RE: Breaking News: AJP8 Relaunched

[schnecker]

These pistures are the early press photos from 95/96 when TVR first started with engine. They are fitted with the early green plug leads which caused problems, also the wet sump road engine hasnt got a crank or any internals in it as the crank nose is missing. These are just mock up engines from years ago.

[dinkel]

MogulBoy said:

I love it but if the original could take three years of racing do we really need something 'far more durable'?

The Q is: what is / was the difference between a race and a road-engine? Was the AJP8 strenghtened for racing?


How to get more peakpower: hotter cam / more revs / etc.

But is it still a driveable engine, what happened to the torquecurve . . . There's so much info I need to get a picture.

[AL...Ease]

Will it fit in an Elise?

[ridds]

Question is what emission rules is it meeting?

Never gonna meet EuroV so what's the life of it?

Unless it has 4v heads and some close coupled cats.

[HPRulz]

Dinkel, the road engine has a single wing on the block and timing cover as it has one pump,the Tuscan racing block has 2 wings giving a pump either side and so looks more symetrical there are also specifically tuscan throttle bodies and fuel rails, there are many other differances but they are the main physical ones.

[general190]

And yet in that interview last week he said he would not change a thing if he had to do it again!!?????

[JonRB]

schnecker said:

These pistures are the early press photos from 95/96 when TVR first started with engine. They are fitted with the early green plug leads which caused problems, also the wet sump road engine hasnt got a crank or any internals in it as the crank nose is missing. These are just mock up engines from years ago.

Surely you're not suggesting Melling is spouting hot air and guff on a Press Release?

[Fetchez la vache]

Article said:

But now Melling says he has squeezed even more power out of the unit, although an exact figure is yet to be published.

and

Article said:

Dry Sump – Race Variant
Max torque: 407lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 448 @ 7,200 rpm

Wet Sump – Road Variant
Max torque: 390lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 418 @ 7,200 rpm

Am I missing something?

[Mr.Cerbera]

Is it ME ?

Or does someone out there actually believe a word this guy says ??

[jammy_basturd]

The topic has been updated since this morning with the last paragraph and those specs.

[Podie]

Article said:

Dry Sump – Race Variant
Max torque: 407lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 448 @ 7,200 rpm

Wet Sump – Road Variant
Max torque: 390lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 418 @ 7,200 rpm

How much power some of the Cerberas are currently running..? Pretty sure I've seen 400bhp+ banded about following visits to Track Car Solutions and Austec, or am I wrong..?

[BCA]

Podie said:

Article said:

Dry Sump – Race Variant
Max torque: 407lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 448 @ 7,200 rpm

Wet Sump – Road Variant
Max torque: 390lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 418 @ 7,200 rpm

How much power some of the Cerberas are currently running..? Pretty sure I've seen 400bhp+ banded about following visits to Track Car Solutions and Austec, or am I wrong..?

You're not wrong; highest standard engine'd 4.5 I've seen is 429bhp, highest 4.5RR is 440bhp.

[Warick Hunt]

With the race version producing less than 100 bhp per litre it doesnt seem to be in a particular high state of tune.
The road version isnt producing any more bhp than the smaller M3 engine. Although it does have quite a bit more torque.

[brogenville]

448bhp is certainly not to be scoffed at, but Austec have managed (slightly) more from a tweeked AJP (see PH'er HarryW).

[Podie]

BCA said:

Podie said:

Article said:

Dry Sump – Race Variant
Max torque: 407lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 448 @ 7,200 rpm

Wet Sump – Road Variant
Max torque: 390lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 418 @ 7,200 rpm

How much power some of the Cerberas are currently running..? Pretty sure I've seen 400bhp+ banded about following visits to Track Car Solutions and Austec, or am I wrong..?

You're not wrong; highest standard engine'd 4.5 I've seen is 429bhp, highest 4.5RR is 440bhp.

So what am I getting for my cash..?

[BCA]

At present, a press release and a photo of two AJPs.

Eventually, hopefully more AJP8s, though possibly more tree-hugging ones. As for reliability, I dont see much to upgrade, a sorted AJP is pretty bulletproof for an engine of that power/capacity IMHO.

[Podie]

BCA said:

At present, a press release and a photo of two AJPs.

[dean_ratpac]

oh hello... gutted to all those LS cerbs now out there...

So i now have to make my Red Rose cerbera a Melling V8 Red Rose...

[gifdy]

So did he retain the rights to the engine design - or are the changes to get round such problems ?

[thegman]

Al Melling said:

Would you like a Worthers Original with that? Hmmm?