which engine was the one that won on Top Gear..4.2 or 4.5

[CHIMV8]

As the above

[Podie]

The drag race? Wasn't it a 4.7?

[pmessling]

i thought it was a 4.2

[pmessling]

Dvla says 4.2 using the Reg

[RetroWheels]

AFAIK the Top Gear Cerbera was fitted with a 4.5 Tuscan Challenge unit.

[Jhonno]

It was supposed to be a 4.2....

[robsco]

The famous drag race car was a 4.2. Autocar believed the car had a special engine in it as it was so fast, so much so that they took it to a rolling road. The figures were exactly as quoted by the factory for a 4.2. The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

[CHIMV8]

robsco said:

The famous drag race car was a 4.2. Autocar believed the car had a special engine in it as it was so fast, so much so that they took it to a rolling road. The figures were exactly as quoted by the factory for a 4.2. The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

Thats good to hear....beating some of the best at the time on a standard engine we can all have

[ukkid35]

robsco said:

The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

Is there any video available of the road test?

Weird, you would think the special engine would be in the shoot out, and the tractable engine would be in the road test car, rather than the other way round.

[robsco]

ukkid35 said:

robsco said:

The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

Is there any video available of the road test?

Weird, you would think the special engine would be in the shoot out, and the tractable engine would be in the road test car, rather than the other way round.

Readily available on YouTube Paul:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1X9Tl_qe4

You'd think so, but then this was TVR!

[Byker28i]

robsco said:

The famous drag race car was a 4.2. Autocar believed the car had a special engine in it as it was so fast, so much so that they took it to a rolling road. The figures were exactly as quoted by the factory for a 4.2. The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

Yup 4.2 and that drag race wasthe inspiration for fighting torque.

[CHIMV8]

Byker28i said:

robsco said:

The famous drag race car was a 4.2. Autocar believed the car had a special engine in it as it was so fast, so much so that they took it to a rolling road. The figures were exactly as quoted by the factory for a 4.2. The Top Gear road test car had a Tuscan Challenge 4.5 fitted.

Yup 4.2 and that drag race wasthe inspiration for fighting torque.

With those pipes in the engine,looks like a 4.5 to me, so why did they state it was a 4.2

[jamieduff1981]

The drag race wasn't Top Gear - it was one of Jeremy Clarkson's Christmas videos. The video was "Unleashed on Cars".

It wasn't the same Cerbera that Clarkson road tested on Top Gear.

[Byker28i]

The important thing was it established that red ones were fastest

[Jubag]

Byker28i said:

The important thing was it established that red ones were fastest

No I believe you are mistaken, yellow ones are defiantly the fastest.

[aide]

Byker28i said:

The important thing was it established that red rose ones were fastest

Fixed that typo for you

[mac315p]

jamieduff1981 said:

The video was "Unleashed on Cars".

Linky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGATSb54YEQ
3:30 in for drag race

[mangante49]

I heard that it was a tricked up 4.2.