TVR Speed 12

The speed 12 engine on the dyno at the factory before it was put in for the last time.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• TVR
• speed
• 12

[dukefarm]

Thats the legend... but this is the speed 12 engine that went into W112 BHG when it was re built in 2006.

[Nickthebassist01]

You got proof? Sounds nothing like Speed 12 engine....it isn't deep enough....sounds more like a straight 6.....

[dukefarm]

As for proof... how about i saw the engine with my own eye balls when i worked at the factory. I filmed the video on a cold friday afternoon when all but the engine guys had gone home. I was standing in the engine room itself which is definately not recomended and my hearing has not been the same since. The video starts to shake a little near the end which is me trying to cover my ears whilst holding the camera still. Oh, and there were definately 12 cylinders. Just enjoy it.

[abhir87]

@dukefarm mate how much does it make 860 bhp or 1000bhp+.

since you actually built it , you would know best.

google just sells shit.

and tell tvr to build a veyron killer please.

[dukefarm]

@abhir87 I took a photo of the dyno screen when it blipped to its highest reading. It shows 875HP at 6203RPM with 741ftlb of torque. The photo has been copied a few times and can be found every so often on the net. It is the photo that goes with this engine test. Incidently, it was only a 'blip' and as it was going into the car for the customer, it wasn't to be maxed out. That is to say that it probably never saw the peak of the power curve that day!

[Nickthebassist01]

"In an interview then-owner Peter Wheeler, said that TVR had tried to record the car's power on an engine dyno. The dyno was rated at 1,000 bhp (750 kW) but the test resulted in its input shaft being broken. To get an approximate figure TVR engineers tested each bank individually; the result was 480 bhp (360 kW) per bank, suggesting a total rating of 960 bhp (720 kW). ""

[xUNKNOWNSH4DOWx]

Hi there, when was this video recorded? Thanks.

[MyNormski]

it sounds nice and it had lots of power but the engine was just a lash up with a steel welded block that would twist and seize up shame ,a bit more r/d and a cast block and i would have loved one in my cerbera

[skulltrailRFL]

Best V12 Noise in the world.

My god this is a beast.

[Tydusis1]

0:14

I came...

[furbygr]

i read somewhere that dyno had broken whey they tested cerbera 12

[TheV8mann]

@Nickthebassist01 It does not import the quantity of cylinders have the engine, but basically it is for the same design of the crankshaft that the engines of 6 cylinders and those of 12 cylinders sound similar, normally there is no sound difference between these 2

[idiotman76]

@scoped98k couldnt agree more id love to see this engine in a Dodge Viper when they return the model in 2013 (estimated) forget fuel economy when youve got engine like this fuel economy doesnt really matter...

[SStarwind]

Isn't that a test of only half the engine?

[scoped98k]

What are the dimensions of this engine? Is there anybody out there with the manufacturing ability to recreate this engine? If I can't have W112BHG then I at least want to plop this engine into another car. This engine would make a 2002 Viper GTS very exciting to drive, just make some side pipe holes like the newer racing 12 has and you have a very very fast car.