S6 rebuild question

[dave tvr]

Jumping over from the cerbera forum . I'm going to have a look at a S6 at the weekend, it's got 22000 miles and has had a rebuild at power £4500 worth, finger followers etc, I haven't got the specifics of the rebuild yet but is there anything I should be looking out that should have been done on a low mileage one?
It's the blue one in chesire




http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...


Thanks

[natben]

A Power rebuild is exactly what I would be looking for, Dom at Power really does know his way around a speed six and his rebuilds are proven to be very very reliable. Dom would not let it leave his shop if he thought anything else needed doing so If I was you I would check for the proof it has been rebuilt by Power and If it has don't worry about the engine again enjoy it.

[PuffsBack]

It's completely nuts at that price, you could buy it, give it to Dom for a 4.3 conversion and it would still be cheaper than the equivalent 4.5 AJP.

I know the 4.5 is good but would you really choose one over Dom's 4.3 S6 with its power, smoothness and warranty?


Oh and for the record my 2002 S6 Cerbera is at 22k miles with no rebuild

Edited by PuffsBack on Thursday 3rd April 23:16

[dave tvr]

PuffsBack said:

It's completely nuts at that price, you could buy it, give it to Dom for a 4.3 conversion and it would still be cheaper than the equivalent 4.5 AJP.

I know the 4.5 is good but would you really choose one over Dom's 4.3 S6 with its power, smoothness and warranty?


Oh and for the record my 2002 S6 Cerbera is at 22k miles with no rebuild

Edited by PuffsBack on Thursday 3rd April 23:16

Thanks, I don't suppose you know how much ish that could be?

[dave tvr]

PuffsBack said:

It's completely nuts at that price, you could buy it, give it to Dom for a 4.3 conversion and it would still be cheaper than the equivalent 4.5 AJP.

I know the 4.5 is good but would you really choose one over Dom's 4.3 S6 with its power, smoothness and warranty?


Oh and for the record my 2002 S6 Cerbera is at 22k miles with no rebuild

Edited by PuffsBack on Thursday 3rd April 23:16

Plus at that price it does come with a small problem , the diff bushes have gone, maybe the top bracket also? If I bought it I would have a 3 hour drive home, I'm not sure how safe that would be?
Spoke to Andy at APM and the diff bush replacement is not an expensive job, £350 worse case .

[billy no brakes]

Hi Dave

The way I look at it is the car looks clean and low mileage, if it has had the engine built by Dom at power you can rest assured it will be as good as it gets, just had a 4.5 put in my T350 from Dom and he knows what he is doing, you can still drive the car with the bush gone as I doubt if it has completely come out, all you need to do is drive it sensible and change gear smoothly to save it banging about, I drove my Cerb (which I still have) half way to Le Man and back with no problem. I would just check service records and check bills and ask if the engine rebuild still has a warranty.

I see from your profile you used to Skydive no doubt it was at Headcorn, had a few jumps myself, if you do buy the car we must meet up as I,am only near Sittingbourne

Sent you email

[PuffsBack]

dave tvr said:

Thanks, I don't suppose you know how much ish that could be?

5.5k for a standard rebuild and about 9k for a 4.3 - BUT if it's already gad a rebuild from Dom I doubt it will need another anytime soon. I have given up worrying about mine, 12 years old with no rebuild and running sweet as a nut. Natben on here is a good source of 'true' info about the S6 as he has had a recent one for his late S6 Cerbera which only needed it as it let go at high revs on a dyno I believe

[dave tvr]

billy no brakes said:

Hi Dave

The way I look at it is the car looks clean and low mileage, if it has had the engine built by Dom at power you can rest assured it will be as good as it gets, just had a 4.5 put in my T350 from Dom and he knows what he is doing, you can still drive the car with the bush gone as I doubt if it has completely come out, all you need to do is drive it sensible and change gear smoothly to save it banging about, I drove my Cerb (which I still have) half way to Le Man and back with no problem. I would just check service records and check bills and ask if the engine rebuild still has a warranty.

I see from your profile you used to Skydive no doubt it was at Headcorn, had a few jumps myself, if you do buy the car we must meet up as I,am only near Sittingbourne

Sent you email

Hi Gary
Yes it was at Headcorn, I had a fantastic couple of years skydiving there!
Who knows, maybe we even on a same lift together!
Gave it all up when my children came along, hence why I bought my first cerb to compensate !!
Will defo meet up if I get the car, I'm just by Bluewater shopping centre.
Fingers crossed !!

[DAVEY DEE]

I gotta agree with Natben here.Get proof its one of Doms rebuilds & there shouldnt be anything to worry about.Although at that price it was either a very long time ago or just the top end & stuff.

Through my trials & tribulations I feel quite experienced now with engine rebuilds....my advice. ...make sure its one of Doms.

[billy no brakes]

dave tvr said:

Hi Gary
Yes it was at Headcorn, I had a fantastic couple of years skydiving there!
Who knows, maybe we even on a same lift together!
Gave it all up when my children came along, hence why I bought my first cerb to compensate !!
Will defo meet up if I get the car, I'm just by Bluewater shopping centre.
Fingers crossed !!

Hello Dave

Thought it might have been Headcorn I think I had around 300 jumps there plus I had quite a few at other airfields, I went to Spain skydiving for a week and came back and decided to buy a TVR and that was that, I still miss it though

Let me know how you get on with the car, we could meet up and I will have look round

[dave tvr]

Strange, after I emailed the seller to tell him I would be coming , ten minutes later he puts the price up !
I'm getting tired of this.

[billy no brakes]

How much by and did you go and have look

[dave tvr]

billy no brakes said:

How much by and did you go and have look

He put it up by 1000 just after I emailed him to tell him I was coming up,
I was too annoyed this morning to go and view, it's about 3.5 hrs away !

[billy no brakes]

dave tvr said:

He put it up by 1000 just after I emailed him to tell him I was coming up,
I was too annoyed this morning to go and view, it's about 3.5 hrs away !

That's a shame, I have checked the classifieds and it still says £14900 ish,

sent you email have a look

[dave tvr]

billy no brakes said:

That's a shame, I have checked the classifieds and it still says £14900 ish,

sent you email have a look

Now he's dropped it back down to 14000 !!
What is going on !
I could have gone there today. FFS!

[billy no brakes]

Dave

sent you another email have a read