Tailgating a Tuscan

[rev-erend]

Had a call from a mate with a Tuscan last week..

One of his mega loud rear can's was stress fractured all the
way round and was hanging down ..

His normal garage was very busy as the owner was off on holiday after that day and could not fit him in - so he asked if I could help.

No problem - we welded it up (stainless) pretty quick but it seemed a pretty flawed design with all of the weight of the can on the rear seam where it meets the pipe.

The other side had gone on too and had already been fixed.

Has anyone else seem the same problem .. ?

Any fixes - additional mountings, ultra light cans etc ?

After seeing it - I sure won't be tail gating a Tuscan

[Mrs Cuchillo]

Both mine disintegrated and fell off after I had had the car about 6 weeks. See this thread:-

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=255205

[Nat_H]

When i first saw the title of this thread, I was thinking "oh yeah, tailgating a

Tuscan, right, yeah whatever" It would have to be something really special to do that,

as they aren't the slowest thing in the world.... but

One of mine was on the way out the other week, luckily I noticed it when I was at Fernies, so glad

as its another 100 miles on the way back to Bournemouth, and a Carbon Can bouncing down the M27

would not be cool. Anyway all welded back up and all happy again.

Not sure on a fix for it, as not matter what cans you have, all the weight is placed on that weld.

How do Carbon Cans fair against the originals in the weight department?

[rev-erend]

A Tuscan can through the front window would not be high on my list of things to happen..

Other TVR's keep up with Tuscan's .. no problem

[Nat_H]

Indeed they do, I checked your profile before saying something really dumb...

How would the plod react to a can bouncing down the road and causing a RTA?

Would it be the drivers fault...

[rev-erend]

No idea but exhausts fall off cars all the time .. but I guess a diligent owner who check his car before driving it.

You sure would notice the change of exhaust note too.

[Nat_H]

rev-erend said:

You sure would notice the change of exhaust note too.

PARDON? Sorry I could not hear you

[anonymous-user]

Nat_H said:

rev-erend said:

You sure would notice the change of exhaust note too.

PARDON? Sorry I could not hear you

Err...actually not.

One of my CCC cans was at a strange angle the other day and I noticed that the weld had gone at the top where the can slides in (oh no matron!) to the silencer box. As my dealer is 30 miles away and I didnt want to risk the can falling off on the way over I took it off.

No discernable increase in noise level!!! I've realised now what CCC cans do. Absolutely nothing!!

(This is a design fault. It's the second time its happened on this car (just had her 1st birthday) and the first time was with standard cans fitted. The lads at HHC have really welded it up big time now. Really there should be some other form of support for the can.)

[rev-erend]

I would agree - about halt way up the can supported on the bodywork - with a plate inside the book to spread any load.

[Syko]

The can thing strikes me as odd. On many other design details, the tuscan seems to show real innovative marriage of form and function. In this case, though, the former seems to dominate.

High temp glue to stick the things to the underneath of the boot?? Anyone?

[tvr5000]

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No discernable increase in noise level!!! I've realised now what CCC cans do. Absolutely nothing!!
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When mine fell off on the way to a meet I thought the engine had blown. It vibrated through the car and made a right noise. Luckily enough the A19 wasn't too busy so I was able to pull real quick and run back up the road to retrieve. A bit scratched now so will be looking at replacing.