CaiosG60 PWR TVR Cerbera - New SS Exhaust P5

[ReekieVR 0]

Better get used to wearing a silly grin CaiosG60 PWR ! Welcome to loonyville...

 

Defo join the club ( excelent monthly Sprint mag ) and Pistonheads - all the info on tweeks, upgrades and fixes you could want. The club meets are well attended and there are normally loads of runs, events etc.

 

Get it on a track to find the limit. You will be amazed how much the insurance will drop if you keep it out of fields for the 1st year.

 

And the standard TVR caveat - be carefull with your right foot in the wet !

 

Njoi ! 8)

[Henny 0]

'lo Cai, good to see you back on here. Sorry to hear about your Dad...

 

Cerb looks lovely... I'd love one some day... 8) Can't wait to see it in the flesh if you bring it to a show sometime... :)

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

Better get used to wearing a silly grin CaiosG60 PWR ! Welcome to loonyville...

 

Defo join the club ( excelent monthly Sprint mag ) and Pistonheads - all the info on tweeks, upgrades and fixes you could want. The club meets are well attended and there are normally loads of runs, events etc.

 

Get it on a track to find the limit. You will be amazed how much the insurance will drop if you keep it out of fields for the 1st year.

 

And the standard TVR caveat - be carefull with your right foot in the wet !

 

Njoi ! 8)

 

Nice one another TVR on the Corrado forum! 8) :lol: Ive had some track training in a Exige but it doesnt really compare. I asked the bloke who took me in that about teaching me to use the Cerb. He wants to take it to Brunthingthorpe for lessons as anywhere else would be too dangerous! :lol: Need to get the setup checked before booking, cant wait!!

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

'lo Cai, good to see you back on here. Sorry to hear about your Dad...

 

Cerb looks lovely... I'd love one some day... 8) Can't wait to see it in the flesh if you bring it to a show sometime... :)

 

Cheers Henny, Im not far from you in Oswestry again at the moment. You may see me on the road somewhere.

[Henny 0]

*keeps eyes peeled for silver/blue flash as he pootles along in the 'ssat TDI* :lol:

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

Got in it today and the clutch pedal was fubar. Pressed it down only came back up half way. :cry: Bloke at Austec racing who rebuilt it all, said it was probably only and air lock and talked me through geting it sorted. £3.99 for some fluid and 1/2 hour messing around, clutch now feels mint. Bargain!

[ben16v 0]

well done skimp glad you sorted it!!!

 

have you got a new bird yet cos of it???

 

:lol:

 

edit: just seen this from your G60 thread

 

"Sensible TDi Passat daily and a project mk1 are on the cards."

 

:lol:

[biggerbigben 0]

Perhaps another TVR may be on the cards - who knows!

 

Anybody fancy a well sorted & low mileage G60????!

 

There that sort of car. The idea of geting one just grows and grows until its got to be done. (In your case again 8) )

 

Love it! I had a piece of one in my C once upon a time ;-)

 

What happened to your interior, change of plans? Not sure you can be any more outrageous than that. By the way got any bits knocking about?

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Not any longer chap.. well I have buttons, indicators, steering wheels (they fetch a bit) etc.. if you need anything let me know - have alot of dash wiring kicking about etc.

 

Change of plans - maybe.. had the car over 5 years now, I just fancy a change! lol

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

 

have you got a new bird yet cos of it???

 

 

Yeah mate, twin blonde fiesta mag featured nymphos! :lol: :lol:

 

 

edit: just seen this from your G60 thread

 

"Sensible TDi Passat daily and a project mk1 are on the cards."

 

:lol:

 

Tell me about it, Ive got bits of mk1 in my shed!

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

 

Not any longer chap.. well I have buttons, indicators, steering wheels (they fetch a bit) etc.. if you need anything let me know - have alot of dash wiring kicking about etc.

 

Change of plans - maybe.. had the car over 5 years now, I just fancy a change! lol

 

Steering wheels are around £500 new judging by a receipt in my history. My rear demister button needs a tap for the light around it to come on. You got one of those?

 

How did you indicators work? They work weird as standard on Cerberas.

[ben16v 0]

"Shake N Bake!!!"

 

quality!!

 

i wanna do the EVO triangle soon mate up for it?? here

 

you`ll have to wait for me though

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

"Shake N Bake!!!"

 

quality!!

 

i wanna do the EVO triangle soon mate up for it?? here

 

you`ll have to wait for me though

 

"Its on nooow!" :lol:

 

There one on the 25th & 26th this month. Oswestry to Abersoch 25th, around Anglesey then back 26th.

[ReekieVR 0]

Nice one another TVR on the Corrado forum! 8) :lol:

 

JonRB has a Chim as well and posts on Pistonheads too ( i think he spends more £ on his Vr tho.. ). 3 of us now !

