A look at Carl Hansen's NZ Tuscan

[Omerta]

Hot off the box here in NZ this afternoon...
http://www.vimeo.com/5357089

[Phil Dicky]

5.8L !!!
Can we have a Challenge race in NZ please

[rev-erend]

5.8L and still running a Rover engine

[Graham]

Are they wildcat heads i see on it... is it still a rover block or is it a wildcat block as well?

13.5" rears blimey and there was me thinking 12" rears might be a bit big

tyre temp sensors look a bit funky !

G

Edited by Graham on Monday 29th June 12:44

[Erich Stahler]

Omerta said:

Hot off the box here in NZ this afternoon...
http://www.vimeo.com/5357089

Have you got that Cerb running yet Omerta?

[Boosted LS1]

rev-erend said:

5.8L and still running a Rover engine

Doubt there's much in there that's originally Rover

[Pelo]

Edited by Pelo on Saturday 4th July 06:15

[shapeshifter]

That is the best looking car I've ever seen, can I have one in that that colour please.

[Omerta]

Erich Stahler said:

Omerta said:

Hot off the box here in NZ this afternoon...
http://www.vimeo.com/5357089

Have you got that Cerb running yet Omerta?

Running? Er, no. But progress continues slowly. Roll cage was completed last week:

[Erich Stahler]

Omerta said:

Erich Stahler said:

Omerta said:

Hot off the box here in NZ this afternoon...
http://www.vimeo.com/5357089

Have you got that Cerb running yet Omerta?

Running? Er, no. But progress continues slowly. Roll cage was completed last week:

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but very interested in what your doing to that early 4.2 cerb!
Gulf livery and some kind of Chevy lsx?

[Omerta]

Erich - engine is an LS6 out of a 2003 vette, mildly tuned (so far) to 450hp. Tremec TKO-600 box with standard 3.45 diff. Gulf livery is the current plan but not 100% decided on that yet - the other option is black or a very dark blue.

I'll do tarmac rallies like the Targa of New Zealand. This year's Targa event is 6 days, 47 stages and just under 1000Kms of racing on what you'd call 'B' roads.

It will be road legal and I want to be able to use it for weekends and generally tooling about too, so it won't be as stripped out and raw as a pure race car.

[450Nick]

That really is a fantastic car! A benchmark to aim for perhaps??

[Erich Stahler]

Omerta said:

Erich - engine is an LS6 out of a 2003 vette, mildly tuned (so far) to 450hp. Tremec TKO-600 box with standard 3.45 diff. Gulf livery is the current plan but not 100% decided on that yet - the other option is black or a very dark blue.

I'll do tarmac rallies like the Targa of New Zealand. This year's Targa event is 6 days, 47 stages and just under 1000Kms of racing on what you'd call 'B' roads.

It will be road legal and I want to be able to use it for weekends and generally tooling about too, so it won't be as stripped out and raw as a pure race car.

Omerta,

Should be a great car when its finished, keep us posted and good luck with the Targa of new Zealand, looks like a fabulous event. Your a long way away from an easily available source of TVR parts, so I guess your build must be a real challenge in ingenuity and resourcefulness.

Pete.

[rev-erend]

Boosted LS1 said:

rev-erend said:

5.8L and still running a Rover engine

Doubt there's much in there that's originally Rover

Spot on .. all Wildcat really but it's still a Rover black casting .. but modified a bit

Think it's pushing 600 bhp. Has to as it's racing Cobra's.

[Omerta]

rev-erend said:

Think it's pushing 600 bhp. Has to as it's racing Cobra's.

Nope, no Cobra's in the GT1 field. The other front runners are mainly Corvettes & RX7s.

[rev-erend]

Omerta said:

rev-erend said:

Think it's pushing 600 bhp. Has to as it's racing Cobra's.

Nope, no Cobra's in the GT1 field. The other front runners are mainly Corvettes & RX7s.

Sorry about that .. Ian Richardson must have been taking about someone else..