SEAC 420 forsale

[Yatesy350i]

Anyone know who's its is? Up for £17.5k which seems pretty good.

Nice looking car over on the TVRCC.

[ElvisWedgely]

Nice. Fitted with V8 developments engine too. I know from experience what that can be like. Awesome. Never seen this one before. It won't be around long.

Tony. TCB

[dmsims]

Reg ?

[chj]

Reg F111SCK

Belongs to `seacsounds` on here. Was at the wedgefest about 5 or 6 years ago when I had mine.

Went to see it last weekend ... drives brilliantly and very fast ... roughly 240bhp at wheels and will be more to come when new V8D engine run in (canems tuned). Cosmetically its not great ... interior needs work and although bodywork is liveable with, it is showing its age. The body is definitely part Kevlar ... clear dimples and weave, but there are some stress cracks. There is no history prior to current owner.


Chris

[Number 7]

Already being discussed on the Wedge Owners FB group. Pretty low output and peak power revs for that sort of capacity. Must be quite a conservative build without all the usual breathing mods, especially as it appears to have mapable ignition and injection.

[chj]

Number 7 said:

Already being discussed on the Wedge Owners FB group. Pretty low output and peak power revs for that sort of capacity. Must be quite a conservative build without all the usual breathing mods, especially as it appears to have mapable ignition and injection.

V8D dominator engine I believe ... linky http://www.v8developments.co.uk/products/engines/l...

It must be approaching somewhere near 300bhp at fly, which seems okay whilst running in?

[Number 7]

chj said:

V8D dominator engine I believe ... linky http://www.v8developments.co.uk/products/engines/l...

It must be approaching somewhere near 300bhp at fly, which seems okay whilst running in?

Maybe my expectations are too high, but I wouldn't attach the label "Dominator" to something with those numbers. Not sure about the running in thing - why would someone spend several grand on a brand new engine and then sell the car? Like I said, peak power under 5K says its either not running right or very conservative map / breathing / cam. Revs = power. I'd expect (and I think a buyer of that car would expect) something that you can easily run to 6K rpm, and which is peaking at least 5.5K rpm, not some sort of stump puller (if that's what it actually is). Even their own website refers to 330 bhp, so something doesn't quite stack up for me - especially at £4,600 for the motor.

[gmw9666]

Here's my 420 graph as a comparison

[Yatesy350i]

Number 7 said:

Already being discussed on the Wedge Owners FB group.

Where? I can't find anything on there relating to the SEAC?

Cheers Karl.

[stainless_steve]

Yatesy350i said:

Where? I can't find anything on there relating to the SEAC?

Cheers Karl.

I posted it on 6th september

[stainless_steve]

bumped it to the top for you

[Number 7]

gmw9666 said:

Here's my 420 graph as a comparison

That's impressive Glen, with peak power over 6K rpm. Care to share the engine spec?

[gmw9666]

Number 7 said:

That's impressive Glen, with peak power over 6K rpm. Care to share the engine spec?

From what I can gather from the history plus Leigh previously rebuilding the engine it goes like this

4.2 engine
NCK plenum
Jag AFM and Injectors
Original weber FPR
Looks like the ECU is standard nothing tweaked or signs of opening
Extra Big Valve Head (in the records)
Stainless full exhaust system
Unknown cam
Cosworth pocketed Pistons
Adjustable pushrods
Pretty high compression (so Leigh tells me)
Normal ribbed afm to plenum hose
Set up on rolling road by Joolz up in Chesterfield earlier in the year (all that was done was tweaking the fuel pressure)

[Yatesy350i]

stainless_steve said:

bumped it to the top for you

Thanks Steve

I thinks it's my FB account. It's seems very selective to what I can see?

Cheers Karl.

[KKson]

The SEAC advert is no longer on the TVRCC website so I'm assuming it's been bought??

[gmw9666]

If it's sold that helps with a price guide given this one plus the green wild rover one sold recently

[chj]

It's sold and being exported to Germany to add to a collection of 7 TVRs. Weak pound makes it a cheap kevlar seac.

[KKson]

I should have just bought it, to keep it in this country. Bugger.

[gmw9666]

Overseas huh.....reduces the SEAC stock in the U.K. then.......prices now gone up 20 percent lol

[celcius]

You selling glen ?

Edited by celcius on Saturday 17th September 11:21