TVR T350

thepharcyde

thepharcyde

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I think I've found my next car :p

One passed me today, and OMG the sound was beautiful.

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The front it stunningly beautiful but they've gone a bit too mad on the rear - looks like something you'd see parked outside Maccy D's at 2am :(
 
If I'm not mistaken that car, or if not a very similar reg, was parked up Capel Curig earlier this afternoon.

Seems like a PistonHeads as though from the img details.
 
xyphox said:
Looks and sounds are great but it just doesn't have any technology in it. They are just an engine and wheels these things.
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That's the appeal.

A colleague has just bought a Griffith, and it is very nice. Brilliant car and very scary to drive (it spins the wheels in 3rd gear when dry).

5ltr Rover v8 sound track is very nice too!
 
ajstan said:
They look very smart from the front, almost could be used as an everyday car, shame they are so unreliable
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I think there is a bit of a bad rep that goes with TVRs. Yes some can be unreliable, but tbh from personal experience they are no more unreliable than any other car.

My dad, for example, has a '96 'N' reg Chimaera which he has owned for getting on 7 years and it hasnt once failed on him. It's biggest challenge was driving to Hockenheim and back and it didnt even break a sweat :).

In fact, there were a few Ferrari owners at the camp site that had to have a double take as they didnt know what car it was :D.
 
Talking about reliability, I thought it was a myth these days for them to be as unreliable as past indicates? Having said that looking at the PH the classifieds yesterday, I saw an advert where the engine had been rebuilt at 8k miles. :D

The engine is their own these days?
 
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thepharcyde said:
Talking about reliability, I thought it was a myth these days for them to be as unreliable as past indicates? Having said that looking at the PH the classifieds yesterday, I saw an advert where the engine had been rebuilt at 8k miles. :D

The engine is their own these days?
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I understand that the AJP V8 is OK once rebuilt as it was broken as soon as it left the factory? Just very expensive (especially compared to the Rover V8)if it does go wrong - expensive parts etc. No idea on the speed 6.
 
Let's be clear the Speed 6 engine in this, the Sagaris, Tuscan and Cerb is a flawed engine. Have a look at the Speed 6 section of PH, it's there to see. It is not unreasonable to expect any Speed 6 engine to need rebuilding (£5K to £10K depending on who does it) and many have gone pop more than once too. The engine is epic when running but flawed in design and build, this is not conjecture or mythical, it's a proven fact. I had a Griff and it never went bang but was badly built and small things were always going wrong mainly with fittings and fixtures. The engine was OK but then it's a Rover nee Buick V8 so pretty solid but the TVR plumbing was far from ideal and it did overheat in traffic. Great cars Tiv's, very special but they are not a Porsche when it comes to reliability which the rational TVR owners will happily confirm. Still love em though, fag packet shed builds at their best.....and worst!
 
Trifid said:
I understand that the AJP V8 is OK once rebuilt as it was broken as soon as it left the factory? Just very expensive (especially compared to the Rover V8)if it does go wrong - expensive parts etc. No idea on the speed 6.
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The AJPV8 does not need a rebuild really; the early ones suffered crank issues, but the later ones are fairly reliable engines for what they are; a custom designed engine in low volume manufacture. The speed 6 is a whole different ballgame which WILL require a rebuild after it comes out of the factory, no questions. After that rebuild it can be a different story if it is done by the best; TVR Power offer 5 year unlimited miles warrenties on their rebuilds, indicating that they have got something right!

There's also been the development of the FFF engine which could prove to be much more reliable than the original supposedly butchered design.

These inevitable rebuilds come at a high price, going up to near 10k for the best....
 
I love the T350. In fact I love TVRs in general.

One of our Type-R "sunday" driver organisers chopped in his CTR for one and it was lovely but only saw it a couple of times.

There's a specialist (Track V Road) in the town I work and I see a lot of TVRs about, awesome sounds and lots of presence and when you turn to look at them you're not disappointed. Especially the black Chimaera which sounds brutal on full chat. What a car like this should be.

The T350 is one of the more neutral handling ones isn't it? Poor reliability and handling to kill is what TVR are about. Having a specialist nearby makes a 10k TVR sound appealing to my irrational mind. Probably not very "me" though.
 
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