possible to recreate AJP V12?

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after months of research and finding nothing, i come here to ask. even though an LS is lighter, cheaper, more reliable, blahblahblah, i don't wanna hear it. if you've ever driven a V12 car, you know nothing else feels like it. this got me thinking, is it possible to recreate the infamous TVR V12 engine? sure, other motors from AM, Mercedes, etc could be swapped in by modding the chassis, but i'm asking about the TVR V12 specifically. i did hear about someone trying to graft Speed Six heads to a Jag V12 block but couldn't find anything further on it. Or maybe there's another block the TVR heads could be attached to? or, would it really be that hard to try to sandcast a new block based on the Speed Six or Speed Twelve? could cost a million, just dreaming/wondering

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"sure, other motors from AM, Mercedes, etc could be swapped in by modding the chassis, but i'm asking about the TVR V12 specifically."

"could cost a million, just dreaming/wondering"

any engineering knowledge or rumors of something like this being attempted? either sandcasting a block based on TVR plans or attaching Speed 6 heads to a Jaguar V12 block or any other block with similar bore spacing?

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as cool as the Helical car is, it uses an Aston Martin engine... i'm looking at the feasibility of recreating/casting/milling the AJP12 TVR V12. Or, at least something close like bolting the Speed Six heads onto a Jaguar block. Anyone know if the Speed 6 heads could potentially work on the Jag block? Or any other V12 block for that matter?

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i'm still curious if the Speed 6 heads could bolt onto an existing V12 block..

honestly, the TVR community is so tenacious with firms like Str8Six engine work, SportMotive creating new/improved chassis, various shops making whole new bodies, Helical.. that i think it won't be long before the community starts casting/milling new AJP6 & AJP8 engines. At that point, the possibility of an economically attainable AJP12 crate engine could become very real. that'd be a wet-dream come true

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eliot said:

what’s so special about the speed6 heads that you would go to the trouble of trying to make a v12 block to use them over it’s contemporaries from Jag,Merc and BMW?

nothing is special, except trying to keep it in "the family". i believe i did hear about someone, maybe it was Race Prooved or Racing Green that attempted to slap some Speed 6 heads on a Jaguar V12 block but i wasn't able to find any other info on this

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i'm actually not chasing HP.. you're all correct, other engines more than do the job more efficiently, more reliably, and more affordably. i'm very content with 500hp and anything over 750hp is imo too scary and undriveable to enjoy properly especially without driver aids in something weighing less than an economy microcar. V12s sound and feel unique if you've ever gotten the chance to drive one. so yes, if anyone ever starts making AJP12 crate engines or manages to fit AJP6 heads on an existing block, i'd strongly support something like that (cost permitting)