... did I say head gasket?

[Phil_Edge]

... well... close... I clearly should have said ENGINE

After much discussion with Austec, she's going in for a complete rebuild, and of course, obligatory mods ) - RR upgrade and custom map etc etc etc... Yup - the full monty, uprated heads, cam, THE LOT. Even Paul was a little excited!

Whilst being a Cerb owners worst nightmare (dead AJP), swiftly followed by their dreams coming true (rebuild plus mods), I know, it's arguably the worst decision to date under the current economic climate; well, this side of Iceland at least. I just hope the winter's a mild, dry one

[grahamn]

Just had mine done...you won't be disapointed.

[HarryW]

I'll watch with interest if this is the 'new' cam grind Paul is excited about. If its the one I'm thinking of then the combined knowledge of Dave's Martin & Vizard are behind it, should be interesting .

As far as I'm aware this is the first completely new grind outside of the 6 different grinds that fell out of the the AJP8 programme from TVR over the years.

[Phil_Edge]

I'll try and find out the full gritty details... but am about to head off for the weekend, so as and when I get something interesting to share, I'll post it up...

I'm guessing all in it will take about a month. I think they were a little more optimistic than that though, as they had some components in stock already. We'll see.

Should make for the best christmas present yet

[FUBAR]

Phil_Edge said:

I'm guessing all in it will take about a month.

[FarmyardPants]

Great to see someone excited at the prospect of a rebuild, that's the right attitude

[HarryW]

FUBAR said:

Phil_Edge said:

I'm guessing all in it will take about a month.

Have another

[Phil_Edge]

Damn you

Don't you hate it when people are always right!

Tick tock and no sign of the block... still away for boring and porting...

HarryW said:

FUBAR said:

Phil_Edge said:

I'm guessing all in it will take about a month.

Have another

[HarryW]

To be fair its not a month yet, just

[BCA]

Any news on the full spec of the engine?? Is it going to be something to rival Harrys? Equally, Graham, what did you have done?

I am hoping we're still a good 50k away from needing such work, but always interesting to know whats possible... (I believe the Cerb is closing in on 79k now - though the mileage increases will slow for the imminent body off rebuild)

[grahamn]

BCA said:

Graham, what did you have done?

I had a full rebuild with new liners, pistons,valves, valve guides & RR upgrade. Goes really well although I have no idea what it is putting out. Must get it on the rollers at some point.

[touching cloth]

grahamn said:

Must get it on the rollers at some point.

Book it in with Charlie on the 22nd December Graham - the Far Eastender one is running his car then and Fubes is coming over to buy us all lunch

[grahamn]

touching cloth said:

grahamn said:

Must get it on the rollers at some point.

Book it in with Charlie on the 22nd December Graham - the Far Eastender one is running his car then and Fubes is coming over to buy us all lunch

Fubes buying lunch..........I'll be there

[FUBAR]

[BLUETHUNDER]

I think i will tag along for this.

[Phil_Edge]

. o O ( Wondereing whether the block with have materialised by then... )

[FarmyardPants]

grahamn said:

Fubes buying lunch..........

Be thankful it's not you buying Fubes lunch

Can anyone come along to this? Would be interested to see what mine makes at Charlie's..

[grahamn]

I have just spoken to Charlie. We need to get an email together with the names of all that are going and he will produce a list with times on for all our runs.

TC...... we need organising again.

[FUBAR]

I dont actually recall confirming my attendance...let alone paying for lunch

[grahamn]

FUBAR said:

I dont actually recall confirming my attendance...let alone paying for lunch

I seem to rember something along those lines when we were talking in Spa about a round of golf after