TVR Tuscan in CCC

[jazz]

Anyone read the article in CCC this month about the Tuscan. I rang the number for Thames Ractech but it was no longer in service! Was it correct? I have great admiration for the guy that built that car! I know what JCW is doing now, but who is James Croft, I thought Colin Blower ran JCW? Jazz

[bjwoods]

www.thamesvalleyracetech.co.uk

[campbell]

I would love a car like that one to go to work in

[apache]

I met the guy and saw the car at Steves while I was getting the exhaust fettled, it looks fun alright but only in good weather so perhaps not for you Cambell

[campbell]

Apache, are you trying to say it rains a lot is Scotland ? Still want it though

[apache]

what you building next Grant and any more thoughts on Griff diffusers....if you can remember our conversation from that cold afternoon

[Grant Tuscan]

I still think a Tuscan carbon fibre rear difuser grafted onto the rear underside of a Griff/Cerb/Chim would look great and help address the positive lift problems of the car at high speed. Steve has got a new diffuser in stock at Thames Valley Racetech are you up for it Apache? go on!!! There was a pole on Pst.Hds a few weeks ago asking wether TVR should officialy produce a roadgoing version of the Tuscan Challenge Racecar (their answer to lotus's 340R, Ariel's Atom, Caterhams R500) does anyone know the results?

[PetrolTed]

90% in favour! http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr/tuscanracer/ Go on TVR... you've already absorbed many of the development costs.

[christof]

I have a rear diffuser on my Cerbera. Have a look at: www.pikeynet.com and go for the BrandsHatch Powertour. Here you can see and hear the conversion!!!

[Grant Tuscan]

Christof, your Cerbera looks great! Did you notice any effect after you fitted the diffuser? Who did the work? Other than a sports exhaust (straight pipes?) have you done anything to the engine?

[christof]

Thanks. The highspeed stability is much better than before. I think this has something to do with the 3 chambers stabilizing the air flow on the backend. If you drive behind my car in rain, you will see the difference when you have a look at the spray coming from the car. The conversion was done from a bodyshop here in Germany. We also planning to modify the frontend over the winter, e.g. fitting some front splitters like the SP12 racecar etc. No straight pipes, it's a custom made exhauster made by a local specialist who is very famous for doing Porsche exhaust systems. You are right, its not a standard 4.5 engine. The engine has got a special treatment from JR. All in all, I'm sooooo happy with my baby. The best and fastest TVR I've ever owned!!!