1972 Tvr Vixen (LS6 Pro-Touring Build)

[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

[Joosh]

God this is absolutely epic.

[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,

[240sx]

wow great work.

[sterling archer]

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

sorry I'm shouting. hahaha

[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!!!

[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.

[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..

[electricalbox]

Love it!

[coconutt]

This thread. Good work! Keep the progress coming.

[BadassVixen]

Ok, I have two potential roll bar layouts, and both have their Pro's and Con's, so it is really a matter of visual at this point. I am partial to the center mounting because they are running the same as the wing brackets, because there is actually less of a BUSY look, and seems to offer a better view of the exposed rear suspension workings.

[carpenterlan]

I saw the reflection of the master cylinder and thought.. why in the hell is there a master cylinder bolted to the side of that wing??



Props on the badass build man!

[BadassVixen]

Well, I went with the narrow/centered bar location, and I have the Roll Bar integrated into the bolt on suspension cradle, so this whole cradle with coil overs, sway bar, and roll bar assembly will unbolt as a complete unit once the 16 bolts are removed from the chassis and the back glass is removed.

That might be hard to see at this point, but once I have the assembly out for final welding and detailing, you will see that it all just bolts to the chassis through the new rear floor, and then have 4 adjustable Coil Over and Sway Bar links passing through sealed holes to the lower control arm mounts. It all sounds good in my head, and I am sure the out of the box thinking will work just fine, along with look cool exposed also.


The whole assembly will be raised a little over a 1/2in once I get the the mount pad plates added to it, and at that point it will with the roof line much better than it does now.

[BadassVixen]

Here are some pics of the Roll Cage/Suspension Assembly, and now you should be able to see how it all comes together and works. It bolts to the main chassis through the floor on some custom plates that i have added to the chassis, and the only thing going through the floor with be the Coil Over and Sway Bar Linkages that pass through rubber seals and attached to the lower control arm.

I still have to do some finish welding and the addition some nice detailed gussets and cross bracing, and from there I should have a nice and unique setup to showcase under the rear glass, and here are some pics of the TVR with the back glass set in place. From here I think the madness starts to make a little more sense due to the cars proportions getting cleaned up with smooth lines and contour, along with taking some or the bulk out of the rear wing assembly.

Once the Roll Bar/Suspension Assembly is finished coated and accessorized with the RideTech Triple Adjust Coil Overs, the under glass will have the necessary added dimension to have it all make sense. Atleast I hope so. Lol

[DER E30]

That's gonna look really good!