{"id":532240,"date":"2010-04-16T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/16\/uk-specialist-looking-to-give-tvr-tuscan-a-second-life-as-chevy\/"},"modified":"2010-04-16T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T21:29:00","slug":"uk-specialist-looking-to-give-tvr-tuscan-a-second-life-as-chevy-powered-titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/532240","title":{"rendered":"UK specialist looking to give TVR Tuscan a second life as Chevy-powered Titan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Classic World Racing TVR Titan – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nMight the quintessential British muscle car soon be blessed with the quintessential American muscle car powerplant? If UK-based racing specialist Classic World Racing<\/a> gets its way, the answer is yes. The car is the TVR<\/a> Tuscan – and we’re talking about the beautiful 1968 version, for what it’s worth – and the engine is none other than General Motors<\/a>‘ undeniably excellent LS3 V8.<\/p>\n

CWR has somehow managed to obtain the original molds for the old TVR Tuscan that had been sitting unused for decades in an old barn, after which the company built a race car using the molds for a client in Malaysia. Shortly thereafter, demand for a roadgoing version was deemed strong enough to make the necessary modifications to make it street legal. In this new form, CWR chose to call the machine the Titan.<\/p>\n

Power figures for the Yankee-sourced 5.7-liter V8 engine start at 480 horsepower and go from there, and those ponies will be sent to a limited-slip differential at the rear wheels through a five-speed manual transmission. Couple that prodigious output with a weight of just 2,160 pounds (980 kilograms) and you’ve got a recipe for formidable performance. Price? Around £42,500 (plus VAT) in the UK – that’s about $65,500 dollars. Check out our high-res image gallery below and read the press release after the break.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Classic World Racing TVR Titan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Classic World Racing<\/a> via Piston Heads<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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