Solved - NEH 1772: TVR 660 SEAC Wedge Special

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Carnut

June 07, 2012, 07:34:29 AM
ANYONE CAUGHT GIVING ANSWERS GLEANED BY USING GOOGLE SEARCH BY IMAGE WILL BE BANNED FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD!

Base car is easy so no points for that; 1 point for giving the name this car is known by and what powers it?:

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pftnbr

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June 07, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Is the make TVR?

Carnut

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June 07, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
Quote from: pftnbr on June 07, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Is the make TVR?

Yes.  No points for that though of course...
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Renan_

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June 11, 2012, 12:58:24 AM
TVR 280i or 350i?

Carnut

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June 11, 2012, 02:08:33 PM
Quote from: Renan_ on June 11, 2012, 12:58:24 AM
TVR 280i or 350i?

The bodywork is from such a car but I'm afraid that's not the answer - too easy if it were!
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war

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June 16, 2012, 04:24:51 PM
TVT 660 Wedge Special. Engine 6.6l V8 Chevrolet by Donovan.

Carnut

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June 19, 2012, 05:31:47 AM
Quote from: war on June 16, 2012, 04:24:51 PM
TVT 660 Wedge Special. Engine 6.6l V8 Chevrolet by Donovan.

Ignoring the typo, yes!
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RayTheRat

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June 19, 2012, 09:54:28 PM
According to one website, the 6.6l (402 cubic inch...a 396 big block bored .030 inch over, either by the builder or by GM when a batch of 396 castings were discovered to have a core shift...they were sold variously as 396, 400 or 402) motor wouldn't pass emissions testing in the Scandinavian country in which the owner lived.  That doesn't surprise me with a Donovan motor.  If it was built like many of the other motors produced by Donovan Engineering, it would have been pretty radical and would probably not be real "clean."  As a result it was replaced by a Chevy smallblock motor.  That could be anything from a 265 to a 406, most likely a 350, possibly a 305.

I suppose the photo is the process of the motor swap.

RtR

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