Chimaera Tvr developments

[nigegas]

I'm told this is running of a cerb ecu and was track tested and owned by Tvr in its day I did have a drive in it and it
Is very quick .

[Discopotatoes]

Looks more like a grotty 4 Ltr range rover engine swap to me, and being a 4 Ltr won't be very quick

[Sardonicus]

nigegas said:

I'm told this is running of a cerb ecu and was track tested and owned by Tvr in its day I did have a drive in it and it
Is very quick .

Its got a better intake manifold and plenum and I bet that is not just a 4.0 under it no dizzy either maybe more than it appears

[Alexdaredevils]

My money's on it running a gems system

[Discopotatoes]

Sardonicus said:

nigegas said:

I'm told this is running of a cerb ecu and was track tested and owned by Tvr in its day I did have a drive in it and it
Is very quick .

Its got a better intake manifold and plenum and I bet that is not just a 4.0 under it no dizzy either maybe more than it appears

Possibly! but it wouldn't have a dizzy being a gems lump

[pwd95]

Allllrightythen, so I'm looking at a Chim engine bay with an RV8 installed.. distributerless.. unconventional breather from plenum to rocker...

Any actual details on engine spec?????

Is it yours???

etc etc...

[pwd95]

Crikey, 4 posts while I'm typing...

[Discopotatoes]

pwd95 said:

Allllrightythen, so I'm looking at a Chim engine bay with an RV8 installed.. distributerless.. unconventional breather from plenum to rocker...

Any actual details on engine spec?????

Is it yours???

etc etc...

It's totally conventional for a p 38 range rover

[Sardonicus]

Alexdaredevils said:

My money's on it running a gems system

Nope no AMM fitted

[pwd95]

Discopotatoes said:

pwd95 said:

Allllrightythen, so I'm looking at a Chim engine bay with an RV8 installed.. distributerless.. unconventional breather from plenum to rocker...

Any actual details on engine spec?????

Is it yours???

etc etc...

It's totally conventional for a p 38 range rover

Ah,

[Discopotatoes]

Sardonicus said:

nigegas said:

I'm told this is running of a cerb ecu and was track tested and owned by Tvr in its day I did have a drive in it and it
Is very quick .

Its got a better intake manifold and plenum and I bet that is not just a 4.0 under it no dizzy either maybe more than it appears

I thought the intake manifold was the same on the gems, different on the thor?

[Sardonicus]

More to that than meets the eye IMO (probably wrong though) an awful lot of faffing about putting a LR engine in a TVR to make less HP if its a stock 4.0 no gains whatsoever if thats the case

Edited by Sardonicus on Friday 24th January 23:54

[Discopotatoes]

Sardonicus said:

More to that than meets the eye IMO (probably wrong though) an awful lot of faffing about putting a LR engine in a TVR to make less HP if its a stock 4.0 no gains whatsoever if thats the case

Edited by Sardonicus on Friday 24th January 23:54

Very true Simon, hence my first comment, why got to all the trouble and leave it looking like a shed!

[nigegas]

pwd95 said:

Allllrightythen, so I'm looking at a Chim engine bay with an RV8 installed.. distributerless.. unconventional breather from plenum to rocker...

Any actual details on engine spec?????

Is it yours???

etc etc...

No it's not my car but I am thinking about buying it I have a Tvr S 3C but I think it's time for a chimaera now
Tvr would not give out much info on the engine when it was sold so I'm told by the owner ? All he knows
Is that it was used as a development car leading up to the Cerb that why I put a pic of the engine on here to see
What u guys thought
Nige.

[AceOfHearts]

Can't see how a Chimaera with a worse Rv8 engine helps to develop the Cerbera

Eta, if you are selling the S3c I know someone who might be interested

Edited by AceOfHearts on Saturday 25th January 00:53

[s p a c e m a n]

Take it somewhere for a quick power run on the rollers, could be the best £40 you ever spend.

Can't see it myself, my moneys on someone swapping engines after a dead one and doing management at the same time. Any chance it could it be a 4.6 in there?

[ChilliWhizz]

There doesn't appear to be any breathers on the rocker covers

Unless it's the small hose on the drivers side going into the trumpet base...

Edited by ChilliWhizz on Saturday 25th January 08:41

[Rib]

Wiring doesn't look very factory like in that last pic....

[Richard 858]

Rib said:

Wiring doesn't look very factory like in that last pic....

Have you looked at TVR's factory wiring ?, unless you mean it looks better !!!!!!!

[Sardonicus]

Got to retract what I said earlier that looks sore