TVR T440 and T400 renamed to Typhoon pics

[Driftzwerg]

Hi,

remeber the fabulous T440R well TVR is finally getting the car to production and they renamed it Typhoon. Check out Pics at http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr/index.asp?storyId=7755

The Stickshift looks like made for a jet fighter

[Homans]

and i'm gonna need a change of pants. The day they bring those cars to the states is the birth of the new millenium for me.

[budagboy2]

that shifter is definitly gonna take some time to get used to.

[sentra_dude]

Holy crap! I don't know about that shifter, but 500 s/c hp sounds nice.

[hemi_fan]

Ive heard a lot about sequential gearboxes. What are they? do you set them up to shift at certain points? or are they some sort of special manual? I dont understand.

[Driftzwerg]

Normally its like you don't have a clutch but you shift . Thats pretty cool and not as crappy as the paddle shifting

[Chingachgook]

In the sequential you have the clutch, and you need to use it for starting and downshifting, so you cna do heel-and-toe yourself and enjoy the pleasure of a perfect downshifting. In the upchanges you can change at full throttle without clutch, rising a little the throttle, or if you have a little, easy system that cuts the ignition while changing gears, you change with full throttle.
DTM cars, and rally cars are fitted with this kind of gearbox, faster and cheaper than the paddle shifter. it seems strange, but it's even cheaper

[crasherror]

That car looks absolutely brutal! I don't think i could even start that car with getting in to trouble so much power!!!.

[inso]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?domain=evo&page=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/evo_news_story.php?id=42693

more pictures and specs