were/are TWO Turbo technics specs. The one which used a standard engine with bolt on turbo generated 190-200 BHP (from memory) and the one with the big valve head etc was good for 230-240 BHP.
160-200 bhp isn't that big a jump, so I reckon it's possible.
and I don't think a wedge is all that much lighter than a capri !
MarkS1966 said:
Just checked out Wiki-Lies and came up with the following:
TVR 280i = 1074 kg
Mk3 Capri 2.8 injection 1981 - 1986 = 1230 kg
So not a huge weight difference but still about 15% heavier, which will make some difference I'm sure
i'm still waving a fiver on this one. get it on the rollers, no way is it passing 200.TVR 280i = 1074 kg
Mk3 Capri 2.8 injection 1981 - 1986 = 1230 kg
So not a huge weight difference but still about 15% heavier, which will make some difference I'm sure
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!Keep the fiver Vincenzo, put it towards some P38 for the Capri !!
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!Keep the fiver Vincenzo, put it towards some P38 for the Capri !!
king p45, never mind the 38!VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!Keep the fiver Vincenzo, put it towards some P38 for the Capri !!
king p45, never mind the 38!Twitchy as hell at the back.....even in the dry
Loved taking it out in the snow tho !!
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Solitude said:
VinceFox said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Looks like a very interesting project for somebody, even the price looks good to me. I know it's a 2.8 but the HP claims are realistic. I'v had over 500 hp from a 2.9 so 230 is easily doable.
the 2.9 is a lot more tuneable though, as i suspect you know from your userID!Keep the fiver Vincenzo, put it towards some P38 for the Capri !!
king p45, never mind the 38!Twitchy as hell at the back.....even in the dry
Loved taking it out in the snow tho !!
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