GT Engine on Ebay
GT Engine on Ebay
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anonymous-user

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83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Is it worth buying just for the steel billet crank alone? Been told they are £1500+ new.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Engine-Cerbera-Engin...

Mr Cerbera

5,151 posts

259 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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IT'S A 4.5 FUEL RAIL SO .......scratchchin

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Mr Cerbera said:
IT'S A 4.5 FUEL RAIL SO .......scratchchin
GT have a different capacity than the standard
4.5 ,so yeah I guess it would have the railcoffee

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
GT have a different capacity than the standard
4.5 ,so yeah I guess it would have the railcoffee
GT engine cc is 4,578 if memory serves.

Engine serial number is on one of the pics, GT 7P4200718.

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Its a 4.2 with 4.5 heads

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
Its a 4.2 with 4.5 heads
4.2 block, not 4.2 pistons, liners or crank if it is a "GT" tho, correct?

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
GT have a different capacity than the standard
So, what's standard?

Mine


gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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djstevec said:
4.2 block, not 4.2 pistons, liners or crank if it is a "GT" tho, correct?
No afraid not Steve , the seller told me its a 4.2 engine with a 4.5 heads fitted.~Thanks for your message,
4.2 with later 4.5 style heads
Regards
Steve

itsallyellow

3,877 posts

249 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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4.2 and 4.5 heads are exactly the same though? Certainly all the ones I have seen are.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
No afraid not Steve , the seller told me its a 4.2 engine with a 4.5 heads fitted.~Thanks for your message,
4.2 with later 4.5 style heads
Regards
Steve
I'll hazard a guess he doesn't know what "GT" means on these engine, which might be good as he'd probably want more for it!

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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djstevec said:
I'll hazard a guess he doesn't know what "GT" means on these engine, which might be good as he'd probably want more for it!
Steve there has been quite a few discussions about GT engines & I believe that a lot had GT stamped on them when they were very early 4.2 engines. The only way to find out is to contact nemesis & give him the engine number.

I think it will have the 4.2 bottom end though ...bit brittle ???

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
Steve there has been quite a few discussions about GT engines & I believe that a lot had GT stamped on them when they were very early 4.2 engines. The only way to find out is to contact nemesis & give him the engine number.

I think it will have the 4.2 bottom end though ...bit brittle ???
Yup read quite a few of them. The engine number on the Ebay one is 10 after my engine, which is certainly a 4.5 "GT" engine with the steel billet crank - as verified by APM when they took it apart last month! That's the basis of my question, is it worth someone buying at that price for the crank alone considering the cost of a replacement billet crank?

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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You might be right Steve , contact nemesis whilst deleting this thread lol
good luck!

Mark.

11,104 posts

305 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
FUBAR said:
So, what's standard?

Mine
Yes yours is standard Fu Fu

This is standard on mine :
Interesting, mine is 4475cc - is there a standard?

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Oh yes I see Marky ,still I've never owned the "smaller" engine cars like yours so I wouldn't know biggrin

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Mark. said:
gerradiuk said:
FUBAR said:
So, what's standard?

Mine
Yes yours is standard Fu Fu

This is standard on mine :
Interesting, mine is 4475cc - is there a standard?
Id hope the machining of the parts was more accurate than the paperwork! Mine is listed as 4,475 on my insurance docs.



Mark.

11,104 posts

305 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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gerradiuk said:
Oh yes I see Marky ,still I've never owned the "smaller" engine cars like yours so I wouldn't know biggrin
curse

hehe

Mark.

11,104 posts

305 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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djstevec said:
Id hope the machining of the parts was more accurate than the paperwork! Mine is listed as 4,475 on my insurance docs.
Got to love 'em haven't you.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Mark. said:
gerradiuk said:
Oh yes I see Marky ,still I've never owned the "smaller" engine cars like yours so I wouldn't know biggrin
curse

hehe
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!


gruffalo

8,150 posts

255 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Hold on, don't start throwing fists around just yet the kettle is on, could you wait 5 minutes while I make a brew?