Cerbera 4.5 Aston Villa - Where Now

[ukkid35]

Byker28i said:

My name is jeff said:

ukkid35 said:

Wow!

That is the most impressive lurking / posting ratio I've ever seen

Car looks interesting too, more details would be very welcome

I think you’ve seen my car at Chatsworth , are you the fellow who had a slight issue while removing your diff bush ?

That hardly narrows it down It's a pig of a job (or you put it into a specialist and let them do it)

Unfortunately it does narrow it down, unless you've also hit the side of your car with a sledgehammer

Sad that I should be remembered for that though!

[Luckyone]

Byker28i said:

That hardly narrows it down It's a pig of a job

that really tickled me!

ukkid35 said:

Unfortunately it does narrow it down, unless you've also hit the side of your car with a sledgehammer

Sad that I should be remembered for that though!

Don’t worry I forgotten about that till you just said.

Certainly is a pig of a job though, I was swearing at it with the body off recently. Also wondering how on earth I did in a garage so small I couldn’t swing the hammer back in the early days.

[Griffithy]

ukkid35 said:

hit the side of your car with a sledgehammer

Through clumsiness or out of anger?

I recently found out that some devices cause a lot of trouble but are practically indestructible
(Not a TVR though)

[My name is jeff]

ukkid35 said:

Wow!

That is the most impressive lurking / posting ratio I've ever seen

Car looks interesting too, more details would be very welcome

Well it started out as a standard 4.2 Ajp but did come with the hydra track diff from the factory , I purchased the car in 2009 with 17000 miles on the clock and it was totally standard apart from it being de catted.
but that didn't last long .
to date ive upgraded the alloys to Ultralite atec 2s
fitted Sagaris front callipers and disks/ rotas
swapped out the 4.2 manifolds for 4.5 manifolds with the larger primaries which are zirtec coated in sliver and the heads were port matched at the same time.
upgraded the rear lights to after burners
complete replacement stainless 2.5 inch boar exhaust from the manifolds back with 3 inch tails ( awesome exhaust tone with flames when shifting down )
Bosch green giant fuel injectors mated to 4.5 short hose induction by Jules bolted down to a 4.8 AJP bottom end with custom liners and pistons manufactured by C P pistons, large journal crank and con rods all balanced.
copper head gaskets
fully functioning red rose button installed
Raceproved slave cylinder and electronic pre oiler fitted , I removed the sliver key of death for the pre oiler button which was a nice bonus
Radtec stainless steel radiator header tank
Red silicone hoses from Act
Protect fast road shocks with rear anti roll bar delete for a more complaint handling when pressing on

theres probably a load of other things I've done to the car over the years but the ones listed above are the ones that come to mind, the car now has 27000 miles on the clock and ive only put 5000 miles on the 4.8 AJP, I still have the original engine kicking around some where but that needs a rebuild as it was burning oil from the day I bought the car, I might get round to it one day.

im currently refurbishing the air con system at the moment and hopefully I will get my cerb back on the road in the next few weeks