Hybrid_From_Hell Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Hello all, A Spot of "WTF is this out of competition" I've bought a range of exotic V8 engine bits. This is the plenum. I am told its off a Experimental Factory / JE Engine combo The 4.5 is CAST into the entire plenum, also unlike all the others I have seen which are curved over the top this is stepped in "3" chunks, and the throat is wider ID same OD It also has what looks like a proper AirTemp Sensor underneathg in the flow of the butterfly The other stuff I will show later...equally exotic B) So, whats this out of then ? I have done a mass of research and am unsure Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 So, whats this out of then ? I don't know, but I'm going to say its out of a TVR in the hope that I'm right, at which point I'll pretend that I was 100% certain all along. So... TVR, innit! Der - everyone knows that! [Dunno] Al. Glad to be of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 It looks suspiciously like a thing that won't work when damp Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 good one Mo, PMSL. i dont think its from a TVR, mine 4.5 didnt have one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 i dont think its from a TVR, mine 4.5 didnt have one of those. Yeah, thats what I thought. I tried to tell you. You guys never listen to me. Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Yeah, thats what I thought.I tried to tell you. You guys never listen to me. Al. I'm glade it was you and not me... Pass is it off a funky MGB GT V8 or somthing or what about the V8 rover 75 but thats a Ford engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Dunno but mine says "4.6" so is 0.1 better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 It's off a bog-standard HSE and some fool's been at it with that black tippex again. My mate has a friend who stood next to a racetrack when an original 4.5 went past. I'm going to build one myself one day from hair clips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Maybe it's a warning..... "Max 4.5 inches of water" depth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Maybe it's a warning..... "Max 4.5 inches of water" depth? Inches? surley it would be centemeters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 or millimeters..... or thou'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 Ah Well where I live the village has a TVR dealer / Specialist who I know well, .................. been in with it all and they Oooooed Aaaaaaad and dribbled a tad. Their knowledge on all things TVR is superb, they can categorically say its not TVR, and the size of the ID o the plenum is "Factory" as oppossed to 'Bored'.... They are very intersted in this unit assembly and other bits Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 4.5.......... the maximum amount of cylinders that are working at any one time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Or the MPG . How far you can get on a tank of fuel. How close you can get to a river or other water source (in feet) without getting ignition problems. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOR4x4 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 How close you can get to a river or other water source (in feet) without getting ignition problems.Les. river? what river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 It looks like are three distinctive flat surfaces there. I reckon some little bright spark with a CNC Mill and a few long lunch breaks has knocked that up in his sparetime. It wouldn't be difficult to add some machinable ali to the existing plenum and then machine it way....I used to have a blue one like that (but we won't go there)............................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 It looks like are three distinctive flat surfaces there. I reckon some little bright spark with a CNC Mill and a few long lunch breaks has knocked that up in his sparetime.It wouldn't be difficult to add some machinable ali to the existing plenum and then machine it way....I used to have a blue one like that (but we won't go there)............................ Its a thought.......... I'll have another lookie, but I really would be suprised, the ribs etc are sort of "Cast" finish not a machine finish, and the casting inside is different to what I would expect to see. The 4.5 again is sort of cast finsh, with the piting finish quality of "Rover" The sensor also has me (and others with more knowledge) too, again it has that "Factory" feel and look rather than "Enthusiast" look, there are other small changes too, quite why (if it is) factory would cast something so similar but different is odd, but in the wonderfull world of BL sometimes I know money was not a concern......and they did make some truly werid stuff as 1 offs or low prod runs.... Hmmmmmmmmmm On the P taking comments above, nobody suggested I sold it to a 5.2 bowler V8 racer, ......with a 1 cyl misfire Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 The top is also not a smooth as normal is that to allow for larger trumpets like the twin intake variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imspanners Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 TVR and Marcos fitted the 4.5 V8 didn't they? So if it ain't TVR perhaps it's of Marcos Mantara origins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I think you will find that it maybe Morgan…………… IIRC they did a shed load of work on the export model to the US market …………… I do believe that for one reason or another it never took off in its modded form. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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