RE: Time For Tea? TVR Tuscan V8

[B17NNS]

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

[WolfyJones]

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

That does sound fantastic

[Dave Hedgehog]

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

oh that is lovely

can i have both versions

[Dischordant]

Sp12's look awesome in that colour with that paintwork. Love it!

[kiteless]

B17NNS said:

It's a lovely sound but it's not what a Tuscan should sound like to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlkKO-ERD0

^ that's why a straight six will always be my first love; cultured and angry in the same breath (I still maintain that the LS engined Tiv in the OP also sounds fantastic)

[Hungry Pigeon]

Saying goodbye to my TVR is the only reason I regret separating from the wife

[RTH]

TVR ....You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone

[Warwick67]

Nice but...... should have fitted an AJP :-) :-)

[jamieduff1981]

Warwick67 said:

Nice but...... should have fitted an AJP :-) :-)

Know what Warwick? I think the AJP8 sounds cack. It's obnoxious and I love its character and delivery but I could take or leave the sound.

I reckon the Tuscan would suit the AJP8 and its brutal mentalism better and the more classic looking Cerbera maybe better suits the Speed Six.

Hmmmm.

[cerb4.5lee]

RTH said:

TVR ....You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone

This is very true.

[RichB]

Hungry Pigeon said:

Saying goodbye to my TVR is the only reason I regret separating from the wife

I'd have thought keeping the TVR is the more usual reason for separating from one's wife!

[spartridge]

Evo said:

Change the rear silencers though, looks like they've been nicked off Smokey and the Bandits Kenworth

[carl_w]

WolfyJones said:

Seriously why would you, especially when you can have a 400bhp Tvr S6 with a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty for less than £10k

8200 rpm in a speed-6 engined race car vs 8300 rpm in a standard S54-engined remapped road car? Plus you could buy a crashed M3 for a lot less than £10k.

[lufbramatt]

The howl of the S6 is hard to beat. Even at idle it's nuts. A few weeks ago I pulled up at the lights behind a T350c- I could feel the burble through the pedals of my car where the sound waves were making the bulkhead vibrate. when it pulled away it left me grinning like a school boy

[skyrover]

I'm sorry but no straight 6 can compare to the sound of a Crossplane V8, as demonstrated by this lovely TVR griffith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgbXPPVqbCI

[fatbutt]

Sound, yes ok the S6 sounds better at full chat but people are missing some important points here. The LS can rev from cold, is totally unstressed, can be tuned/ mod'd easily up to 600 HP without too much hassle and is emissions compliant. My S6 cars sounded like a bag of spanners from cold until warm so most of my driving was done below 3000 RPM and not that much fun. I swapped my Tuscan S2 for a griff as I just couldn't put up with the compromised practicality of the S6.

I can see why someone who isn't too fussed about the clear difference in noise but wants a more practical (and cheaper in the long run) TVR would go for the conversion.

Looks and sounds great in the video. Congrats to the owner.

[cerb4.5lee]

jamieduff1981 said:

Warwick67 said:

Nice but...... should have fitted an AJP :-) :-)

Know what Warwick? I think the AJP8 sounds cack. It's obnoxious and I love its character and delivery but I could take or leave the sound.

I reckon the Tuscan would suit the AJP8 and its brutal mentalism better and the more classic looking Cerbera maybe better suits the Speed Six.

Hmmmm.

I understand what you mean but I liked the angry individual sound that the AJP8 gave & for me it was what the Cerbera was all about & they put the speed six in everything else anyway but I still love that engine as its smoother & more free revving than the AJP8 anyway.

[Sardonicus]

The car is stunning give me an 8 any day over a 6 but the exhaust system is poorly executed and thats why it sounds and looks st

[Mastodon2]

I love the sounds of both the 8s and 6s, but I have to agree, that exhaust system does look a bit naff. Still, it's a custom job so will look exactly how the owner wanted it to look, and I'm sure he loves it.

[fatboy18]

spartridge said:

Evo said:

Change the rear silencers though, looks like they've been nicked off Smokey and the Bandits Kenworth

Each to their own, I like em