TVR owner: what would you change?
Discussion
Corin Denton said:
I'd love a Cerb Soft top 
BB
sorry couldnt help myself
Ah BB, you've seen the light - you need a Chimaera!
>> Edited by Ballistic Banana on Monday 12th July 22:24
>> Edited by Corin Denton on Monday 12th July 22:32
The Chim does not come with a yummie AJP8.
"The Chimaera was going to host the AJP8. This was an engine designed by Al Melling who'd had a hand in many race engines in the 1980's. Together with TVR, they set about designing a brand new engine and associated running gear. However development was taking longer than desired, so the trusty Rover V8 (tweaked by TVR Power) was slotted into the Chimaera with a capacity of 4.0 or 4.3 litres. Again in line with 'softening' the car, the 4.0 litre has a softer cam than earlier units, giving less harsh characteristics. A Rover gearbox, Sierra rear axle and a Quaife differential were employed."
dinkel said:Humm, I understood that it was the Griffith that was destined to have the AJP lump. My recollection is that production of the Griffith 4.3 stopped around 1993 as the Chimaera was getting established with the intention of the Griff being re-introduced with the AJP V8. In the event the AJP V8 took longer than expected and in the mean time there was a clamour for the Griffith to be re-introduced, which it was, as the Griffith 500. The Chimaera 5.0 was introduced some time after that. Rich...
"The Chimaera was going to host the AJP8. This was an engine designed by Al Melling etc...
groucho said:
I would change the location of the cigar lighter from the door to somewhere on the transmission tunnel, so I wouldn't have wires trailing all over the car from Road Angel.
I'll second that. An OK location in the days when all one might want to do was light a cigar. Now with the PDA sat nav, road angel and the rest it's a pain.
RichB said:
"The Chimaera was going to host the AJP8. This was an engine designed by Al Melling etc...
Humm, I understood that it was the Griffith that was destined to have the AJP lump. My recollection is that production of the Griffith 4.3 stopped around 1993 as the Chimaera was getting established with the intention of the Griff being re-introduced with the AJP V8. In the event the AJP V8 took longer than expected and in the mean time there was a clamour for the Griffith to be re-introduced, which it was, as the Griffith 500. The Chimaera 5.0 was introduced some time after that. Rich...
I read the same too Rich.
Zip out rear window would be good for a cooler cabin when its raining too.
The only thing I want extra on my Griff is a cooler cabin.
Oh yeah and headlights would be handy too!
: RichB said:
"The Chimaera was going to host the AJP8. This was an engine designed by Al Melling etc...
Humm, I understood that it was the Griffith that was destined to have the AJP lump. My recollection is that production of the Griffith 4.3 stopped around 1993 as the Chimaera was getting established with the intention of the Griff being re-introduced with the AJP V8. In the event the AJP V8 took longer than expected and in the mean time there was a clamour for the Griffith to be re-introduced, which it was, as the Griffith 500. The Chimaera 5.0 was introduced some time after that. Rich...
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