99 SP6, 43K for £6500....
99 SP6, 43K for £6500....
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peteA

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2,758 posts

260 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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Am i getting my cerb's mixed up....thought this sold...?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1247985.htm

Anyway...seems like a bargain?

dirty boy

14,838 posts

235 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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say £7k with the gears done.

then 43,000 on a SP6..... scratchchin

cheap?

maybe not.


Decent value though perhaps.

smithy78

53 posts

201 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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This car is a Yo Yo, last week sold for £7.5K?????

JensenA

5,671 posts

256 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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It was advertised a couple of weeks ago for £7.5k by someone desperate to sell. Perhaps it was bought by a dealer who's hoping to make a quick buck.

al 350i

974 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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its been boucing about for a while now, 11k a few months ago, i think its the same owner. you do get alot of timewasters out there though so i can understand their frustration.
i thought you couldn't get the gearbox all the way out unless the engine was removed though! or am i wrong? ifso 800 repair seems a little optamistic

Edited by al 350i on Thursday 5th November 15:31

Jackal83

178 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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looks a bargin if you did the job your self...... only down side of selling it on is the coulour of the interia!!! it will only suit certain people!!!

Jack

Milky400

1,960 posts

204 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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is it that much of a bargin, if so why hasn't it sold!! i have that sort of money put by for a new chim, would love a cerb though

Brummmie

5,284 posts

247 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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only 2.5yrs ago i paid £8k with a snapped crank, these things are getting cheap arnt they. They will come back up in years to come, but not my b@sterdised monster! smile

al 350i

974 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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6.5k is cheap, if you were cheeky you might get it for 6k biggrin

no history of an engine rebuild though (i asked) but you never know it could be one of the better built ones scratchchin

HarryW

15,940 posts

295 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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Looks value if you get a 4.3 upgrade with 3 year warranty. The gearbox can be rebuilt when the engine is out by someone like gearboxman on the plus side the removal and refitting costs for the box are lost in the rebuild costs scratchchin.

Edited by HarryW on Thursday 5th November 20:56

al 350i

974 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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what sort of power will you get from a 4.3?

JensenA

5,671 posts

256 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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al 350i said:
what sort of power will you get from a 4.3?
436Hp from a 4.3 fitted to a Sagaris at TVR Power

n1ckt001

196 posts

208 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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I was just about to wade into a new post to ask whether this was the value it seemed...!

So, is the £800 for a new gearbox optimistic then? If it was £1500 all in and the engine was in good enough shape, then £8000 is pretty good still isn't it? Even for a SP6?

I actually don't think the interior looks that bad paperbag

al 350i

974 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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so the question that needs to be asked is will a 4.3 speed six cerb beat a 4.5? any one running one?

quite like the interior too, don't know what a gearbox rebuild is going to be but its a fairly common box so shouldn't be too bad maybe you could fit a 6th gear and crack the magic 200mph idea
to get the engine out is going to cost you about 1k at a garage but its only nuts and bolts so you could go DIY

peteA

Original Poster:

2,758 posts

260 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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al 350i said:
so the question that needs to be asked is will a 4.3 speed six cerb beat a 4.5? any one running one?

quite like the interior too, don't know what a gearbox rebuild is going to be but its a fairly common box so shouldn't be too bad maybe you could fit a 6th gear and crack the magic 200mph idea
to get the engine out is going to cost you about 1k at a garage but its only nuts and bolts so you could go DIY
Don't know why I'm thinking this but isn't there something specifically difficult about getting a SP6 out of a Cerb...? I know its not impossible - obviously - but seem to remember it being moer difficult than a AJPV8...? Maybe my brains frazzled...need more coffee...

WorAl

10,877 posts

214 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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I dont understand all this engine out mallarky? my gearbox has been out 3 times since i bought my car (speed 6 also).

£800 to fit a replacement 2nd gear and referb the rest? can't see that being too much of a problem.

43k on a S6 though?? hmmm could be pushing it, but it might just be one of the good ones.

haggle for £6k and get a power 4.3 rebuild just for piece of mind, could have an extremely good car for £15k ish

al 350i

974 posts

221 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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the question was can you get the box out without removing the engine?

WorAl

10,877 posts

214 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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yes

ETA sorry should have made that clearer on my previous post, my gearbox has been out 3 times without having to remove the engine

EETA Can I just ask, why wouldn't you be able to get the gearbox out without removing the engine?

Edited by WorAl on Friday 6th November 11:22

gruffalo

8,123 posts

252 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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I would go for the 4.3 as well but from STR8SIX, Jason there has a supercharged one built up ready for a Sagaris. I understand that he is turning it down to 500BHP to run it in and will then start turning it up, should be good for over 600.cloud9

dirty boy

14,838 posts

235 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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Mark UB said:
It's Sold, I've bought it.

smile

engine is for sale, had it checked over by TVR specialist and it's a good engine.
wheels are for sale, interior is for sale.


Edited by Mark UB on Friday 6th November 16:52
another racing Cerb?

what engine?

biggrin