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Hey all,
Well she is back on the road after the front suspension rebuild, thank to steve for the drop links which have made a great difference to handling. Car is still lopsided though so don't think it is a suspension problem but glad i did the job any way.
I went out in the wet last night and found that i couldn't get the car to spin the wheels without slipping the clutch..... I know this sounds like a good thing that it is gripping but I think it is an indication that the power is not getting to the wheels fast enough. My 0-60 time is pretty good really but the power in each gear does not kick in until about 3500 rpm at which point it is like a turbo kicking in. Any ideas what might be the problem, and also is there any where or anyone in the sussex area that I can take the car too to tune the engine , check the wheel alignment and see why the car is lower on one side.
Thanks Mike
Well she is back on the road after the front suspension rebuild, thank to steve for the drop links which have made a great difference to handling. Car is still lopsided though so don't think it is a suspension problem but glad i did the job any way.
I went out in the wet last night and found that i couldn't get the car to spin the wheels without slipping the clutch..... I know this sounds like a good thing that it is gripping but I think it is an indication that the power is not getting to the wheels fast enough. My 0-60 time is pretty good really but the power in each gear does not kick in until about 3500 rpm at which point it is like a turbo kicking in. Any ideas what might be the problem, and also is there any where or anyone in the sussex area that I can take the car too to tune the engine , check the wheel alignment and see why the car is lower on one side.
Thanks Mike
I've seen quite a few wedge engine bays that let the car down visually due to the amount of fluffy alloy and crusty steel on display.
When I had my engine stripped down, I sent the various brackets, pulleys, struts etc. off to the powder-coaters and had them finished in satin black.
The previous owner had fitted painted/ polished rocker covers and that helps a lot: I also found that painting the plenum chamber/ inlet manifold/ trumpet base improved thigs. I know some people are fans of polished alloy but unless you have shares in Autosol and fingers like Gary Glitter it goes off too quickly. That said, you can get polished oil filler cap, filler neck and flame trap (my car has them thanks to Mr. Bling who had it before me!
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Heat-resistant paint can help with cruddy exhaust manifolds; bit of a job to take them off just to paint them though.
Also, nothing looks worse than perished hoses or - worse still - lengths of garden hose used for the cooling system as my old Tasmin had!
My engine bay currently looks like this:
When I had my engine stripped down, I sent the various brackets, pulleys, struts etc. off to the powder-coaters and had them finished in satin black.
The previous owner had fitted painted/ polished rocker covers and that helps a lot: I also found that painting the plenum chamber/ inlet manifold/ trumpet base improved thigs. I know some people are fans of polished alloy but unless you have shares in Autosol and fingers like Gary Glitter it goes off too quickly. That said, you can get polished oil filler cap, filler neck and flame trap (my car has them thanks to Mr. Bling who had it before me!
) Heat-resistant paint can help with cruddy exhaust manifolds; bit of a job to take them off just to paint them though.
Also, nothing looks worse than perished hoses or - worse still - lengths of garden hose used for the cooling system as my old Tasmin had!
My engine bay currently looks like this:
Hi Rev - interesting positioning of the air filter. I can't work out what the components below and to the right of the plenum trunking are - do you have a/c or something?
Another things seems common, both you and Karl have the TVR embossed rocker covers - were they standard? Mines got them as well, but only because it's a '94 engine.
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Another things seems common, both you and Karl have the TVR embossed rocker covers - were they standard? Mines got them as well, but only because it's a '94 engine.
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One thing I note: on the throttle assembly there's a redundant 'extension' that hangs out over the left-hand rocker cover; I chopped mine off
With that and the throttle body heater removed, it's possible to get the l/h rocker cover off, something you can't normally do without stripping the plenum etc. off.
OK, I know it doesn't NEED to come off often, but apart from that it tidies things up, not having a length of metal hanging in thin air
With that and the throttle body heater removed, it's possible to get the l/h rocker cover off, something you can't normally do without stripping the plenum etc. off.
OK, I know it doesn't NEED to come off often, but apart from that it tidies things up, not having a length of metal hanging in thin air
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