V8 in a Tuscan Speed Six

[Graham66]

OK, so if you were advising TVR, what V8 would you recommend putting up front in a Tuscan body?

Obviously it would need similar performance to the Speed Six, so 400 bhp etc

Just a thought.......

Graham

[dinkel]

Sorry here, the AJP 4.2 / 4.5 is used in the Cerb . . . If it fits in a Tusc you're done . . . Could downsize the v8 to 3.6 litres and scream 400 bhp / 8500 rpm . . . Nice thought and bloody good to Blackpools standards . . .

[apache]

Chevy LS1

[Boosted LS1]

apache said:

Chevy LS1

No doubt about that I second him!

[dinkel]

Boosted LS1 said:

apache said: Chevy LS1 No doubt about that I second him!

Must weight tons!

[Boosted LS1]

How can you tell from a pic? Maybe 400lbs and you can shed a bit. The LS1 has 350-420 hp as standard. Moving on to 450 at the tyres with a vortech bolt on supercharger. 750 odd horses with turbo's and onto 1000 hp. Somebody in Oz is speaking about 1500 bhp but I think that's hype. There's a 3500lb street ls1 running in the 9's which isn't bad (sorry it's very good). Weight isn't a penalty with this engine and it's way lighter then earlier iron chevy's. Once you take one apart you'll love it

[apache]

Boosted LS1 said:

How can you tell from a pic? Maybe 400lbs and you can shed a bit. The LS1 has 350-420 hp as standard. Moving on to 450 at the tyres with a vortech bolt on supercharger. 750 odd horses with turbo's and onto 1000 hp. Somebody in Oz is speaking about 1500 bhp but I think that's hype. There's a 3500lb street ls1 running in the 9's which isn't bad (sorry it's very good). Weight isn't a penalty with this engine and it's way lighter then earlier iron chevy's. Once you take one apart you'll love it

It'll be an alloy lump as is the much loved Buick so how could it weigh more?

[Boosted LS1]

Apache,

It's a 5.7 so it has a little extra stroke, a bit more iron and a bit more aluminium to contain those extra cubes but it is undoubtably the business and it's very compact. You will see them at the motor show, popping up in kit cars etc and in 12 months they will be all over the place. Now please stop me plugging them!

[Julian64]

How much can you buy one for then?

[Boosted LS1]

Julian64 said:

How much can you buy one for then?

You have to hunt around and get the spec you need. Good used ls1's crop up on ebay for $3-4k. Expect to pay more for a vette engine and a lot more for an ls6 engine. ls1's take a t56 or auto. The vette versions use a transaxle. So you won't find the vette engine with a t56 on the back of it There are a lot of different options and parts for these engines so you should do thorough research before you buy or you will end up making changes later on. Power is from 350-410 hp standard and rising all the time.