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Went for a ride yesterday in Eann's Turbo Chim…. What a car!... I’ve been in a Blower Griff before but got to say I was totally shocked as to how the Turbo worked with the V8… its so progressive and torquie all the way through the rev range and also so smooth.. no big kick at 4K or anything.. it appears to be there all the way from 2K or so 
and no turbo lag or anything… just constant mega power on tap!!!! Wow….
It’s also a bolt in design so no real modifications needed either! I’d bet you could have it fitted in ½ a day easy… runs with the existing dizzy and 14CUX.. and the AFR results shown from the set up were spot on…
To say I’m tempted is an understatement… with that power on tap, nothing on the road would even come close….
I want one!!!!!!!
and no turbo lag or anything… just constant mega power on tap!!!! Wow….It’s also a bolt in design so no real modifications needed either! I’d bet you could have it fitted in ½ a day easy… runs with the existing dizzy and 14CUX.. and the AFR results shown from the set up were spot on…
To say I’m tempted is an understatement… with that power on tap, nothing on the road would even come close….
I want one!!!!!!!
Edited by TVR Beaver on Sunday 22 July 10:02
carsy said:
How much is it.
Eann was saying that he thought the full kit would be about £3K... but without the electronic side of it (so you'd have to get your ECU set for it).. around £2.5K... obviously he needs to do the costings to confirm this... but even if it went up a few hundred quid... to get that sort of power on tap for lets say £3K..... 
form a que here ....
TBH... I thought the Blower performed more like a Turbo with a kick at 4K and up.... and the turbo more like what you'd expect from a blower with progressive power on tap all the way through the range?.. all very strange.
That said, I'm not sure the blower car was set up fully so it's a bit unfair to say I liked one over the other.....
But what I can say is how nice the Turbo ran with the V8... Amazing
That said, I'm not sure the blower car was set up fully so it's a bit unfair to say I liked one over the other.....
But what I can say is how nice the Turbo ran with the V8... Amazing
TVR Beaver said:
Went for a ride yesterday in Eann's Turbo Chim…. What a car!... I’ve been in a Blower Griff before but got to say I was totally shocked as to how the Turbo worked with the V8… its so progressive and torquie all the way through the rev range and also so smooth.. no big kick at 4K or anything.. it appears to be there all the way from 2K or so and no turbo lag or anything… just constant mega power on tap!!!! Wow….
It’s also a bolt in design so no real modifications needed either! I’d bet you could have it fitted in ½ a day easy… runs with the existing dizzy and 14CUX.. and the AFR results shown from the set up were spot on…
To say I’m tempted is an understatement… with that power on tap, nothing on the road would even come close….
I want one!!!!!!!
Sounds nice. and no turbo lag or anything… just constant mega power on tap!!!! Wow….It’s also a bolt in design so no real modifications needed either! I’d bet you could have it fitted in ½ a day easy… runs with the existing dizzy and 14CUX.. and the AFR results shown from the set up were spot on…
To say I’m tempted is an understatement… with that power on tap, nothing on the road would even come close….
I want one!!!!!!!
Edited by TVR Beaver on Sunday 22 July 10:02
I think the advantage of this one, is that you could remove it in 1/2 a day and put the car back to standard without removing the manifolds to the heads etc.. simple job...
Eann's also working on a plug and play ECU to go with it... it will be interesting to see where this ends up...
and also some power figures... if may cars 310 bhp say... this was at least 475 bhp if not more
Eann's also working on a plug and play ECU to go with it... it will be interesting to see where this ends up...
and also some power figures... if may cars 310 bhp say... this was at least 475 bhp if not more
griffdude said:
This looks pretty good, but £3500+vat installed for the TVR Power turbo conversion looks pretty good too.
I wonder how the power/torque figures stack up? 317bhp/380lbs ft from a 4.0T the TVR Power conversion looks pretty amazing, especially when it's stated as being at the wheels.
Dont know if i have read Powers right but it reads as though £3500 also includes their new fully mapped ecu. I wonder how the power/torque figures stack up? 317bhp/380lbs ft from a 4.0T the TVR Power conversion looks pretty amazing, especially when it's stated as being at the wheels.
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