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Speed-6 engine: is one rebuild enough?

Anyone who is seriously thinking about a TVR with the Speed-6 engine (a TVR Cerbera, a TVR Tuscan, a TVR Tamora, a TVR T350 or a TVR Sagaris) would like to suffer as few...

Switchboard tenchiques

My Chimaera failed its MoT on the handbrake. As any TVR owner will tell you, this is not an unusual occurrence. In fact if you get a weedy looking tester you know full well...

A 2nd hand TVR Sagaris: what to check if you’re in the market

All TVR enthusiasts know that TVR production ceased in late 2006 due to its financial problems. The last model produced, the TVR Sagaris is nowadays the most appreciated by TVR enthusiasts. This is reflected...

TVR Tuscan S Mk1: blown cylinder head gasket on the Speed-6 engine – Episode...

Episode 4/4: crankshaft, pistons, oil pump, engine codesThe last episode (Episode 3, Episode 2, Episode 1) of this large photoshooting, thanks to UK Garage - UK Racing of Bovisio Masciago, (beware of any...

TVR Tuscan S Mk1: blown cylinder head gasket on the Speed-6 engine – Episode...

Episode 3/4 - Engine block, head, valve train, finger followersThe Episode 3 of this large photo shooting shows the main parts of the Speed-6 engine: all alloy block, head and valvetrain. In particoular, in...

TVR Tuscan S Mk1: blown cylinder head gasket on the Speed-6 engine – Episode...

Episode 2/4 - the chainsTwo days ago, in Episode 1, I showed you the problem: the owner of a TVR Tuscan S Mk1 blew the cylinder head gasket of the Speed-6 engine so UK Garage...

TVR Tuscan S Mk1: blown cylinder head gasket on the Speed-6 engine – Episode...

Episode 1/4 - Fixing and solving the problemA "heavy-foot" TVR enthusiast from Naples blew the cylinder head gasket of the Speed-6 4.0 liters engine of his TVR Tuscan S Mk1. The car is now...

TVR Cerbera 4.5: how’s its reliability?

The question is very simple: You'd love to have a TVR. But which one? There's in this difficult matter who makes a difference between two big kind of TVRs: Speed Six and AJP V8....

TVR Speed-Six 3.6 engine: why was it built?

In my opinion a very interesting question: "why TVR produced a 3.6 engine?". Of course, I would need an answer directly from an ex TVR Motors Limited's engineer (if anyone reads TVR Unofficial Blog...

TVR Engines: a little overview

The heart of a car is, of course, its engine. TVRs have always had commonly two original engines which have been created for TVRs (but there's some criticism): the AJP and the Speed Six...