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[Don1]

Not that I'm jumping on the bandwagon (much!), but who's out there? What have you donr to yours?

I know we drive the baby of these lot, but I still love mine.

To start it all off...

Cureton Green. Nitrons, Powerflex brushes, Offords exhaust, spiders, hubs and AP racing/Tamora brakes by TVR power.

[fat tony]

N reg 400, met black, biscuit interior. New outriggers and waxed, gaz adjustables all round. Pretty standard so far! Retrim over the winter, then who knows!

[ads]

'99 reg Imperial Blue - Err- Haven't modified anything! Oh hold on, Changed the speakers because the pioneers had gone. Now Blaupunkt instead. Sound good though.

[InRong Ghia]

OK, here goes

97 400HC (a factory mod i guess :-), Starmist blue, magnolia/blue interior. No mods so far. Intend to put on a Burr walnut gearknob rather than the ali one, but not done so yet. Would like to find a burr walnut handbrake lever, always preferred wood to ali.

Alan

[im]

Blue (Starmist?)
R Reg
Austec Sports Exhaust (straight through pipes)
Engine rebuild 2k miles ago
Supercharged, 269 bhp at the wheels (320+ ish at the fly - so it kicks standard 4.5/5.0 butt!)
Goes like a bat outta hell...







This is gonna be a L O N G thread me'thinks

Edited by im on Friday 30th November 16:17

[cloggy]

1999 Rosso Perlesce (bought Oct 2006 with 6200 miles now 12750 miles)
Leven stalks
Estorils

Edited by cloggy on Friday 30th November 16:19

[ratbane]

Midnight Blue 'S' Reg 1999. Portland leather. No mods. Fabulous car, but up for sale.

[Colin L]

'96 P plate 400HC

125,000 MILES on second clutch, No engine work, sports exhaust, no pre-cats.

Tuscan seats, full black interior with Factory Silver bodywork.

Stainless front grill, afterburner tail lights, upgraded Rad, with fan switch. 3 Point Harness Willans with quick release buckle.

278BHP at the rear wheels, (Yes I know, but heh, have the photo's and witness's to prove it)

Drilled and Grooved disc's all round with Mintex 1144's, AVO's on the back and standard shocks on the front.

Spare set of standard Chimaera rims with track tyres.

Driven and Enjoyed, the true Spirit of Driving,

Colin L

[monstergrowler]

97 4.0 crimson starmist. Only mods I'm currently aware of since my ownership is a load of levan goodies, silver fronted stereo, clear indicators, new Pipercross air filter. Only over bits I have done is tidying to get it perfect as im a fussy git e.g new oil filler plug, new rocker cover TVR badges.....

[Zippee]

97 Viper Blue 400 with cream 1/2 leather and blue dashtop/bolsters. Stainless dash with personal wood rim steering wheel & zertec (rare as hens teeth) indicator stalks.
Braided hoses, black diamond discs, gaz shocks, cherry bombs, poly bushes, magnecor leads, quad rear light upgrade and ACT stainless de-catted manifolds. Chassis is in excellant condition and IMHO shes a damned good car.
Oh - and with 54'000 miles on the clock she still puts out 229bhp at the fly!

Edited by Zippee on Friday 30th November 16:44

[G21]

Formula Red, J reg, Speed12 headlights, upgraded rear lights, leven aluminum everywhere, Nitrons on rear, 63k on the clock, oh and it had no cats from day 1! Had it for over 5 years, and I still forget to put the stereo on because I enjoy the engine sound so much!

[Gavstar]

Avus blue 400 with portland grey half leather. Standard except for Avo shocks, Offords exhaust and a few Leven bits inside. Still puts out 186bhp at the wheels or 234 at the flywheel, so I'm happy with it.

[neal1980]

I find it hard to believe a 400HC can have more power at the wheels than a Supercharged 400...

You sure its a 4.0 inside your engine bay

[tvrlee]

'94 L Brooklands Racing green 400
Stainless Dash
Estorils
ACT Induction kit
K&N Filter
Silicone coolant pipes
Empty silencer on exhaust (no wadding)
206BHP at flywheel (with fueling problem so about 10% low)
270lbtf torque
57,000 miles

[Inny]

96 Starmist green with magnolia hide. 50k.

Mods...er...clear indicators....fluffy dice....Do I count?

[Chimjunkie]

I dont know where I sit! Had a 4.0 but modified to a 5.0. So technically the car is a 4.0...

V8Developments stage 3 heads, Ported/polished inlet manifold plus enlarged trumpets
V8Developments Stealth cam and Mark Adam Tornado tuned.
Mods designed for mid range grunt not absolute peaky power:

2000 85 Bhp / 224 ftlb (Fly figures repeated at Perfect Touch, Herts, and Austec Racing)
2500 131 / 275
3000 170 / 298
3500 207 / 310
4000 244 / 320
4500 272 / 318
5000 288 / 303
5500 290 / 276

Nitron Suspension
SP12 Wheels

Goes like stink, matches the average Tuscan S and Cerbera 4.5 (unless redlined)

Girlfriend got a 250Bhp modified Lotus Europa. Now feel inadequate!

Jon.

[V8 Devil]

1998 Starmist Green, magnolia and green full hide, green carpets. Leven dash, stalks, handbrake and gaitor surround. Magnecor leads, Estorils and Offords Cherry bomb exhaust.

Edited by V8 Devil on Friday 30th November 21:41

[BrightYellowTVR]

Yellow 97 P Reg 63k
Leven chrome everywhere
Pre cats removed
reached 221bhp on a RR day
Exhaust sleeved (although considering having this put back to standard, as I want to do some track days and worried about the noise limits!)
Soundstream AMP & uprated speakers, head unit etc

Thats about it, my wish list for next year
Uprated suspension
bigger front brakes
& then maybe some more power in the form of a Super charger.... if I can hide the cost from the household FD

Cheers,
Jon

I know I am tempting fate (& touching wood!) but I have done over 20,000 miles in 5 years & no breakdowns, who says they are unreliable.

Edited by BrightYellowTVR on Friday 30th November 22:13

[Paul M]

1997 Starmist Blue, magnolia interior, 48k

No mods and aim to keep it that way. Minor bits and general tidying up done with a list of other things to do until its the standard I want.

[Kitchski]

1995/M Factory Silver with blue hood 4.0 78,000miles
Blue half hide interior with Leven everything (except heater dial!)
Pre-cats removed and sleeved silencer
Soon to tinker with the lights and fit a new stepper motor!

Edited by Kitchski on Saturday 1st December 09:21