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School boy

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1,006 posts

241 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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I appologise for my lack of knowlage, but I have only just got interested in TVR due to seeing the LT parade on Piccadilly (sorry about that, I didnt realise how great they are ).

1)What is the 'Red Rose' option, do they still do it? I have done a forum serch but I wanted to be abserlutly sure.

2) What is currently the quickest model? I found out about the Typhone, is that just a version of a Tuscun that isnt available any more or is it its own completely different model?

3) Have TVR moved completly away from V8's?

Thanks very much.


BLUETHUNDER

7,881 posts

290 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Well London Thunder carrys on with the good work and created another convert.Red Rose is some mods carryed out for performance,but some one will come along to explain what.But as for the fastest its the Cerbera.hehehehehehehehehehe

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Yeah!!!! Another TVR fan!

Red Rose = bigger brakes, different programme in the ECU, different cams, initially on the early Tuscans the Red Rose ones had bigger wheels & I'm sure sure I've missed some things out wobble Also if it was a Red Rose on a Cerbera you even got an octane button on your dashboard.

The Typhon started off as a T400. They only built a few and it is a model in its own right.

After the Cerbera V8 - TVR stopped using V8's

And the yellow ones are the quickest hehe


Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th November 20:27


Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th November 20:28

Fly Boy

1,282 posts

271 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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KirstM said:
Yeah!!!! Another TVR fan!

Red Rose = bigger brakes, different programme in the ECU, different cams, initially on the early Tuscans the Red Rose ones had bigger wheels & I'm sure sure I've missed some things out wobble Also if it was a Red Rose on a Cerbera you even got an octane button on your dashboard.

The Typhon started off as a T400. They only built a few and it is a model in its own right.

After the Cerbera V8 - TVR stopped using V8's

And the yellow ones are the quickest hehe



Edited by KirstM on Tuesday 28th November 20:27

Don't forget the T440....Very limited prod run isn't it Richard?
As for the fastest, It's NOT the cerb but the Speed 12




Edited by Fly Boy on Tuesday 28th November 20:49

BLUETHUNDER

7,881 posts

290 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Yeah but you cant buy the speed 12.Original or Cerbera.

Fly Boy

1,282 posts

271 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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BLUETHUNDER said:
Yeah but you cant buy the speed 12.Original or Cerbera.


Wasn't there one on ebay last week??????????

thread here somewhere on PH

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Fly Boy said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
Yeah but you cant buy the speed 12.Original or Cerbera.


Wasn't there one on ebay last week??????????

thread here somewhere on PH


It was but the ebay ad disappeared mysteriously, which is a shame because I'd already sorted out a cracking deal on my soul, kids, hubby and house hehe

bluebottle

3,498 posts

270 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Fly Boy said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
Yeah but you cant buy the speed 12.Original or Cerbera.


Wasn't there one on ebay last week??????????

thread here somewhere on PH


Yep, or at least it was last week with a starting bid of £99k yikes but well worth it for a unique one off never to be repeated piece of history. I even did an extra line on the lotto at the weekend, I can dream

Oh, and green ones are faster KirstM

Fly Boy

1,282 posts

271 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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bluebottle said:

Oh, and green ones are faster KirstM


Wrong, Yellow one's are the fastest- ask the viper, he was doing 1.7 leptons when we passed him (with the roof OFF).......





Edited by Fly Boy on Tuesday 28th November 22:09

FUBAR

17,065 posts

268 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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KirstM said:
And the yellow ones are the quickest hehe


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You're not wrong

hehe

amazon

3,704 posts

241 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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bluebottle said:
Fly Boy said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
Yeah but you cant buy the speed 12.Original or Cerbera.


Wasn't there one on ebay last week??????????

thread here somewhere on PH


Yep, or at least it was last week with a starting bid of £99k yikes but well worth it for a unique one off never to be repeated piece of history. I even did an extra line on the lotto at the weekend, I can dream

Oh, and green ones are faster KirstM


nono I think you'll find that Moonraker Black is the fastest............

bluebottle

3,498 posts

270 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Fly said:
BoyWrong, Yellow one's are the fastest- ask the viper, he was doing 1.7 leptons when we passed him (with the roof OFF


Ah but we all know that yellow ones attract all the flies, so it has to be a really really clean one silly


Edited by bluebottle on Tuesday 28th November 22:16

Fly Boy

1,282 posts

271 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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bluebottle said:

Ah but we all know that yellow ones attract all the flies, so it has to be a really really clean one silly
ONLY while stationary, which isn't normally long hehe

TT Tim

4,168 posts

277 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Yellow ones are only percieved as travelling faster than others as the drivers are so embarrased at the possibility of being seen behind the wheel of a bannana!

Oh, and purple ones ARE the quckest.

Tim

lightningghost

4,943 posts

279 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Typhon is the quickest...for now. evil



Now TVRs use straight six engines. driving

Pasco

6,652 posts

258 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Guys, Guys, Its a well known fact that Red Cars are by far the quickest So Thats that Right yes

Hoover.

5,993 posts

272 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Pasco said:
Guys, Guys, Its a well known fact that Red Cars are by far the quickest So Thats that Right yes


It def is red.... two cars same speed on road, but due to the refraction of light the red will be fastest ... scientifically proooven nerd

V8Cerbera

1,220 posts

239 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Oh come on, red is never faster, the blue ones are obviously quicker, as famously proven on telly...

"the red car and the blue car had a race
all that red could do was stuff his face
he eats everything he sees
from trucks to prickly trees
but smart old blue he took the milky way

he's looking for a chocolate treat
fluffy and light
cos he knows it won't spoil his app-e-tite

mm mm MMMM!

oh no! the bridge has gone, poor old red just can't carry on
but smart old blue, he took the milky way"

byker28i

91,852 posts

247 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Getting away from colour - Red rose was an option the factory produced which upped the power to approx 420 bhp from 360-380. Along with this it had bigger brakes - wheels?

Fastest of all the models produced was the Cerbera - 190mph claimed, but you don't just buy one for the performance - it's a love thing

Either way - any model has it's pros and cons - you just pick the one you like.

budaholic

1,516 posts

265 months

Tuesday 28th November 2006
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Hoover. said:
Pasco said:
Guys, Guys, Its a well known fact that Red Cars are by far the quickest So Thats that Right yes


It def is red.... two cars same speed on road, but due to the refraction of light the red will be fastest ... scientifically proooven nerd


rofl