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Hi Martin, spent an enjoyable 90 minutes reading through all 34 pages of your thread. The dash board removal and heater rebuild is particularly relevant for my SEAC rebuild.
You've not posted an update since October 2018. How is the SEAC going? Is the original engine all sort now?
Cheers
Keith
You've not posted an update since October 2018. How is the SEAC going? Is the original engine all sort now?
Cheers
Keith
Hi Keith,
The SEAC is back on the road, MOTed and insured although not taxed atm due to the weather (heating/demisting is awful!). After much deliberation I decided I couldn't justify an engine rebuild. Cost was one element but more significantly I felt that some aspects of the original engine needed to be improved upon (H234 cam and solid followers??) and then I'd be departing from originality anyway. It has polished and slightly scratched bores too so ideally needs a rebore/pistons - that's hard to justify when the bore is bespoke and you can get a 4.6L Rangie engine (actually a whole car!) for peanuts.
The dry sump installation is also pretty poor and needed substantial modification to make it work properly. So again I'd have to go down the path of modifying it to make it work properly and not compromise the usability of the car.
Soo... original engine is loosely assembled on a pallet with the associated dry sump bits to be sold with the car if I ever decide to sell. In the meantime I'm driving it around with the surrogate wet sump 4.2 scaring the populace... pops and bangs galore on the flapper ECU.
The interior is 'in need of attention' and the bodywork is scruffy but it's great fun!
Cheers, Martin
The SEAC is back on the road, MOTed and insured although not taxed atm due to the weather (heating/demisting is awful!). After much deliberation I decided I couldn't justify an engine rebuild. Cost was one element but more significantly I felt that some aspects of the original engine needed to be improved upon (H234 cam and solid followers??) and then I'd be departing from originality anyway. It has polished and slightly scratched bores too so ideally needs a rebore/pistons - that's hard to justify when the bore is bespoke and you can get a 4.6L Rangie engine (actually a whole car!) for peanuts.
The dry sump installation is also pretty poor and needed substantial modification to make it work properly. So again I'd have to go down the path of modifying it to make it work properly and not compromise the usability of the car.
Soo... original engine is loosely assembled on a pallet with the associated dry sump bits to be sold with the car if I ever decide to sell. In the meantime I'm driving it around with the surrogate wet sump 4.2 scaring the populace... pops and bangs galore on the flapper ECU.
The interior is 'in need of attention' and the bodywork is scruffy but it's great fun!
Cheers, Martin
Hi Martin, good to hear the SEAC is still out and about and being used, and as Adam says, at least you now have an interior. Last time I saw the car at the BBWF it was devoid of such comforts. I hoping mine will be in a similar state for this years BBWF - running but interior and body work a little tatty, but can't wait to get it on the road and give it a thrashing.
Cheers Keith
Cheers Keith
Errr... Still no carpets but otherwise I have an interior. The roof leaks like a sieve so no carpets makes life easier in terms of demisting the windows; I need to fix the roof seals first. My feeling is that TVR never quite sorted out the roof seals so a bit of creative thinking is called for.
Just a note on the seals...I found that the point where the mirror pod triangle meets the glass was a potential...I also recall putting some small "P" seal on the 280i A pillar cross member, top of screen and that stopped a fair bit...I worked out that having no seal on my 350i driver side was the cause of me losing my roof at 70mph when I opened the passenger side window a tiny bit...enough to release the tension on the roof panel!...
...workers on the side of the motorway were laughing, they said it looked like an ejector seat...
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