FFF query

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Hi all, first time post from Cerbera Speed 6 owner of 2 years. Car slowly approaching 50k miles and using bit more oil than I would consider normal but apparently they all do that sir. Runs fine otherwise. Reason for posting was to try and gain a bit more info on the longevity of the fff heads. I've read lots of good things on here about them but has anyone done many miles with one?

When I rang RG a few months ago and asked they didn't seem to know of any high mileage ones as I guess like mine most are all low use second cars.

Not expecting to hear of a 200k+ miles car like one of Doms rebuilds, but something other than a few thousand miles would help with decision making in the future.

Cheers

[joecat]

Thanks for the info Don1. Although, 10k miles is not to be sniffed at, it still seems a bit of a gamble into the unknown. Hopefully someone will post that has similar or preferably higher mileage than yours.

Cheers

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That is a very generous offer that I would like to take you up on as I only live in the next county of South Beds. Having a 1 and 4 year old restrict my guilt free just go out for a drive time though, but I’m sure we can arrange a time/place to suit us both.

Cheers

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Don1 said:

I'm at The Sharnbrook hotel this Sunday for the fundraiser...

M4tti – Read this already and very useful info. Thanks for taking the time to share this and top marks for doing this yourself. I’ve done a few engine transplants and top end rebuilds but only on my old Scirocco’s in the search for more power… old school more cc’s, porting, cams and twin carbs. Think I went OTT with the nitrous though. Not sure about tackling the Cerbera on my own.

Don1 – I will see if I can make it to Sharnbrook and try and track you down…

Cheers

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Thanks for posting this information DWix. I'm not planning any long road trips like yours or Don1 but it would be nice to know (regardless of upgraded or standard rebuild) that this wouldn't happen if put to the test! I guess that's one of the reasons that Jason adds some extra machine work into his 4.3 rebuilds for added cooling.