RE: TVR Speed Six Design Spec Upgrade
Discussion
rev-erend said:
Blackie Paul .. well to the layman it might sound the same but many of those parts are commonly available parts .. like the H beam conrods .. proably custom made in USA by someone like Eagle.. many parts are just what racers source as the best available because they are strong, light and durable and are also made to fine tolerances.
The spec sheets are identical in order and format. It is copied, pasted and edited with a good bulls
t factor of 100bhp added on top.The Wookie said:
The spec sheets are identical in order and format.
Yep. That's the giveaway. Every schoolboy knows that when copying someone else's work you rewrite and reorder it slightly to make it less blatantly obvious. The Wookie said:
It is copied, pasted and edited with a good bullst factor of 100bhp added on top.
It certainly seems that way. And I would imagine Racing Green's solicitors will be arguing just that. t factor of 100bhp added on top.As for the extra 100bhp, well it wouldn't be a Melling Press Release if it didn't have some headline-grabbing claim, now would it?
JonRB said:
As for the extra 100bhp, well it wouldn't be a Melling Press Release if it didn't have some headline-grabbing claim, now would it?
All these ambitious projects that appear to amount to nothing, the number of ventures that have collapsed in the past, and this reputation of components and expertise sold to the top manufacturers that appears to have little to back it up...All of these Claims, and I'll gladly take it back if I'm wrong, but it seems all there is to show for it appears to be an unreliable engine design and a couple of rebodied 90's TVR's.
JonRB said:
The Wookie said:
The spec sheets are identical in order and format.
Yep. That's the giveaway. Every schoolboy knows that when copying someone else's work you rewrite and reorder it slightly to make it less blatantly obvious. The Wookie said:
It is copied, pasted and edited with a good bullst factor of 100bhp added on top.
It certainly seems that way. And I would imagine Racing Green's solicitors will be arguing just that. t factor of 100bhp added on top.As for the extra 100bhp, well it wouldn't be a Melling Press Release if it didn't have some headline-grabbing claim, now would it?
Podie said:
RUSSELLM said:
Dated April 16, 2004...Success to date? Erm..
He makes a good point though, places like Rochdale, the Black Country and others don't get the credit they deserve as the birthplace of the global industrial age.
OatSy said:
Why doesn't the wildcat have the option of this engine 
It has more horsepower than most the other engine options
He's testing it on other people's TVRs first, by the looks of it. Or not. It has more horsepower than most the other engine optionsI'd have thought a Wildcat on a dyno would have been the ideal way to launch this package myself..
Harry Flashman said:
gifdy said:
That is bloody outrageous
+1 - Oh my word!Has anyone told Racing Green?
ETA - So they know. Good.
Edited by Harry Flashman on Wednesday 13th May 12:09
I really hope Racing Green know, I would be going mad if I were them.
I can not believe someone would be happy to launch a product and copy someone elses spec, I would of at least made an effort to change the order in which I wrote the items down.
Looks like I found something that has put the cat among the pigeons, probually the worst forum thread for a engine I have ever seen.
Harry Flashman said:
Tuscan S I was with on a recent run kept up with me easily, and in the straights, overtook and simply disappeared.
'Twas I sir. Hope you've since got your motor sorted 
Back on topic....
I love the idea of a 550 bhp Speed 6 but Mr Melling has some explaining and some proving to do if he want's any chance at saving his reputation (amongst online Joe Public at least).
Presuming a big part of this engine's power is that it won't have to comply with any sort of emissions regs as it's an aftermarket modification?
PascalBuyens said:
eldudereno said:
jonnylayze said:
PascalBuyens said:
tegwin said:
Amazing stuff... but why would you spend that much money to still have an engine that is not ever going to be 100% reliable when you could just pop a BMW straight 6 straight in, spend some money tuning it and pocket the change!
Because, by doing so, you'd take away the TVR soul... Just like putting in a US V8, it's just simply wrong...
Chevy V8 all the way for me, why re-invent the wheel. Even with the AJP V8 I recall one poor guy returning home after buying his dream car and the bl**dy crankshaft snapped!!! 
As for BMW engines... nothing against BMW, I owned 11 so far, but if I wanted a BMW powered roadster, I'd buy a Wiesmann. Then again, that car simply doesn't have the heritage that TVR has, does it? (hope that explains my point a bit).
As for engine transplants, I'm very aware of what it can do to a car (I used to have a Honda Type R powered Lotus Elise before). Just not my thing anymore, had too much troubles over here in Belgium to get it all "road legal".
Besides, you should be proud that with all the car madness in the UK, people tried to stay British...
Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 13th May 08:33
Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 13th May 08:35
As for the character of a BMW engine's character being unsuited to a TVR, one only has to drive a 2.9 Scorpio against an S to realise the magic which can be worked by a TVR exhaust system
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