Performance comparison - 3.6 Tamora or 5.0 Chimaera Taraka??

[L33]

Hi,
I'm seriously contemplating parting with my Chimaera 5.0, which has been Taraka'd. I love the peformance but hanker after the looks of more modern TVRs.
I'm thinking about a Tamora although I am concearned by the potential difference in performance. Is a standard 3.6 Tamora going to be a lot slower than my Chimaera 500 Taraka?



Many thanks in advance.
Lee.

[hollowpockets]

slower? Its likely to be just as quick...

[Jasandjules]

hollowpockets said:

slower? Its likely to be just as quick...

0-62 of Tamora is about 4.5? 5.0 is 4.2? SO with Taraka upgrade expect it to be a fair bit quicker?

[S5TVR]

Jasandjules said:

hollowpockets said:

slower? Its likely to be just as quick...

0-62 of Tamora is about 4.5? 5.0 is 4.2? SO with Taraka upgrade expect it to be a fair bit quicker?

In the real world I seriously doubt that there are many 500's that will hit 0-60mph in 4.2. I had a standard Chim 500 that was dyno'd at close to 300bhp and I reckon on a good day it would hit 60mph in 4.5s. Unless a Tam has the C/R box both cars will need a gear change to hit 60mph but the Tam change will be quicker than that of a Chim, but it loses out in torque. I doubt there would much to choose between a good 500 RV8 engine and a good 3.6 in a Tam.

[shake n bake]

they're two totally different cars, with the right driver a tamora would run rings around a chim, the handling is superb. depends if you wanna stick with v8 grunt or if you want a new challenge??

[hiltonig]

and also dare I say it running for cover some large sum of money in the bank for SP6 is pop moment, possilbly........

[Jasandjules]

S5TVR said:

In the real world I seriously doubt that there are many 500's that will hit 0-60mph in 4.2.

And in the real world what is the 0-60 of a Tamora? Genuine question.

Oh, and I've got 4.6 outta my 5.0 0-60 with about two tries, passenger timed though!

[HarryW]

I'd say the Tam is the most underrated TVR, imhe it would have no trouble keeping up with a taraka and would probably overhaul most standard 500's.

[pwd95]

My Griff 'feels' quicker than the 4.0 Tuscan I drove. Probably won't be if you put a stopwatch to them though. Just like the 450 felt sharper than the Griff until I tried to follow it along a local 'airstrip'. The Griff just slowly pulled away.

[grahamw48]

Similar thing happened to me today.....bloody pushbike just went straight through the light, and I had to stop.

[im]

I've been on long hoons behind a Tamora or two and even in my SC its closer than you might imagine so I don't think a Taraka will be beating one on the street. But it really depends on the driver. If you drive both I'm sure you'd find that if anything the Tamora will be slighly faster.

IMHO

[Jasandjules]

But when we are talking about performance (or at least, the OP said performance), are we discussing 0-60 and 0-100 or point to point?

A Chimaera with decent suspension set up can handle quite well (I've only driven a Tamora in the damp/wet, and I found it twitchy, and risky, so didn't really open her up at all) - my new one feels like an Elise compared to my old one. And having switched from an Elise to the 5l I'm surprised at how comfortable the grip is.

[VYT]

For me the difference between the RV8 cars and the AJP8 / S6 cars is that with the AJP and S6 you have to have the mind set that you are going to go quickly. With an RV8 car you can just press the loud pedal, any gear any speed and it feels quick. The AJP8, ('96 4.2) felt no quicker on the road than my old 4.0 Chim, the T350 again feel slower when driving sedately. However The T350 was 4 seconds quicker at Castle Combe than the Cerb, (T350 was limited to 6k RPM at the time) and the Cerb was 4 seconds quicker than I managed in the Chim.
If you have a mind to give a Tam it's head I think it would take a brave or better driver in a Chim or Griff to stay with you.

[d.k.s]

Lee, you know the speed 6 route is the way to go
stick some sports pipes and decats on a tamora and you will understand you made the right choice

[hollowpockets]

The supercharged chim didnt give my T350 much of a fight at knockhill

[Del Del Del]

hollowpockets said:

The supercharged chim didnt give my T350 much of a fight at knockhill

Driver? New upgrade learning car/running in? or you have a very very fast 350 ??

[Aowhs102]

I don't know about outright speed but my experience of, admitedly older, chims against my 51 plate Tam is that they dont even come close on the handling front. I love the SP6 to bits, sometimes literally, but the RV8 has truly amazing gobs of torque.

(Gobs being the technical term for lots of lb/ft.)

[im]

Del Del Del said:

hollowpockets said:

The supercharged chim didnt give my T350 much of a fight at knockhill

Driver? New upgrade learning car/running in? or you have a very very fast 350 ??

He couldn't have been trying

[Del Del Del]

im said:

He couldn't have been trying

maybe it was a 4ltr fodder

[hollowpockets]

my car was standard, rolling roaded with 343bhp and 297lb of torque. I do distinctly remember catching up over a couple of laps and passing on the start finish straight, the higher revs of the 6 allowed me to gain on him with every gearchange