A Very PistonHeads Christmas.

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Well I've had a splendid week on EBay spending lots of my father's money for him.... been buying up lots of little bits and pieces for the E-Type. Hopefully it's most of the parts we need to give us something to work on over the Christmas break. This means that my entire Christmas break will be spent with grease under the fingernails and the sweet smell of petrol vapour mixed with the scent of Connolly hides soaking into my pores.... With any luck, by early January we'll be almost in a position to send the old girl off to be certified and then she'll be registered.... GLORY BE

How will you be spending your Christmas? I know that with mine I'll be in PH cloud nine! The bonus is that I'm closing in on my financial target which means I can start buying in stuff for Project TR7....... the journey is about to begin.

Merry Christmas to all PHers from me and my babies!

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Hehehe Jamie I'm certainly considering it,.... but having said that, my plans are a bit more ambitious than a 5.0L TVR unit.... the only standard thing about my engine is going to be the block casting, everything, including the liners are going in the bin I'm afraid.... But we'll see.... if I've regained my sanity by the time this engine becomes available I might consider it :P

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Roger A said:

that's one Gorgeous looking Jag! Have fun over Christmas. i'll be leaving my new baby locked up in the garage and taking to the 4wd for the trip to Tuateawa (Coromandel) for a cuppla weeks of lazing about.

Sounds nice and relaxing. I'm heading to my sister's in Paeroa for Christmas itself, but then heading down to Havelock North over Boxing Day to spend the rest of my 2 weeks down there laxing out at the folks' place. Might even REG and WOF the TR7 and put some miles on her for a christmas treat

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jamieheasman said:

Forget sanity George listen to ME! A 5.0litre ex-TVR Rover will have PLENTY of power for your TR. Buy it, it's going to be a reasonable price, and if it's not enough for you then you'll have a good basis for future development. Even if you decide it's not enough you could still sell the rotating assembly as a stroker kit to offset your initial outlay. Remember with this you won't even need to get a computer or spend hours on the dyno - it will work straight out the box and will give most things on the road a bloody nose. Install it then spend the next year sorting out the inadequate suspension, brakes, gearbox, broken drive shafts etc etc. Oh and whilst you're about it get rid of the bloody tartan!

I'll admit Jamie it's tempting and I'll certainly give it some thought... if the price is right I'll snap it up, and dump it in as-is (well it won't be a dump-in as I'll still be bolting a new gearbox and new rear end up to it and that'll take a while to sort) I'll then strip and rebuild the chassis and cage and interior and run it as a 500-engined car for a while... I might THEN scratch-build myself a RV8 insanity engine to replace it at a later date... but we'll see... if the price is right I could possibly be persuaded In any case it'll be about the quickest TR7 around.

What sort of ACTUAL power are those 500 Engines? Paul told me it's a TVR 340bhp engine which should mean that if it's a good'un it'll be about 300 flat eh?

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Wise words Jamie... and it'll certainly be a route I'll consider

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Hehehe Well I'v been talking to Paul and I'm gonna buy it.... it makes sense

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Yeah I decided that it was the right thing to do.... I still plan to build a nuts-out engine down the track... but using this as a test-bed engine to see what a TR7 is like with ~300bhp should be a good move..... Only thing I need now is a T5 gearbox to suit... I'm getting the bellhousing but not Paul's gearbox. If you know of any, let me know.... you might be outta luck on the commission, but I'll buy ya a lager next time I see you