Tavarish P1 rebuild

[BobM]

I presume I'm not the only one watching this and waiting for each new instalment?

A few other youtubers have posted videos about it, I found this one quite interesting. In this chat with Kevin from McMedics, Tavarish indicates that McLaren are being more helpful than usual and he's even had a call from Zak Brown about the car. Also a lot of common parts with the 650S making the rebuild slightly less daunting than it initially appears.

[BobM]

Bispal said:

As a 675LT owner I did enjoy his 675LT rebuild and had started to trust a lot of what he said. But when he said his 675LT engine failed because the engine internals of the 675LT were cast and not forged he lost any respect I had for him and not sure I could watch anymore as I can no longer trust anything he says. So many people just believe everything they hear on YouTube, these creators need to property research and fact check.

Harsh Bispal!

I get you, but it's clear from the thread over on McLife forum that lots of people more technically minded than him also have no clue about the internals across the McLaren range. Freddy also doesn't purport to be an engine building guru so I gave him some slack on that.

[BobM]

C5_Steve said:

I'm interested in what he ends up doing with the P1 because I'm sure when it was coming up for auction I read/heard somewhere that it cannot be put back on the road. I'm sure it was Freddie himself who said it on a podcast before he bought it. Not sure how he's going to get round that or maybe it didn't end up with that title.

Ditto. It's clear he put a lot of thought and planning into buying the thing, so he must have a plan to get around the scrap title.

[BobM]

Just watched the latest episode this morning. All seemed a bit odd to me. What was the point of pouring the strange oil down the plugholes? To me this project is screaming out for the engine to be removed and at least take the heads off to have a look at the piston crowns and bores properly and clean them up. Surely the engine needs to come out to clean the engine bay up properly anyway?

[BobM]

CharlesElliott said:

For reasons that haven't been explained (apart from cost and equipment required!), he seems to want to clean up the top and bottom end in situ without disassembly. So the mystery oil was there to clean up the mould in the cylinders.

Yeah, sorry, I knew his intention was to clear the gunk with the oil but it seems such an odd strategy. I understand also why he's keen to avoid removing the engine, but I think on this occasion he's being a bit short sighted. He took the engine and trans out of the 675, so why not this one?

[BobM]

I'm a bit surprised about the carbon tub repair. I expected them to strip the car to a bare tub then get it repaired in the specialist's workshop rather than doing it up on Freddie's ramp.