Supercharger kit on flea

[pwd95]

ebay

He says it's from one of the 400's but I don't think that's right unless Martin or Adam have been busy stripping their cars.

[adam quantrill]

Hmm - well some bit look "right", for example the plenum and the bit of blue hose on it are DPR.

However on mine the pulleys and belt are toothed, not poly-vee. The tension is acheived with an idler pulley, and the steering pump is on a separate belt. The whole mounting bracket is completely different.

I would caution any buyer to check with Dennis Priddle and also ask about the stampings on the supercharger. You also need to be sure the bearings in the blower are good and the vanes are OK.

[Jasper Gilder]

I've just emailed to ask him which car it came off - there were only two 400SXs One is Adam's and the other was sold last year and in very good condition

A couple of 350s were done in 400 shells which may have confused the seller and there were a number of Range Rover conversions

It would be a real shame to think that a car as rare as an SX had been broken...

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

I sure some of the early SX's was written off, so it could have come from one of these, and been in storage for ages, be interesting though to know more.

[adam quantrill]

Jasper - I thought we'd worked out there were 3 400SX's in the end?

[chapperssx]

Hi Guys

Just seen the thread the s/c is defiantly not off my 400 and mine has the same set up as adam's ,i can't see that Dennis Priddel would of changed the set up if there was a third one.

Jasper did the seller reply to your question ?.

Martin

[Jasper Gilder]

Hi SXs are as follows

11 built, 1 written off 1989, one went to Kuwait pre Saddam ( ie written off - blown up I guess)

1 Demo in early 390 Shell silver
1 Demo in 400 Shell - Carobs old car now in OZ - silver
1 350 in 390 shell - Green
1 350 in 350 shell - In my garage red
2 350's in 350 shells built in 1990, one Blue ( in Scotland) One green was
in Canterbury
2 400's
and one which I think - from the photo I have of it at Castle Combe in 1990 is Navy in a 400 shell and I think it was originally owned by a Tuscan racer called Barry Zee

[heightswitch]

Jasper Gilder said:

Hi SXs are as follows

11 built, 1 written off 1989, one went to Kuwait pre Saddam ( ie written off - blown up I guess)

1 Demo in early 390 Shell silver
1 Demo in 400 Shell - Carobs old car now in OZ - silver
1 350 in 390 shell - Green
1 350 in 350 shell - In my garage red
2 350's in 350 shells built in 1990, one Blue ( in Scotland) One green was
in Canterbury
2 400's
and one which I think - from the photo I have of it at Castle Combe in 1990 is Navy in a 400 shell and I think it was originally owned by a Tuscan racer called Barry Zee

The Blue Scottish one is sitting in Tony Abrams place at the moment with a for sale sign on the window!!

N

[adam quantrill]

Now I'm confused - I read somewhere there were 17 350SX's. Looks like a bit of bedtime reading to check my old TVR books.

[pwd95]

heightswitch said:

Jasper Gilder said:

Hi SXs are as follows

11 built, 1 written off 1989, one went to Kuwait pre Saddam ( ie written off - blown up I guess)

1 Demo in early 390 Shell silver
1 Demo in 400 Shell - Carobs old car now in OZ - silver
1 350 in 390 shell - Green
1 350 in 350 shell - In my garage red
2 350's in 350 shells built in 1990, one Blue ( in Scotland) One green was
in Canterbury
2 400's
and one which I think - from the photo I have of it at Castle Combe in 1990 is Navy in a 400 shell and I think it was originally owned by a Tuscan racer called Barry Zee

The Blue Scottish one is sitting in Tony Abrams place at the moment with a for sale sign on the window!!

N

Link please.

[grahamw48]

I've looked on Hexham Horseless Carriage site, but car not listed.

[Wedg1e]

Jasper Gilder said:

1 written off 1989, one went to Kuwait pre Saddam ( ie written off - blown up I guess)

I wouldn't be too sure of that! When we had an operation in Saudi I once visited a warehouse owned by our sponsor, who was a quite-wealthy Arab gentleman. The warehouse contained a myriad of vehicles which he claimed were all bought by him from new and then parked-up once he'd finished with them. The concept of selling them seemed to be alien to him, yet the vehicles were not particularly tidy nor regularly maintained in any way (I'd say most of them were unlikely to ever see a road again). There was a Rolls that would have blended in in Moss Side, some sort of Yank 4x4 desert-storming thing with a 7L Chevy in it - roll cage, padding , harnesses, you name it (think Bowler Wildcat meets Humvee, on steroids), Jag XJS V12 drophead, Aston, Mustang, you name it. All just sat there slowly disintegrating. That must have been 9 or 10 years ago, I bet the place is a bit more packed now.
I was told that in general, the Arabs don't buy a car and then sell it when it gets to say 3 years old, like we might do, they just run them into the ground. You don't imagine that a Wedge would last very long in those circumstances, in that climate.

ETA: I just did a Google for Faisal Al-Suwaiket in Khobar, Saudi... the office number's on there if anyone wants to ring up and ask if he has any old cars for sale

Edited by Wedg1e on Saturday 25th September 00:43

[Jasper Gilder]

Whoever said there were 17 Sxs was wrong

Dave Haughin was a mate of mine and he told me a bit about every car ( mine's No 7)the blue one and the green one in 350 shells were 10 and 11 and were the only two not to go to DPR, the kits were sent to Barrow and they were Sprintexed there. ( I was never sure if all the suspension and chassis work was done on them) They should have 4 pot calipers, aeroquip brake lines and SEAC drive shafts)

Robson's first book said there was only 1 SX - I wish they'd ask me - I've be4en keeping a register for the last 15 years!

[Jasper Gilder]

chapperssx said:

Hi Guys

Just seen the thread the s/c is defiantly not off my 400 and mine has the same set up as adam's ,i can't see that Dennis Priddel would of changed the set up if there was a third one.

Jasper did the seller reply to your question ?.

Martin

Yes - inconclusively - he said he'd bought the bits and didn't know anything about the car they came off.

[grahamw48]

I wonder if it's the same bunch of bits that were advertised (either on PH or ebay) about a year ago...from Holland ?

[adam quantrill]

Looking at the pictures again you could probably make something work on a wedge but it won't be easy, you might have to make a new mounting bracket. It all hinges on the condition of the blower, the throttle body looks to be in a funny orientation too but I think you can change that by 90 degrees to suit the installation.

I don't know if he belt might be prone to slippage too, I wouln't like to put 70-odd bhp through a poly-vee.

The other thing you'll need is a modified ECU to increase the fuelling where needed.

I had a look at my Tiv books before bedtime but no mention of production figures in there, just some reviews of the SX's. I dunno where the number 17 came from, it just stuck in my mind from somewhere. I reckon Jasper's list must be the most accurate, so I'll start quoting the lower (rarer) figures from now on ;^)

[Jasper Gilder]

Don't worry Adam - got my numbers from the builder!