RE: Melling engine gets a home
Tuesday 9th May 2006
Hello Cerbie, need a new motor?Autocraft Special Vehicle Engineering has announced that it's been appointed the exclusive dealer for Al Melling's TVR AJP V8 replacement engine.
Melling engine gets a home
ASVE announces exclusive dealership
Hello Cerbie, need a new motor?
The motor is an all-new billet alloy 32-valve four-cam 5-litre pump delivering 580bhp at 7,300 rpm. Torque is 438lb-ft at 5,800rpm. ASVE said that the engine will bolt into the Cerbera chassis and mate to the standard bellhousing, and is a direct replacement for the TVR 16 valve 4.2- or 4.5-litre V8.
The company is a partner with engine designer Al Melling and supported by design and engineering consultancy MCD. ASVE said its mission is "to provide the markets of both TVR and our other exotic sportscar owners with an honest service, and our agenda has always been to keep the customer on the road and smiling."
Discussion
so after all, a 32v V8.Speed 6 replacement? Quad Cam 32 valves? That's quite a fancy head? Surely you mean Speed 8 (AJP8) replacement?
Does anyone think that this engine will be the outsourced V8 that TVR are talking about for their new models? Would be absolutely fantastic if it was. Would be nice if they did the same with the Speed 6 too.
This certainly knocks all those Yank Iron (sorry Jellison, alloy
) conversions into a cocked hat.....at a price no doubt.
>> Edited by dvs_dave on Tuesday 9th May 11:23
Does anyone think that this engine will be the outsourced V8 that TVR are talking about for their new models? Would be absolutely fantastic if it was. Would be nice if they did the same with the Speed 6 too.
This certainly knocks all those Yank Iron (sorry Jellison, alloy
) conversions into a cocked hat.....at a price no doubt. >> Edited by dvs_dave on Tuesday 9th May 11:23
dvs_dave said:Indeed! Presume it will be like the AJPV8 - but different - cos of coypright stuff - I can't wait to here the price for it and the full gearbox and install cost.
Speed 6 replacement? Quad Cam 32 valves? That's quite a fancy head? Surely you mean Speed 8 (AJP8) replacement?
This certainly knocks all those Yank Iron (sorry Jellison, alloy
That it would have solved the dilemma of a crated V8 that seems to be on the way 
580bhp - might as well say 700 until run on the dyno or better in the car - don't doubt is possible with Melling directly involved and 4v heads though.
Hope Melling has more success than Ash did!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=3&f=&t=267121&h=0
Hope Melling has more success than Ash did!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=3&f=&t=267121&h=0
jellison said:
...Presume it will be like the AJPV8 - but different - cos of coypright stuff - I can't wait to here the price for it and the full gearbox and install cost.
Surely the copyright of the AJP8 isn't actually with TVR (would be interested in clarification), so this engine seems to me to be an AJP8 with 32v heads - the engine that Melling wanted to be the original Cerb engine, but Wheeler wanting 2v heads for more lower down torque.
jellison said:
Speed 6 replacement? Quad Cam 32 valves? That's quite a fancy head? Surely you mean Speed 8 (AJP8) replacement?
This certainly knocks all those Yank Iron (sorry Jellison, alloy
If this is a correct assumption then i now have a viable option for upgrading of my Griff and staying in the TVR fold with a Tuscan V8
I have seen many Tuscan prices sub good Griffs so should be an affordable mod for many of us...We need prices, we need delivery times........and we need it now. Life has just gotten interesting again 
You still have to put the power down . . . so dropping this 5er in your standard Cerb is just the beginning . . .
On the other hand: anyone with a well sorted AJP8 in the Cerb should think twice . . . this looks like a new motor . . . and I'm sure no one is waiting for a period of trail and error (again).
>> Edited by dinkel on Tuesday 9th May 11:58
On the other hand: anyone with a well sorted AJP8 in the Cerb should think twice . . . this looks like a new motor . . . and I'm sure no one is waiting for a period of trail and error (again).
>> Edited by dinkel on Tuesday 9th May 11:58
bluebottle said:I really think there has been a typo and this is purely an AJP8 replacement and not a SP6 one. If it was the latter then this article should be posted in general TVR not Cerb?
...Tuscan V8
However I'd like to be wrong and the idea of a purely British bonkers big bhp V8 engine in the car you dream of being a reality
dinkel said:
You still have to put the power down . . . so dropping this 5er in your standard Cerb is just the beginning . . .
On the other hand: anyone with a well sorted AJP8 in the Cerb should think twice . . . this looks like a new motor . . . and I'm sure no one is waiting for a period of trail and error (again).
>> Edited by dinkel on Tuesday 9th May 11:58
if it's got gobs of torque she'll be right, I wonder wether the trans and axle will take it tho
morebeanz said:
The article doesn't actually say whether it's a revised straight six, or a V8. Given the "pump" inference, couldn't it be a supercharged six?
5 liter?
Or I hope not . . . dinkel said:
if it's got gobs of torque she'll be right, I wonder wether the trans and axle will take it tho
No . . . you need to adjust / replace bits . . .
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