Chimaera bonnet
Discussion
Anybody know why TVR in their infinite wisdom decided to design the Chim's bonnet so that it opens from the screen and not from the front ala the Griff?
Surely there was enough room to get the hinges in? Presumably the Chim is slightly wider? Going back to the days ehn I had a Fiesta, I've always hated bonnets that opne that way ...
Thinking about it, could it be to do with the size of the thing? The Cerb's bonnet opens the same way and the Griff's is a lot smaller after all ...
Surely there was enough room to get the hinges in? Presumably the Chim is slightly wider? Going back to the days ehn I had a Fiesta, I've always hated bonnets that opne that way ...
Thinking about it, could it be to do with the size of the thing? The Cerb's bonnet opens the same way and the Griff's is a lot smaller after all ...
verysideways said:
I had a 'not properly shut' Chimaera bonnet start to lift on me at about 100mph a few years back... suddenly i could see my engine bay but not the road.
even with my bonnet properly shut it used to bend upwards at the windscreen end at 125+. That coupled with the windscreen wipers peeling themselves off the windscreen meant I rarely went over that speed. It felt like I was entering hyperspace as the car started breaking up.
verysideways said:I can beat that, mine lifted at 150mph. It waved about in front of me in the middle of the windscreen, right in my eyeline.
I had a 'not properly shut' Chimaera bonnet start to lift on me at about 100mph a few years back... suddenly i could see my engine bay but not the road.
victormeldrew said:
I had a 'not properly shut' Chimaera bonnet start to lift on me at about 100mph a few years back... suddenly i could see my engine bay but not the road.
And i raise that again, mine popped open chasing Tonny_996_has_gone's Diablo SVT on the way to Le Mans last year, the bonnet popped out of the catch at 1.5/1.6 leptons, my passenger literally shit himself, its also done it at Vmax @ 156 Mph with Slinky in it and a recent occurence on the M1 for the last Dawn Raid
Hughesie II said:Is yours the prefacelift type? Mine is, and I reckon they must be a bit more flexible than the later ones. At that speed it lifts so much in the centre that it shortens considerably and pops out of the catch. I can't bring myself to fit bonnet pins though, a la 70s Cortinas.
I had a 'not properly shut' Chimaera bonnet start to lift on me at about 100mph a few years back... suddenly i could see my engine bay but not the road.
And i raise that again, mine popped open chasing Tonny_996_has_gone's Diablo SVT on the way to Le Mans last year, the bonnet popped out of the catch at 1.5/1.6 leptons, my passenger literally shit himself, its also done it at Vmax @ 156 Mph with Slinky in it and a recent occurence on the M1 for the last Dawn Raid
victormeldrew said:
Is yours the prefacelift type? Mine is, and I reckon they must be a bit more flexible than the later ones. At that speed it lifts so much in the centre that it shortens considerably and pops out of the catch. I can't bring myself to fit bonnet pins though, a la 70s Cortinas.
It was, a 96 press car, that was my solution if i'd have kept it, Gaffer tap works just as well
schimg said:
I had a 'not properly shut' Chimaera bonnet start to lift on me at about 100mph a few years back... suddenly i could see my engine bay but not the road.
Hey been there done that....too!
Me too. Except it was on the main straight at Brunters & I was doing 140. It's firmly fastened
down with bonnet pins now, despite the Essex Cortina connotations. I quite like being able
to see.
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