Serpentine engine? T5 box?

[Jonny TVR]

How do I tell which my car has .. can't remember.

Edited by Jonny TVR on Friday 9th March 17:16

[citizen smith]

Jonny TVR said:

How do I tell which my car has .. can't remember.

Edited by Jonny TVR on Friday 9th March 17:15

T5 Gearbox

[Sardonicus]

Serp motor, T5 box, GKN diff

[Jonny TVR]

Sardonicus said:

Serp motor, T5 box, GKN diff

It must have been one of the first with the serp engine and T5 in 1995 as it was registered Jan 1995 or am I wrong? What about the GKN diff, did they all have this?

[Plan B]

BTR diff came in later

[Plan B]

BTR diff came in later

[Jonny TVR]

Thanks guys. Also is there much performance difference between a 500 and 500HC. I remember having a 400 chimaera then an HC and not noticing any difference

[rigga]

Are not all 500's HC?


And if you are not on the same spec original cam, then it's not relevent anyway.

Edited by rigga on Friday 9th March 20:56

[Jonny TVR]

Just picked it up. Love it

[citizen smith]

Jonny TVR said:

Just picked it up. Love it

They are very addictive to say the least, intoxicating and invigorating. Smiles per miles!

[gwardman]

Beautiful machine, in the fastest colour!

Serp engine - more than three pulleys, which can support PAS and Aircon (a pre-serp has a smaller belt - crank pulley, water pump and alternator)

T5 box - reverse under 5th (LT77 reverse is left of 1st)

One comment - make sure you have a "TVR friendly" MOT station (I am sure that is 12 months away now), but that year/model of griff should have Cats - and yours looks like a precat exhaust. New regs coming out say that something having been removed (cats, DPF etc) is an automatic fail. Too early to say whether they will have accurate lists to know what a 21/22 year old car should have had from the factory, but just a heads up. Others may have more accurate advice...

Enjoy.

[BIG DUNC]

At M reg, it should have cats and it clearly hasn't.

The MOT is about to change drastically in a few months. However, the rule about being a fail if a cat originally fitted has been removed has been in force for several years. While the tester can look up what is should have on their computer, in my experience they normally don't.

I would be more concerned about being able to pass the correct emission test without the cats. As said above, a "sympathetic" tester is one solution and maybe less drastic than fitting manifolds with cats and lamda sensors in them.

[Jonny TVR]

Both good points .. a TVR friendly MOT place is where I will be going next year. The sound from the pipes is amazing.