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Tacchino
Original Poster
251 posts
23 months
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Gotta start the survey somehow !
1998 4.5 65,000 miles - engine great, electrics a pain. Not rebuilt
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Bigadz
274 posts
17 months
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Okay we'll
1997 68k, 4.2 No rebuild.Going great guns.
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camel_landy
1,499 posts
52 months
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98, 4.2, 72k, engine pulling like a train.
Outriggers being replaced next month, otherwise no niggles.
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scotty_d
5,638 posts
63 months
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99 4.2 55k Still pumping out 350bhp and 314lb/ft in standard trim.  untouched
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terry_grew
5 posts
56 months
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1996 108k 4.2 standard engine with no rebuild. Engine still strong but going for transplant with Topcats Racing.
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robsco
5,308 posts
45 months
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terry_grew said: 1996 108k 4.2 standard engine with no rebuild. Engine still strong but going for transplant with Topcats Racing. 
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aide
669 posts
33 months
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2001 4.5 24k 415bhp 370lb/ft tiny rattle from the heat shield over the back box, apart from that it's solid as a rock and goes like stink!
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SimonSparrow
1,369 posts
131 months
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terry_grew said: 1996 108k 4.2 standard engine with no rebuild. Engine still strong but going for transplant with Topcats Racing. Hi, another AJP or a Chevrolet? Why a transplant (curious, not being judgemental)rather than just keep going?
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terry_grew
5 posts
56 months
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I have driven all 108k miles and I love the cerb. Intend to keep it for a long time so a rebuild is almost inevitable at some stage while I own it so I might as well enjoy a new engine now. Realise that not everyone agrees with a transplant but the LS3 is a great engine and much more flexible than the AJP. Arguably Peter Wheeler should have gone down this route and who knows where TVR would be today. I drive the car everyday in the congested SE so I am looking forward to an engine that will be as happy in slow congested traffic as it is blasting free. Will I miss the foilbes of the AJP, probably but with a smile on my face. Topcats do a great job and I can hardly wait until they have finished.
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camel_landy
1,499 posts
52 months
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terry_grew said: I have driven all 108k miles and I love the cerb. Intend to keep it for a long time so a rebuild is almost inevitable at some stage while I own it so I might as well enjoy a new engine now. Realise that not everyone agrees with a transplant but the LS3 is a great engine and much more flexible than the AJP. Arguably Peter Wheeler should have gone down this route and who knows where TVR would be today. I drive the car everyday in the congested SE so I am looking forward to an engine that will be as happy in slow congested traffic as it is blasting free. Will I miss the foilbes of the AJP, probably but with a smile on my face. Topcats do a great job and I can hardly wait until they have finished. Wow... Epic lurking too! 3x Posts in 42 months and 2x of those posts in this thread!  M
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djstevec
2,043 posts
43 months
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camel_landy said: terry_grew said: I have driven all 108k miles and I love the cerb. Intend to keep it for a long time so a rebuild is almost inevitable at some stage while I own it so I might as well enjoy a new engine now. Realise that not everyone agrees with a transplant but the LS3 is a great engine and much more flexible than the AJP. Arguably Peter Wheeler should have gone down this route and who knows where TVR would be today. I drive the car everyday in the congested SE so I am looking forward to an engine that will be as happy in slow congested traffic as it is blasting free. Will I miss the foilbes of the AJP, probably but with a smile on my face. Topcats do a great job and I can hardly wait until they have finished. Wow... Epic lurking too! 3x Posts in 42 months and 2x of those posts in this thread! M Clearly been too busy driving!!  Im pulling the engine on mine in next couple of weekends for an APM re-fresh. 97 4.5 98k no rebuild - yet!
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itsallyellow
3,162 posts
89 months
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Go for a 4.7!! If APM are doing a refresh anyway it seems like a great excuse to go much much quicker!
Mike
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SimonSparrow
1,369 posts
131 months
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terry_grew said: I have driven all 108k miles and I love the cerb. Intend to keep it for a long time so a rebuild is almost inevitable at some stage while I own it so I might as well enjoy a new engine now. Realise that not everyone agrees with a transplant but the LS3 is a great engine and much more flexible than the AJP. Arguably Peter Wheeler should have gone down this route and who knows where TVR would be today. I drive the car everyday in the congested SE so I am looking forward to an engine that will be as happy in slow congested traffic as it is blasting free. Will I miss the foilbes of the AJP, probably but with a smile on my face. Topcats do a great job and I can hardly wait until they have finished. Fair enough, I can see the appeal. The reduced servicing costs (no valves to shim) should help offset the conversion over the next 108 k miles
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Gray_101
993 posts
59 months
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97 4.2 Cerb , full service history , showing 23 k on the clock.
On its second bottom end / block.
Original rattle cam heads, but 3 cam lobs starting to wear.
Engine to be replaced soon with a freshly rebuilt AJP, with slight mods
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robsco
5,308 posts
45 months
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Gray_101 said: 97 4.2 Cerb , full service history , showing 23 k on the clock.
On its second bottom end / block.
Original rattle cam heads, but 3 cam lobs starting to wear.
Engine to be replaced soon with a freshly rebuilt AJP, with slight mods Graham, when you say rattle cams, is that another phrase for clatter cams? When did TVR move to the softer cam profile? PS - '97 4.2, 50k miles, perfect oil pressure, no cam wear (touchwood...).
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Gray_101
993 posts
59 months
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Yes I ment clatter cams,, I'm not sure when the softer profile came in.
But my new AJP does have the softer cams.
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djstevec
2,043 posts
43 months
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itsallyellow said: Go for a 4.7!! If APM are doing a refresh anyway it seems like a great excuse to go much much quicker!
Mike Wish I had the money! While engine's out there's plenty of work to eat my bank account!! New fuel lines, oil hoses, coolant hoses, coolant pipes, new heat shielding, rear brake disks, new exhaust manifold, maybe upgrade suspension. BUT...its tempting!
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robsco
5,308 posts
45 months
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Gray_101 said: Yes I ment clatter cams,, I'm not sure when the softer profile came in.
But my new AJP does have the softer cams. Mmm, I've always been interested as to whether mine has them. It does have a noisy camtrain, but I suppose all AJPs sound uncouth compared to most engines.
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Gray_101
993 posts
59 months
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robsco said: Mmm, I've always been interested as to whether mine has them. It does have a noisy camtrain, but I suppose all AJPs sound uncouth compared to most engines. Clatter cams have a turning nut on the shaft next to the last 2 lobes. The later cams with the softer profile don't. Or so I've been told by a man who's well respected in Cerbera circles And I can confirm my currant engine has the nut on the cams, and my new engine doesn't.
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Smithies
20 posts
22 months
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97, 51000.Imperial Blue. Rebuilding, To many oil leaks so body off and a engine rebuild. Ready late 2012. Fingers crossed
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