Who has "TVR" cast onto their rocker covers?
Who has "TVR" cast onto their rocker covers?
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culminator

Original Poster:

618 posts

238 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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As apposed to a TVR sticker place on the top of the rocker cover. Mine has "TVR as part of the main casting, but I've not seen this on any other Griffs....

pwd95

8,458 posts

267 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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The only ones I've seen these on are the 4.3's and the 450 Big Bad Wedges.

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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They are the proper engined early rocker covers, in black... AFIK only the early 430's and 500's had them fitted wink

Uncle Fester

3,114 posts

237 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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My 1994 Serp has them.

I don't know when they stopped doing them, but I don't think that many serps have them.

culminator

Original Poster:

618 posts

238 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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OK, well that explains all. My 97 Griff didn't have them but my newly aquired pre cat does.

Ta muchly..

Pupp

12,966 posts

301 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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97 Chim here with 'em...

wink

HRG

72,863 posts

268 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Cough cough...

900T-R

20,406 posts

286 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Very nice in red, too... cool


David Beer

3,982 posts

296 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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99 griff 500 with them , I have had few parts changed more than once but they have stayed ££££ ohps I meant !!!

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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well yes but how many of you have 2 pairs of them: :whisle: :smug: hehe

Barkychoc

7,848 posts

233 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Those rocker covers look to me like the standard Rover offering with the original ribs milled off then the tvr style milled into whats left. Does this sound feasible or does anyone know any different?
The rocker covers have the standard holes in them for the spark plug lead brackets which is what made me think they are modified Rover covers.

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Barkychoc said:
Does this sound feasible or does anyone know any different?
No, yes

culminator

Original Poster:

618 posts

238 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Yep, that be them!! looks like they were used quite a lot....every now and then..

Johno

8,593 posts

311 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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2000 Special Edition with TVR Cast Rockers here wavey

From handling them I would say they are definitely not RR ones re-engineered, they're cast as is, as they are not of the same quality casting of the RR ones.

But you can fit roller rockers underneath them, so I'm using that as the reason for spending a long time searching for a good set and then spending a small fortune buying and sorting them out, not vanity, not at all hehe

Little Restoration Project


Hoover.

5,993 posts

271 months

Friday 22nd May 2009
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I love my 4.3 TVR rocker covers with their TVR logos....... makes all the others without them (nearly every car hehe ) look like they've got an inferior aftermarket replacement power plants hehe

culminator

Original Poster:

618 posts

238 months

Friday 22nd May 2009
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Hoover, you just wrote what I had been thinking but decided not to say!

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Friday 22nd May 2009
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Johno said:
..But you can fit roller rockers underneath them, so I'm using that as the reason for spending a long time searching for a good set and then spending a small fortune buying and sorting them out, not vanity, not at all hehe
Have you got roller rockers fitted or are you looking for some?

Toma500

1,249 posts

282 months

Friday 22nd May 2009
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My 93 Pre Serp 500 has them .

Sam Gamgee

966 posts

282 months

Saturday 23rd May 2009
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1994 pre serp 500 got em...! Mine, that is.

Dave.

andyy

238 posts

287 months

Sunday 24th May 2009
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If it makes you feel any happier ....
I've got them on my 1993 pre serp
They are very poorly made and the rim around the bottom edge is all over the place - can only assume that TVR cast them on an "off" day
Consequently they piss oil out everywhere whether you use cork gaskets or the "slightly more expensive than diamond" rubber gasket.
Would be happy to exchange mine for some real ones