Supercharged Cerbera

[gnm321]

I am very interested in the supercharged cerbera that is for sale; does anyone have any details?

[RUSSELLM]

I must say if this was two years ago when I was looking for one, I'd have been over there in a shot.

It's a 4.2, so you've a good chance of having 360bhp anyway , the supercharger should make things interesting.

Have you contacted the seller yet ?

[gnm321]

The seller reckons 450 + so obviously its interesting. I've emailed him but I'm interested to know if anyone in the UK has done this before.

[RUSSELLM]

Slightly off topic, but there's a Cerb just gone in at 12.5K, with a new ish engine.

Bargain

[gazzab]

I suggest asking SXS / Ash or Trackcar or Andy at APM who know the limits of these engines.

[markh]

gnm321 said:

The seller reckons 450 + so obviously its interesting. I've emailed him but I'm interested to know if anyone in the UK has done this before.

I had exchanged a few emails with the vendor, it appears the conversion was done in Amsterdam by a company I think called Moritz Racing.

Looks a fab toy, I could be wrong but I seem to remember it was for sale before at 35k euro

[h19 jjm]

I would try your insurance company first,i was going down the blower route with my griff but no insurance co. would touch it.

[GreenV8S]

Most insurers I tried more or less put the phone down at the first mention of super/turbo charged or nitrous.

[SXS]

Low boost supercharging is ok as long as you can get the MBE mapped (austec I believe can now provide custom map chips).

The V8 is very strong and can take quite a punch in stock form...

Craig has proven that 600+ horses with NOS and a 4.5 are a match made in heaven. So I guess that speaks for itself.

Either way, the cheapest a supercharger upgrade can cost is around 8-10k with the cerbie. And thats simply low boost, probably up to around 500ish.

I believe that european supercharged cerbie is a complete waste of space, that pipe system will kill any pressure gains. Also the 4.2 block in that car is a standard setup, no internal modifications have been done, so god knows the state of the engine.

I would be the first one to say, get her on an independant rolling road and see what she is really making.



>> Edited by SXS on Monday 3rd October 23:37

[gnm321]

I have had a look at the Moritz Racing site and its difficult to decide, based on a language where I only know a few phrases, whether it looks kosher.
The insurance angle is one I'm not too concerned about its more whether I will get more bangs for my bucks...and this does look like it could go with a massive bang!!!

[Marki]

gnm321 said:

The insurance angle is one I'm not too concerned about

Well you will be concerned if they wont touch you with a barge pole

[GreenV8S]

gnm321 said:

The insurance angle is one I'm not too concerned about

Aren't you planning to insure it?

[SXS]

GreenV8S said:

gnm321 said: The insurance angle is one I'm not too concerned about Aren't you planning to insure it?

I bloody hope he is, otherwise it'll be hitting one of those crusher thingybobs!....

[gnm321]

not too bothered now...just heard they sold it....but it looks like that company in NL do a proper job; they were pretty informative