Wednesday 24th February 2010

4.5-litre TVR Speed Six Conversion

New upgrade package promises 455bhp and a five year warranty

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Owners of TVR Speed Six powered machines will have a new option in the quest for engine longevity at the end of this year - a 4.5-litre, 455bhp(est) conversion from TVR Power.

The new Supersports 4.5-litre package will not be cheap at £8,500 plus VAT, but TVR Power say they have a roster of happy customers with their 4.3-litre, 430bhp conversion. That version is still available at £6,500 plus VAT, if you want to join the ranks of the 57 cars they've converted in the last eight months. The extra cost of the 4.5 conversion covers the need for cylinder liners and a lot of additional machining that's required, all of which is carried out in house.

The package includes:

Steel billet knife-edge crank shaft assembly
H section billet connecting rods
Interlock steel top hat liners
Bored and honed (original) aluminium cylinder block
Bespoke pistons
Lightened flywheel
Ported cylinder head
CC Combustion chambers
Performance camshafts
High flow injectors
Bespoke map (on all applications) MBE only

"After the success of our 4.3-litre engine we have taken the power, torque and reliability to the next level. We have the confidence in this engine to extend the 5 year unlimited mileage warranty to our customers who choose to upgrade.

"This package will be available from December 2010 after it has been through vigorous road and track tests including the Nurburgring and all over Europe in TVR Power's own Sagaris," the company says.

Plenty of time to start saving then...

[soad]

Looks good to me, thought Melling offered something similar in the past.

[OatSy]

I think this might be on my Christmas list :-). Nothing wrong with my engine though so should I do it?

[JR]

It's almost as if Haymarket deleted a topic to create a news article.

Well done Dom.

[Oddball RS]

I know very little about these 'kits' 'upgrades' whatever you want to call them and i know you have to cover development costs, AND that a lot of work is done on them by reading the published list, but they do seem a little expensive? especially the difference between the 4.3l and the 4.5l? Just a casual engine related comment.

[mgv8]

Now would that fit an an MGC GT?

[Gazzab]

And we hope to see Doms car on the rollers at Raceproved on the Chatsworth Saturday. So a great opportunity to see the awesome power on a good 'baseline' set of rollers (ie Joolz' set).

[Or888t]

And why arnt they using this engine in the new upcoming Tvr again?

[vintageracer01]

RIIIIIGHT.

5 year warranty! Now we are talking.

I love TVRs.

Not only the cars, also the people who service them make all the right noises to keep them running.
GREAT!

Edited by vintageracer01 on Wednesday 24th February 12:20

[swanny71]

JR said:

It's almost as if Haymarket deleted a topic to create a news article.

[J B L]

5 year warranty is pretty amazing.

Does that cover ancillaries failure (oil/water pump) and subsequent engine destruction?

[Podie]

JR said:

It's almost as if Haymarket deleted a topic to create a news article.

To give TVR Power even greater coverage

Well done Dom.

EFA

Edited by Podie on Wednesday 24th February 12:22

[Dave^]

JR said:

It's almost as if Haymarket deleted a topic to create a news article.

Well done Dom.

Isn't that what the "news" button over there ))----->> is for?

ie - find a newsworthy thread, hit the news button (as opposed to the snooze button ) and Bob's your Mother's Brother...

[GTRene]

sounds almost to good to be true incl 5 year unlimited guarantee...
sounds nice though 4.5

[madmatt1985]

now just to solve the issue of rust and ill have another one please

[Bluebottle]

swanny71 said:

JR said:

It's almost as if Haymarket deleted a topic to create a news article.

[Robertjp]

The amount of development work Dom puts in this ought to be an absolutely stonking engine. I wish i had the cash (and the justification after a rebuild last year!!)

Great that we are actually allowed to talk about it now too after big brother stopped the original thread

Edited by Robertjp on Wednesday 24th February 14:17

[Oggs]

Robertjp said:

Great that we are actually allowed to talk about it now too after big brother stopped the original thread

Thats not fair to PH, Dom started a thread advertising what he is selling which is a in the forums.
No different to anyone selling via the forums

[Tvr Power]

Oggs said:

Robertjp said:

Great that we are actually allowed to talk about it now too after big brother stopped the original thread

Thats not fair to PH, Dom started a thread advertising what he is selling which is a in the forums.
No different to anyone selling via the forums

Look at the original post, Tvr Power posted snippets of there 4.5 Speed Six questions where asked i answered is this not what forums are about?


Dom

[Targarama]

This is great.

Now I would like to see some articles on other companies in the TVR business - either engine builders or aftermarket 'keeping cars on the road' providers (chassis, body parts, glass for rare cars?)

[Tvr Power]

Targarama said:

This is great.

Now I would like to see some articles on other companies in the TVR business - either engine builders or aftermarket 'keeping cars on the road' providers (chassis, body parts, glass for rare cars?)

Totally agree

Dom