engine origins

[littlemisshavoc]

Out of curiousity really, does anybody know who/where the speed 6 and ajp8 engines are made ? - I know TVR Power did the V8s, do they also build the speed 6/8 ?

Have any of you had any experience of supercharging the rover v8s ? There are loads of sites that seem to suggest this for the Rover v8 in Rangerovers/landrovers, but I've never seen any mention of TVRs.

[plotloss]

I would have thought that the TVR Power version of the Rover V8 is a little too stressed normally aspirated to take a blower although I imagine sillier things have been done.

Placing a Rover 3.5 V8 in the back of a Fiat 126 for a start!

Matt.

[plfrench]

The speed 6 and the ajp8 engines are both designed and built in house. Having said that I suppose that they may be assembled at TVR power as I think that they are a subsiduary company.

I may of cours be completely wrong, but I know that the engines are TVR through and through.

Paul

[DIGGA]

Years back, an old TVR dealer (Haughins I think) used to do a supercharged version of the wedges which were bacged "SX", rather than "SE". So it can certainly be done.

Recently, I saw a 4.6 s'charged Westfield at the Mech Repairs rolling road, which was next in line for the Mark Adams treatment, after he'd chipped my car. If you want to tune a Rover V8 (TVR or not), he and/or Tim Lamont (of ACT) are as good a place as any to start, Contact details can be found in Sprint magazine.

>> Edited by DIGGA on Thursday 7th March 12:22

[adamb]

Have a read of this thread under the cerbera section. After the first 10 or so posts it gets very detailed on the subject your asking about.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=7021&f=6&h=0

[johnmckenzie]

Speed6 and AJP8 engines are assembled at the factory. TVR power in Coventry assemble Rover V8 derived engines.

Regards

John