4.3 chim at power

[TOV!E]

Hi, dropped my Tuscan off at TVR POWER for it 12000 service and was looking around when I saw a yellow 2003 chim having a 4.3 Speed Six engine fitted, I must say it looks the dogs bks, and I bet it will go like st of a shovel, is it anyone's on here????????

[Tvr Power]

Tvr Power said:

TOV!E said:

Hi, dropped my Tuscan off at TVR POWER for it 12000 service and was looking around when I saw a yellow 2003 chim having a 4.3 Speed Six engine fitted, I must say it looks the dogs bks, and I bet it will go like st of a shovel, is it anyone's on here????????

Out with the old in with the new 4.3 speed six Transplant (street sleeper)













Dom

Edited by Tvr Power on Monday 9th July 20:32

[Colin L]

Chimaera always was fastest, what will the Griff girls say about this

LOL

Colin l

[Rib]

God I want! Even better an ajp v8! Ever been done?

[MPoxon]

A 4.3 Speed Six in a Chim - that is good work.

Looks like a really tidy install as well

[Laser Sag]

MPoxon said:

A 4.3 Speed Six in a Chim - that is good work.

Looks like a really tidy install as well

Certainly is a very tidy install, was looking at it when I dropped the Sag off for its 12K service on Saturday, if you didn't know it wasn't original you would not be able to tell. Bespoke airbox looked good with longer inlets for more torque apparantly and a lot of attention to detail to make it look good.

[Diablos-666]

Rib said:

God I want! Even better an ajp v8! Ever been done?

There was one put in a griff, str8six had it for sale about 18months ago I think.

I think it was green with gold alloys, looked the dogs danglies

[LordGrover]

Clive F

[MPoxon]

Rib said:

God I want! Even better an ajp v8! Ever been done?

As Lord Grover has already mentioned Clive Ford built an AJP Griff a few years back. IMO one of the most incredible TVRs I have ever seen:

[davemac250]

Colin L said:

Chimaera always was fastest, what will the Griff girls say about this

LOL

Colin l

Probably something on the lines of, 'have you seen this ajp griff, or was it too quick for you?'

[Simon says]

Cant see the point myself if your going to that much trouble I would just fit a yank V8 why have 6 when you can have 8 ? IMHO of course The speed 6 cars are all better looking than the Chim anyway's so just buy one of those

[450Nick]

I spoke to Dom about this probably a year ago when they were just starting it. I think the owner has/had several TVRs and decided that he liked the Chim best from a practicality/looks point of view, but the Speed Six engine was his favourite. So decided rather than have a Chim and a Tuscan, why not combine the two... Seems like a reasonable idea to me. If that's what he likes best, then fair play to him for having his ideal car built - especially to that standard..!

[cerb4.5lee]

Simon says said:

Cant see the point myself if your going to that much trouble I would just fit a yank V8 why have 6 when you can have 8 ? IMHO of course The speed 6 cars are all better looking than the Chim anyway's so just buy one of those

I am with you, it seems a strange engine transplant to me? there are so many other TVR models with a speed six engine in it & not many with a V8, is the speed six more reliable than a rover V8 then?

Its each to their own obviously, but a chim should be V8 powered in my eyes.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Each to their own. Seems a shame to take a V8 out of what must be one of the last Chims.
FFG

[DonkeyApple]

FlipFlopGriff said:

Each to their own. Seems a shame to take a V8 out of what must be one of the last Chims.
FFG

Funnily enough that's what I thought at first but then I realised that it was being replaced by a 100% TVR engine, far more unique than an RV8.

Will be odd though to hear.

[900T-R]

Simon says said:

The speed 6 cars are all better looking than the Chim anyway's so just buy one of those

I know I should not take this point seriously, but I've been pondering this myself often - if I were to move on to a more 'modern' take on the Griff/Chim's theme the Tamora would be the only place to go, and while it has been growing on me, it's not as pretty as either is it?

Surely they would have sold a lot more of 'em, had they simply built on the Chimaera/Cerbera bloodline when effectively replacing their ragtop sports cars (the bread and butter of their '90s range) with something based on the Tuscan chassis (which had a useful extra 3" of wheelbase which according to one of the classic mags Neill Anderson said the Griff should have built on from the start instead of just copying the S' wheelbase) - not unlike Wiesmann (they all look more or less the same, but later models are dimensionally a lot different from the MF3 and earlier models).

[FlipFlopGriff]

DonkeyApple said:

Funnily enough that's what I thought at first but then I realised that it was being replaced by a 100% TVR engine, far more unique than an RV8.

Will be odd though to hear.

I'm not a big fan of the S6 as you probably know. Sounds like a bag of spanners to me, much prefer the RV8.
FFG

[DonkeyApple]

FlipFlopGriff said:

DonkeyApple said:

Funnily enough that's what I thought at first but then I realised that it was being replaced by a 100% TVR engine, far more unique than an RV8.

Will be odd though to hear.

I'm not a big fan of the S6 as you probably know. Sounds like a bag of spanners to me, much prefer the RV8.
FFG

Not all of them though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-pVskCsL8E

As smooth as the straight 6 in my BMW.

[Simon says]

FlipFlopGriff said:

DonkeyApple said:

Funnily enough that's what I thought at first but then I realised that it was being replaced by a 100% TVR engine, far more unique than an RV8.

Will be odd though to hear.

I'm not a big fan of the S6 as you probably know. Sounds like a bag of spanners to me, much prefer the RV8.
FFG

Exactly I know I am going to get blasted for this but they sound bloody awful too not unlike the BMW M six, just my cents worth chaps Each to their own as the world would be a boring place if we was all the same

Edited by Simon says on Tuesday 10th July 15:57

[LordGrover]

Not so sure, I love this one: youtube.
Different certainly, but very nice nonetheless.