Blew away a TVR tuscan last nite

practically side by side in 4th and it was seeee ya!

 

Nice one!

 

I recon he let u win Well i cant get any power down in mine at the moe just spins in all gears.Was racing a bike gsxr 1000 on friday and i ended up side ways at 80.Sunny day mate and ud be toast

 

I thought you said "supercar"

 

I wasted a Tuscan S in my escos last year on the M62. Think its got more to do with which car you'd fell more comfortable driving quick cause i've seen what a TVR does when it leaves the tarmac.....not nice.

 

LOL it is mate And if u were side by side and u left him he was ether spinning and not going or didnt even try u aint gunna pull away that much the thing does like 180 easy lol

 

Whats the power to weight of the cossie and the tuscan?

400 at wheels = what? 450 bhp. What does a 2wd saphire way?

What speed does a tuscan S get down brunters? 400 wheels saph would get about 180 down brunters.

I'm surprised u lot think it wouldnt be a close race?

RW

 

Doing 180 and accelerating hard are two VERY different things mate.

Ive pulled away quite quickly from a Diablo that was closing in hard on the back of my 3dr, and im sure as hell my car couldnt do the 200+ the Lambo can...

They very fast motors, but not that incredible against the clock.

 

Just do the maths tho mate it wieghts just over 1000kg and has 390 bhp and is rwd.But they need hot days or its a death wish machine lol std there 3.9 - 60 and they do 190 as standard if u got the balls

 

I had one on the M4 in the saph, not by much but I was deffo quicker

We started on the M32 and raced all the way to the A46 junction

An E36 M3 tried to join in but couldn't keep up.........lol

Quick cars though

 

Mate - don't get me wrong. I love em!

I just don't class a Ł25k Tuscan as a supercar in any shape or form.

 

Now that TVR have stopped talking complete bollocks when it comes to performance figures they just list the top speed of the Tuscan S as 160mph+

 

LOL thats ok then cos it aint up to u is it lol

 

I do.

It's got the looks and the pace to match the baby Ferraris and Lambos

 

I got a vid of a std tuscan doing 190 with some nob in it at brunters lol racing a ruf yellow thing and yes he left the roof from a standing start lol.So no it aint no super car is it lol Get a nice sunny day mate and the tuscan is a very fast super car but get it in damp wet or what ever if it aint a hot tarmac u aint going to do much unless u got balls of steel or a death wish.Id be quite happy to turn up to a few events and see how she fairs against some cosworths.Going by experiance it would leave my 350 bhp spec cosworth standing lol

 

Usually a Tuscan breaks down before you can get to grips with it.

 

So it's a dry only supercar?

Right, cos I always assumed every other supercar (Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche etc) you didn't have to make THAT big a deal about driving in adverse weather

Top speed and acceleration times don't make a supercar for me, otherwise we'd be having to class Rod's saff as a supercar!

 

Ive been to two Supercar Top Speed days last summer, one at Brunters, one at Woodbridge.

Ive got the results right in front of me.

No TVR even got to 175mph on either, not even modified 4.5litre Cerbera's.

Between 155 and 172 for all of them.

190 on the clock maybe, but the timing gear says otherwise.

 

Going by experiance are u lol?They are not that bad lol the early engine had follower trouble defo But thats beside the point were talking speed and figures and a 400 bhp cosworth winning in a race and leaving one which i doute very much lol.Neather would be miles ahead it would be a close race for sure but leaving it nooo i doute it

 

I know what car i'd rather have.

 

PON shut it lol It wieghts nothing and id not want to die in one so dfor me its a dry car only im afraid.And i see ure admiting it is a super car lol

 

I've heard cossies are reliable too

 

400bhp at WHEELS at AVA is 500bhp+ at FLYWHEEL on any other rollers it seems, a big difference to your average "400bhp" spec Cossie.

And a big difference in torque between the two cars too.

 

tell me where you can get em for 25k new

 

Very true steve id like to see a proper race where u know both partys are really trying.Cos i know on normal roads the tuscan is dangerious even along the strait mine ends up side ways if u just plant it.Ive let loadsa cars pass me when messing about cos i dont want to die lol.

 

Who said new?

3 years old and they're pick up-able for that money.

Nige -maybe you should learn to drive a bit better then

 

rapidcossie

With 400 at the wheels Euan, you will be wasting a lot more than that i can assure you

 

That's on the 25+mph optimistic TVR speedo . You will be able to get the "true" speed of the TVR from the Pistonhead's website from that day .

Evo magazine took one to the Autobahn to get some top speed figures. Suffice to say it did an indicated 190mph (166mph on the Datron timing equipment ) and then it fell apart (splitter broke off ).

 

Good article

The one with the twin engined TT yea?

 

Well what ever it beat the ruf lol thats all that counts

 

Well read what I said about the two proper top speed events I went to.

Unlike the TVRs speedo, the timing gear dont lie

Im sure a Saff that managed 400 at WHEELS at AVA would rince a Tuscan, and 4th gear onwards racing isnt all that much about weight either, so there goes the TVRs main strong point.

 

The RUF cars at the top speed days I went to got 195, 189.7, and 181.5, massivley faster than all the TVRs did.

 

Well it won in the vid lol.Id be up for a rumble there is a event at a airstrip near here soon so maybe il try get a few rumbles see how she hold up then lol.

 

I hate all this on paper bollax !!..............

Next time i am out in the Escos, we will have a rumble m8...

And its not just how quick it is in a stright line either...

Al..........

 

Be prepared to be disappointed with what the Datron timing gear tells you .

 

first time ive visited car forums... always thought it was full of little boys who dont know about cars.... this comment from ECOSNIGE is just silly and restored my previous thoughts, i was'nt going to post anything until i saw this comment... im not going to boast about what i do for a living and what sort of cars i encounter daily but you need to research on charicteristics of acceleration. just because a car does 180 does'nt mean its going to pull hard all the way. you only talk about 0-60, what about 100-150, 100-180, 150-180 and all those in different gears aswel. read top gear mag or evo mag, might help. trust me pn this but alot of supercar owners tuners etc take their hats of to the almighty COSWORTH.

 

Go on, I'd like to know

Nige, don't bite mate, you're happy with it, and you should be.


pmsl at Paddy though

 

Take it from me the race would have had both of them nailing it. I have drive the cossie in question. It has PLENTY power.

RW

 

a just missed them steve, but to clear things up it was perfetly dry last night. and was also out in rapid,s car after the race and was amazed by the performance and grip it was getting


great car and well put together by AVA and M.A.D

 

im sure euan would be up for a race with your tvr nige