Nice vid of a mental Chimaera on Google

[Nickthebassist]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc
What the hell is in that?! I've never heard a Chimaera sound so beastly. It says it's a '575'.......what's one of those?

[dougc]

Its PHer jellison's 'vette engined Chimaera.

[GingerNinja]

I shot the vid. Jon's car sounds fantastic inside and is insanely fast - I've been in a Ford GT, Murcielago, Porsche GT3 and this thing feels quicker.

[peteA]

dougc said:

Its PHer jellison's 'vette engined Chimaera.

amazing! sounds great...i wany one now...

[cyberface]

That sounds awesome... is there something 'special' about the Corvette engine used in the conversion, or is it a standard Corvette engine with 'normal' sports exhausts??

At the risk of setting off the TVR daawgs, I'd love a modern TVR with one of these engines, it'd be awesome. Still have great memories of my Griff 500!!!

[Nickthebassist]

It sure looks pretty quick, but that sound is incredible. How much faster is it than a normal engined Chimaera 5 litre?

[GOM]

Ah! But does it run on bio-ethanol?

[grahamw48]

Hey, and did you see me pass him in my red Rover, like he was standing still!

[steve j]

Holy s$*t, that is insane but I want one

[W333]

cyberface said:

That sounds awesome... is there something 'special' about the Corvette engine used in the conversion, or is it a standard Corvette engine with 'normal' sports exhausts?? At the risk of setting off the TVR daawgs, I'd love a modern TVR with one of these engines, it'd be awesome. Still have great memories of my Griff 500!!!

Its a Z06 5.7L 400bhp V8 from the previous generation Z06 Corvette. The exhaust itself is a bespoke jobby and (having been in it) it is rather quick and sounds rather nice.

[theaxe]

More details at ChimaeraPages.com. (The Purple Monster)

[GingerNinja]

theaxe said:

More details at ChimaeraPages.com. (The Purple Monster)

...or just look at Jelly's profile:
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0&memberId=7660

[V8Smith]

Sounds great, looks very quick too, very nice, sounds very similar to mine, a precat with the cherry bomb conversion.....! gotta love the noise!

Mike

[Nickthebassist]

V8Smith said:

Sounds great, looks very quick too, very nice, sounds very similar to mine, a precat with the cherry bomb conversion.....! gotta love the noise! Mike

What's the Cherry Bomb Conversion?

[Justin Hill]

"Hey, and did you see me pass him in my red Rover, like he was standing still! "


Hahahaha...very good Graham.

[grahamw48]

It's true !