1972 Tvr Vixen (LS6 Pro-Touring Build)

[BadassVixen]

Well I have the first rough mock up of the rear suspension layout, and it appears that I am going to make it so it is all exposed under the rear glass. I am too visual, so I had to build a rough in that had all the components in place to see if it all works mechanically and aesthetically, and this layout seemed the best over all with the limited spaces offered..

This whole assembly will unbolt as a complete unit including Coil Overs and Rear Sway Bar Assembly, and with a few more decorative support bars and some nice gusseting, it should look pretty cool exposed along with being able to see it all working in real time? Another nice thing is, adjustments will be very easy on this low sitting car, because all can be done from inside the car.

Now that all the components fit in their place, I will have to start all over and actually build the final assembly that will bolt in place. I will also be adding a few cross braces and some nice drilled gusseting to make it look better, along with an arched crossbar running from left to right with the TVR logo cut into it..

[BadassVixen]

Car looks great! Great work! You're experiencing the classic street rodder's problem of trying to fit 7 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound bag!!!


And thanks for killing those ugly tail lights! The new round ones are so much better!!!

When do we get vids of its noise!?!?!?! I need to hear that exhaust!!!

Thanks a lot, you described the pain of the process for sure, and it is so hard not to just hot wire the car up just to hear the noise. LOL I just have to cross a couple of small hurdles on a few other engineered items that depended things like this the exhaust to get sorted due to things like Axles working in the same area, and then I will reach an Explosion Point where everything goes out for final welding, outside component production, and final coatings very soon, and once that is all back the car can go back to together in a week or two.

As far as video's go, the car has an August television race event to attend so that is the overall goal here, and we have had a film crew already following the build and coming this weekend to do another installment, so there will be some great High Definition footage coming soon. Here is a pic of the interview with the owner.

[DER E30]

Car looks great! Great work! You're experiencing the classic street rodder's problem of trying to fit 7 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound bag!!!


And thanks for killing those ugly tail lights! The new round ones are so much better!!!

When do we get vids of its noise!?!?!?! I need to hear that exhaust!!!

[sterling archer]

OH MY GOD! THAT EXHAUST IS......AWESOME!

sorry I'm shouting. hahaha

[240sx]

wow great work.

[BadassVixen]

I have the Black Widow Mufflers tied into the resonator box/exhaust tip, and it all looks like it going to work out perfectly. The mufflers will be fixed to the body, so I will have some sort of Turbo Connectors strategically placed to still allow the body to be removed easily, and this will also allow me to fab/weld both mufflers and resonator box into one complete unit. I am going to play with the resonator boxes internals or lack of, and will have to start out guessing what to do or not to do when it comes to sound tuning.

Before I remove all the exhaust for final welding and Jet Hot Coating, I need to start fabbing the rest of the rear bolt on tube structure that will tie the wing assembly, rear body work, and coil over/cantilever setup into the main frame structure, while still allowing all the necessary service work. At the same time I am going to see if I can incorporate a roll bar loop and rearward bracing to tie it all in, but space is always an issue with this car,

[Joosh]

God this is absolutely epic.

[BadassVixen]

Here are some pics of the exhaust resonator box and how it fits the TVR now, and I think it looks damn good for free hand angle grinder cuts and over the knee hand bending, and will only look better with the finish welding and final trim bezel made.

I just hope I can tune in the more Exotic Car raspy tone I am looking for, and it will be a total win. I am going for a sound something like this, but I know there are factors like firing order and other things that come into play.

http://youtu.be/z6yeQifAu0o

[Jlyons617]

I knew this thread seemed familiar.

[gdogg16]

Little old Robert's law breakin days may be over...

http://www.durantdemocrat.com/news/news/153343458/Marshall-County-man-charged-with-embezzlement

If you've been ripped off by this scum bag, call the number in the article.

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showpost.php?p=5156047&postcount=212

[BadassVixen]

We received the Black Widow Exhaust and I am starting to work with them and found it was necessary to make them about 4in shorter to allow a center chamber. Luckily these are quality muffler with great metal, so it was very easy to remove the end caps and remove some of the chamber length without affecting anything. Thanks guys.

The pictured box isn't the actual size or air volume I will have, but it is the width allowed between the mufflers, so I hope the pics of the assembly together and the template for the body exhaust cutout will offer some sort of representation of my goal here. I removed the tubing extensions on the chamber side, and there will be some sort of baffle to direct the exhaust exit toward the back of the chamber and also keep the two mufflers exit from beating against each other, so I hope I get the sound I am looking for with this setup.

Tight spaces in a compact car leaves a lot to be desired, and to top that with the importance of ground clearance, really made this chore necessary. The black mufflers pictured are a longer muffler I used for mock up, and the new Black Widow Exhaust mocked up with the chamber is the overall same width as the pictured black mufflers, so it will all work out great.

[dingus]

Now here are some pictures of the wing, and the guy that I am building the car for really didn't like the idea of it when he saw the picture, but now that it is on the car he loves it.. In these pictures is may appear that the wing is very massive height and width wise, but it is actually much lower than the roof line and is still narrower than the factory Front Body Work, so these pictures are very deceiving. There is one picture in the group that will really demonstrate the size of the car overall, and it is the picture of the car down on the ground and you can see the door knob to the back shop, so make a reference that when it comes to the overall size of this car.. The wing is also completely removable with just a few bolts remove at the back brackets, and the frame work mounting the wing is all hidden and molded into the back bodywork, along with all of it being extremely braced for the potential forces the wing will add.

I also really like the early tail light conversion, because the original rectangular ones really took away from the styling of the car, and I personally think it was a mistake of TVR to go that route..

Those widebody fenders look so sick. Also, is that a Volvo P1800 hiding on the right side of the pic?

[Bert75]

Awesome!!!

[BadassVixen]

Are you repainting it? if so what colour?

The car will be repainted and is going back to the original TVR Orange it is now.

[shredgnar_]

Are you repainting it? if so what colour?