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Another Possible TVP Car?
« on: 14 June 2013, 11:09:58 »
Fella I work with claims to have an ex-TVP car, it's a green saloon and was apparently a training vehicle. I spoke to him for quite a while about it and I felt I was getting the usual 'pub talk' lol... He said it had a 'Lotus Carlton chip' in it and he'd had it at 155+ more than a few times!!

Registration is W948 FWL

Is he right or did I experience 25min of clap-trap?
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #1 on: 14 June 2013, 11:32:46 »
Quote from: P6UL K on 14 June 2013, 11:09:58
Fella I work with claims to have an ex-TVP car, it's a green saloon and was apparently a training vehicle. I spoke to him for quite a while about it and I felt I was getting the usual 'pub talk' lol... He said it had a 'Lotus Carlton chip' in it and he'd had it at 155+ more than a few times!!

Registration is W948 FWL

Is he right or did I experience 25min of clap-trap?

 .. But not the two ruddy great turbos. ::)

I'm going for clap-trap. 25 minutes of your life wasted, I'm afraid. ;)
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #2 on: 14 June 2013, 11:38:19 »
As the LC had a Stand alone AC Delco engine management system and the Omega has Bosch Motroic system and the two are not interchangeable then i think it will be clap trap

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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #3 on: 14 June 2013, 13:35:46 »
Used to work with a guy like that, knew everything about everything. Couldn,t help but like him though ::)
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« Reply #4 on: 14 June 2013, 13:58:28 »
He was pretty sure that it was a TVP car tho, said he'd seen it on Road/Car Wars like I have with mine.

What's the deal with these chips then? I'm sure I've read on here that some of the TVP cars were chipped/remapped?
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #5 on: 14 June 2013, 14:10:59 »
Think His talking Fosters Piss Paul, well on the Lotus side of things.

Some were Chipped (3.0) or Remaped (3.2) but not all, I have a small collection of 3.0 chips that Ive played about with from some Plod, the 3.2 I have from TVP has been remapped, not sure if it was done by them or in its after life though.
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #6 on: 14 June 2013, 19:57:31 »
W948 FWL did indeed used to belong to TVP. When in service, there were no mechanical / engine alterations made to it.

Its sister vehicle, W944 FWL is below...

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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #7 on: 30 September 2013, 01:27:29 »
Quote from: joshwyatt on 14 June 2013, 19:57:31
W948 FWL did indeed used to belong to TVP. When in service, there were no mechanical / engine alterations made to it.

Its sister vehicle, W944 FWL is below...



Were those hubcaps unique to the unmarked TVP cars?  As he still has them on his car!
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #8 on: 30 September 2013, 01:40:14 »
25 minutes of uninformed clap trap .

almost nothing off an LC lump is directly interchangeable with the omega lump....


(as already mentioned the LC had an entirely different engine management system, not to mention not even being based on the same engine format...    )

what he's discovered is that the omega is quite quick with some fairly long legs.....   

and that speedos lie,   unless they're IRC notts calibrated (and still in spec, with no changes to tyre sizes and so on..)

and Josh is pretty much a walking bible on TVP vehicles.....   ;)

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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #9 on: 30 September 2013, 01:41:35 »
Think they're standard early facelift base model (ie Government spec fitments), but have seen them on European cars. Though most of the 3.0 ex plods that I've seen had theses fitted...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-VECTRA-SENATOR-15-wheel-trim-hub-cap-90445779-/221272382119?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyre_Trims_Trims_ET&hash=item3384dc9aa7 :y
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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #10 on: 30 September 2013, 01:47:05 »
i never saw a sennie with those on.....   


they wore these

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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #11 on: 30 September 2013, 01:48:35 »
(former owner of several  sennies, A and B ,  including 2 ex TVP vehicles....   )

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Re: Another Possible TVP Car?
« Reply #12 on: 30 September 2013, 01:50:48 »
The car in question is an Omega, and most plod 3.0s were fitted with the ones I linked to, they fit Senators etc with 15" wheels, but as ever Ebay sellers do tend to over sell their wares ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 30 September 2013, 01:58:57 »
Interesting...  :y
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