Burning issue

[WoS]

The insurance industry tells us that the most common motor accident is the rear end collision. The Vixen (also Tuscan v6 and probably the M) uses the fuel tank as a rear bumper. Does this concern anyone?

Edited by WoS on Wednesday 23 July 14:18

[TVR_owner]

WoS said:

The insurance industry tells us that the most common motor accident is the rear end collision. The Vixen (also Tuscan v6 and probably the M) uses the fuel tank as a rear bumper. Does this concern anyone?

Edited by WoS on Wednesday 23 July 14:18

I dont loose sleep over it, but am aware. There are lots of areas the Vixen, M and even the later cars lack in impact protection - the one you mention is easiest of them all to fix if you are concerned that the original pieces of wood are inadequate

[graham m]

I had a 3000M that was rear ended after a full rebuild. Interestingly the fuael tank went under that front of the mondeo that hit it and stayed intact. The rear of the body work did totally disintegrated and the rear screen went skyward. Did not put me off buying a replacement Taimar though.

[Gnasher]

You could always replace the bits of wood with some steel,
but you might end up with a pair of driver & passenger kebabs!

[tegwin]

I thought the wood was just a temporary thing to hold the bodywork inplace...

Think I will be replacing it with a nice alloy frame!

[Slow M]

You could install a safety (racing) fuel cell.
Alternately, there's a design produced by an automotive engineer photographed at http://members.shaw.ca/pleask/TVRGas.htm
BH

[TVR_owner]

Slow M said:

You could install a safety (racing) fuel cell.
Alternately, there's a design produced by an automotive engineer photographed at http://members.shaw.ca/pleask/TVRGas.htm
BH

Wow....does that guy advise what spring rates to run after the installation. I would guess there is over 60kgs of steel there

[status]

TVR_owner said:

Slow M said:

You could install a safety (racing) fuel cell.
Alternately, there's a design produced by an automotive engineer photographed at http://members.shaw.ca/pleask/TVRGas.htm
BH

Wow....does that guy advise what spring rates to run after the installation. I would guess there is over 60kgs of steel there

But think of how easy it'd be to achieve a nice bit of oversteer...

[Slow M]

tegwin said:

Think I will be replacing it with a nice alloy frame!

For equal strength, T45 or DOM1020 or 4130chromoly are lighter than Al alloys.

TVR_owner said:

Wow....does that guy advise what spring rates to run after the installation. I would guess there is over 60kgs of steel there

Remember that automotive engineers also design trucks! If one wanted that much protection, there are Hummers on offer that provide it. The rear springs are probably borrowed from the Hummer too.

status said:

But think of how easy it'd be to achieve a nice bit of oversteer...

On a drag strip it acts as a counterbalance does on a crane, so that's also where you attach the wheelie bars.