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Nicholas and his mad, bad toy...

COCKPIT EQUIPMENT

 Windscreen:  Cut down 6mm polycarbonate deflector

Seats: Corbeau Classic Race Seats

Both driver and passenger: 6 point racing harness

Battery master switch with engine cut out

Armtech Speed Shift

2 5/8 inch sport competition Tachometer

Inteltronix Electronic digital speedo

Gauges: Oil pressure, Oil temp, Water temp

EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS

Width TBA

Length TBA

Overall Weight TBA

Unsprung Weight:  Front 56lbs each;  Rear 86lbs each

Wheel Base TBA

Track TBA 

CHASSIS

Triumph GT6 with additional bracing struts to link the outriggers with the backbone.

Rear subframe from a Ford Granada Cosworth, welded in place of the original rear part of the chassis.

Chassis lengthened six inches to move the front suspension forward:  The effect is to move the engine behind the front axle for improved weight distribution.

Roll hoop with twin door bars angled down to meet the front outriggers.   Hoop extended from front outriggers underneath scuttle linked to the body.

SUSPENSION

Front

Triumph GT6 uprights, hubs and double wishbones with two inch extensions welded in place to widen track.

Spax adjustable dampers

480lb springs (Triumphtune part no. TT4407)

26mm anti roll bar.

Polyurethene bushed throughout

Rear

Semi trailing arms Granada Cosworth (1985 on)

17mm Anti Roll Bar

Spax competition fully adjustable coil over dampers. Spring rates 200lbs 9’’x2.25’’ i.d.

(Dampers-Demon Tweeks part No SPXG950-PAS 200.  Springs FLK9CO200. )

STEERING

Spitfire rack on solid mounts.   2.7 turns lock to lock.

BRAKES

Dual bias adjustable, front to rear, system. Twin Girling 0.625”, master cylinders.

dot 4 Brake Fluid

Front

10’’ vented discs, Wilwood Dynalite  alloy, 4 pot calipers.  Aeroquip hoses.

Pads EBC Green Stuff AF37 kevlar

Rear

10’’ single discs. Granada Cosworth (1985 onwards), single pot calipers,

Pads EBC Green Stuff kevlar

WHEELS & TYRES

Front

8Jx15” “Image” 2 Piece modulars (back-face to front-face: 6” to 2”)

Yokahama AVS 225x50x15 tyres

Rear

10Jx15’’ “Image” 3 Piece modular Minilite replicas. (back-face to front face 8” to 2”)

Yokahama AVS 245x50x15 tyres

ENGINE

All alloy Rover V8 TVR Tuscan 4500cc

Compression ratio 11.6:1

Cross bolted (four bolt mains), 94mm bore

Cosworth Group A high compression raised crown, forged pistons;

Carillo ‘H’ Beam (Metro 6R4 Intl Spec) connecting rods with fully floating gudgeon pin

HMLO stroked crankshaft,

Solid cam followers, chrome/molybdenum push rods, adjustable Crane roller rockers

Cam Shaft – Kent M248 Power band 3500-8000rpm: timing 48/82/84/46 duration 310° valve lift .533²

Kent Cams vernier timing gear with duplex chain

Full race heads: Big valve triple locked , double valve springs, steel supports on rocker shafts. 

TVR copper head gasket located using Hylomer spray (although currently fitted with composite gasket);

ARP 7/16 inch head studs

Engine Lubrication

Motul 330V competition fully synthetic SAE 15w 50

Rover SD1 sump with additional baffling welded in

Rover SD1 oil pump with standard pressure relief valve spring

Remote oil filter, Mocal 19 row oil cooler ¾ BSP 235 matrix. Stainless steel braided hose ¾ inc

Fuel System

Carter AFB 9501 500 cfm carb.   1” spacer on Offenhauser 360° manifold.

Boot  mounted 6 Gallon foam filled alloy petrol tank 600x150x300

Carter 100 gph electric fuel pump

In line reusable fuel filter

Engine Cooling System

Chopped Rover SD1 radiator (built by Serck Marston Reading) with swirl pot.

Twin thermastically controlled fans.

Exhaust System

Tubular manifolds (hand built by Protek).  Twin 2² pipe system with 1.75² balance pipe. Rear silencers with 4² disc only supertrapp system

Electrical System

Boot mounted battery. 70 amp alternator from Escort/Fiesta/Orion.

12 fuse box in engine bay with relays

Ignition System

As fitted standard to the Rover SD1 V8 (earlier model with amplifier fitted inside distributor)

12v coil on top of ballast resistor

Lucus 35DE8 Distributor (renewed as at March 2001)

7mm silicon plug leads

Spark plugs -  NGKBP5E  gap 0.035²

Firing order:              

                       2(8)·            7(7)·

                        5(6)·            6(5)·

                        3(4)·            4(3)·

                        8(2)·            1(1)·

Ignition timing :                       Static 8° BTDC                      

TRANSMISSION

TVR bell housing to mate Rover engine to:

Borg Warner T5 (1989 two wheel drive Sierra Cosworth) alloy 5 speed gearbox.

Ratios: 1^st 2.95:1; 2^nd 1.94:1;  3^rd 1.34:1;  4^th 1:1;  5^th 0.8:1.

Gearbox Oil: Dexron III atf

Granada Scorpio 2.9 V6 Limited Slip Differential.   Ratio: 3.38:1

Diff Oil: Ford limited slip diff oil

Clutch 

AP Racing four paddle cerametallic clutch

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