 

I think the Raddo is a gateway car - it leads on to more extreme, rare, beautiful ( and pocket damaging ) cars later in life.

 

I look foward to the day when most Raddo owners have a spare one in the garage ... :)

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

Clutch pedal pressure gone again! Slave cylinder seals gone, great. :cry: Gearbox off tomorrow. :roll:

[Jim 1]

Oh dear :( Nothing like getting stuck right into TVR ownership! Hope it doesn't end up costing you too much mate.

 

Thanks for the PH's link - just reading about the Red Triangle. Think I need to formaulate a trip up there for a day! :)

[ben16v 0]

NOOOO!!

 

time to get your hands dirty mate, i`m having a `mare with my sh!theap if it makes you feel any better!!

 

jim, red triangle?? :lol: EVO triangle lloks good though but let us know if you do plan a trip its not far for us

[Kick Up The Rs 0]

OK, I'll have to put a damper on things:-

:wink:

 

 

The clutch slave cylinder seals will fail and it's a gearbox out jobby as the slave cylinder is inside the bellhousing due to clearance issues.

 

 

Me and my big mouth, sorry er Keyboard.

 

There is a later set of slave seals available which should prevent this.

 

By the way as your car started as a 4.2, which clutch does it have? IIRC the 4.5 clutch came with the bigger bellhousing and a different slave cylinder which rectified the weak seal issue.

 

The easy way to know if you've got the later or earlier clutch is whether you get any drivetrain vibration or resonance in 3rd gear which is an indication of the earlier 4.2 clutch.

 

And don't worry, I've been there!

[biggerbigben 0]

 

Not any longer chap.. well I have buttons, indicators, steering wheels (they fetch a bit) etc.. if you need anything let me know - have alot of dash wiring kicking about etc.

 

Change of plans - maybe.. had the car over 5 years now, I just fancy a change! lol

 

Steering wheels are around £500 new judging by a receipt in my history. My rear demister button needs a tap for the light around it to come on. You got one of those?

 

How did you indicators work? They work weird as standard on Cerberas.

 

I must just have that - yeah! Do me some deals on tools and you can have it.. :wink:

 

B

[nia573 0]

Nice car!

I passed it (when it was parked up - obviously :) ) last Saturday I think it was? Either in Llangefni or M. Bridge?? Stunning colour caught my eye!

 

Sorry to hear about your dad

 

Mike

(Capri Green Golf)

[samg60 0]

Hi Cai, only just seen your post your inane message on my phone at 5:30am in the morning now makes sense, was going to ring you back but figuered you would be in hiding as you had rang at that time of the morning, hope your car is back on the road soon, its made me hurry up and start organising new things like con rods and turbos for mine just so I can keep up.

 

PS go and have a look at Forza motorsport 2 website then go and buy a 360 will ya.

 

Ta for now :-)

[GIXXERUK 0]

i'm soo tempted to buy one of these or a tuscan but they scare me , every ad says 20k miles rebuilt engine :-(

[Stan 24v 0]

One of my favourite cars of all time 8)

 

And obviously with the TVR garage, and specialists, around the corner I get to see them fairly often ;)

[Lippy 0]

gixxer, FWIW the rebuilt engines are a good sign - means that the early issues have been fixed and built to a later spec.

 

If you can pick a sp6 engine TVR up for 17-18k, a bill for 5k for an engine rebuild would still "only" be 23k - fapping fast car for that money, and then you get out and can look at it ;)

 

Cai - have you got an xbox 360? have you sent me a friend request?

[ben16v 0]

Lippy, i think he has just been out spending on an XBOX.

 

Caios any updates mate did give you a ring over the weekend but no answer

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

i'm soo tempted to buy one of these or a tuscan but they scare me , every ad says 20k miles rebuilt engine :-(

 

Personally I wouldn’t touch a Speed6 engine. Even the bloke that designed it (Al Melling) says that TVR messed up his design and produced an engine that will blow its head apart over and over again. Something to do with the cam alignment and the angle of the valves being wrong.

 

The AJP8 (4.2 and 4.5) have a very good reputation, for a TVR engine. :lol: Some of the early 4.2 engines have a badly cast crank in them which have been known to snap. But this was sorted about mid 1998. Some 4.5 engines are now on 100K plus without ever having a rebuild.

 

 

Cai - have you got an xbox 360? have you sent me a friend request?

 

 

Yeah mate, been a busy Xbox360 weekend!

 

Lippy, i think he has just been out spending on an XBOX.

 

Caios any updates mate did give you a ring over the weekend but no answer

 

Ben, get an Xbox360 mate!!!

 

Started trying to fix it myself but gave up as it was impossible on axle stands and its been taken to a garage on a wagon. Big TVR style bill on the way......... :roll: