RE: Induction Kit

Friday 27th September 2002

Induction Kit

Good looking and more power - about time you treated your V8?


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thirsty

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726 posts

271 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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So how much? Sounds expensive for 40 bhp.

JonRB

76,025 posts

279 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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As we've recently been discussing here, a lot of the cheaper power increasing mods have already been done by the factory, so to go further it starts to get expensive.

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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So how much? Sounds expensive for 40 bhp.


The job was carried out by Peninsula, under £4,000 including VAT !! including Carbon twin plenum, cam M404, modified manifolds, rolling road & chip. The figure of 40 bhp was a little conservative probably near to the wheel figure !
I always recommend tuning as a package, this one really works . under the £100 per bhp guide.
Tim

joospeed

4,473 posts

285 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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So how much? Sounds expensive for 40 bhp.


it's worth 4k for the looks alone .. you've excelled yourself this time Tim. Looks the dog's bits the power increase is also a welcome by-product of the great looks

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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it's worth 4k for the looks alone .. you've excelled yourself this time Tim. Looks the dog's bits the power increase is also a welcome by-product of the great looks


Cheers Joolz, Its always nice to get feedback, even better to get a serious endorsment
Tim

markh

2,781 posts

282 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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Hi Tim
looks fab what increase do you recon on 4 litre car?

Mark

JonRB

76,025 posts

279 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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looks fab what increase do you recon on 4 litre car?
You'd be better off using your £4k to trade up to a 500 if you want more power on a 400!

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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Hi Tim
looks fab what increase do you recon on 4 litre car?

Mark


I'm fitting a twin to a 4.0L in the next 2 weeks, It will certainly need a chip & dyno session to set up. wouldn't expect huge gains on a standard 4.0L, but the throttle response is the main factor for this application, it wouldn't cost you 4 grand either Plenum & air box, trumpet base? chip & RR tune £ 1500-1800
Tim

markh

2,781 posts

282 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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Tim I already have a Typhoon 270 cam in the car

Mark

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Monday 30th September 2002
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Sounds interesting, If you were thinking about a rolling road session anyway, you could try it with the option to return. sometimes these "small" engines can suprise us.
Tim

trefor

14,661 posts

290 months

Tuesday 1st October 2002
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Tim, you MUST post the results of these mods on the 4.0L you mention!

I'm planning on going for a Griffith next summer and adding a few tasty bits, but maybe, just maybe the 'small' 4.0L might be receptive to a few 'adjustments'

Yours interestedly.

Trefor/.

GreenV8S

30,448 posts

291 months

Tuesday 1st October 2002
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Tim, you MUST post the results of these mods on the 4.0L you mention!

I'm planning on going for a Griffith next summer and adding a few tasty bits, but maybe, just maybe the 'small' 4.0L might be receptive to a few 'adjustments'

Yours interestedly.

Trefor/.



For comparision, when I had an earlier version of the ACT single-throttle plenum (plus heads, cam, manifold etc) on my 4.0 it added about 35 BHP. This is on top of the 8 BHP or so it gained when Mark Adams worked his magic on the standard engine. By the way, this was bang on what Tim had predicted it would do.

Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)

snap

36 posts

270 months

Thursday 3rd October 2002
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Having driven the car that had the twin throttle induction fitted by Peninsula I can honestly say that the whole set up was v impressive. The work carried out to the car was 404 cam,solid lifters, adjustable push rods, large air flow meter, rechip, stainless de cat manifolds and the twin throttle set up. The car was then set up by Mark Adams/Peninsula on the rolling road. The actual figures were 340 ilbft torque and over 330 bhp
Driving the car was the real test. The difference was incredible, fabulous performance well delivered but keeping driveability
I do not think that under 4k for these results is expensive

kevinday

12,225 posts

287 months

Thursday 3rd October 2002
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Having driven the car that had the twin throttle induction fitted by Peninsula I can honestly say that the whole set up was v impressive. The work carried out to the car was 404 cam,solid lifters, adjustable push rods, large air flow meter, rechip, stainless de cat manifolds and the twin throttle set up. The car was then set up by Mark Adams/Peninsula on the rolling road. The actual figures were 340 ilbft torque and over 330 bhp
Driving the car was the real test. The difference was incredible, fabulous performance well delivered but keeping driveability
I do not think that under 4k for these results is expensive



By hl, I want that! Can I do that to a 4.6 for a wedge?

JonRB

76,025 posts

279 months

Thursday 3rd October 2002
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I drooled a little when I saw the pic and immediately showed it to my wife and son, who thought I had gone bonkers to be so worked up about a lump of carbon fibre and metal.

Phillistines, I tell you!

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Thursday 3rd October 2002
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By hl, I want that! Can I do that to a 4.6 for a wedge?


Yes if you have stage 3 heads, in which case would work very well,

norwyn

4 posts

265 months

Friday 4th October 2002
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bought an Al version of one of these from V8 developments for my 5L Chim. Would have liked the carbon fibre version but the difference in price is several hundred quid and I suspect that there is no noticeable performance difference--but the carbon is prettier!

kevinday

12,225 posts

287 months

Friday 4th October 2002
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By hl, I want that! Can I do that to a 4.6 for a wedge?


Yes if you have stage 3 heads, in which case would work very well,



Not got the wedge yet (in either term ). Although this does mean that next year when I do have the readies available I can include this on my 'to do' list
The car will be a road-going car (not everyday use) but will be doing up to 10 track-days a year (at the Hungaroring). Are stage 3 heads OK for this?

GreenV8S

30,448 posts

291 months

Friday 4th October 2002
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Yes if you have stage 3 heads, in which case would work very well,



Would be interested to see power/torque plots off that, Tim.

Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)

2 Sheds

2,529 posts

291 months

Friday 4th October 2002
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bought an Al version of one of these from V8 developments for my 5L Chim. Would have liked the carbon fibre version but the difference in price is several hundred quid and I suspect that there is no noticeable performance difference--but the carbon is prettier!


Norwyn your Chimaera sounds like a bit of a beast :-0
JE Developments make the alloy triple plenum, I know John Eales very well and we supply each other,
The Carbon Fibre system is aimed at a different market and is different in several ways, it has been designed specifically for TVRs with the shape replicating the bonnet line ( Griffith & Chimaera), it also has the airbox to accommodate the airflow meter.
The J.E plenum is aimed at vehicles with fully mapped injection as there is no integeral airbox, if you compare prices of the plenums without the air box the carbon is £190 more than the alloy and to be fair probably no difference in performance, with the carbon we have concentrated on the aesthetics.
I know Steve Heath has the triple alloy type on his 520 and i think would agree that the throttle resonse alone makes them worth all the expense, ?? maybe !
Tim.
(p.s stage 3 heads are fine for road use)

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