Engine Rebuilds for less than £1500

[snowy]

TVRxxx said:

First sign I had was a noisy top end, sounded like the tappets where twice as loud as normal.
I sent it to Green Star TVR in Blackpool and they sorted it within a week. They even rang me so I could go down after the head was removed so I could look at the damage and as I expected the finger followers had worn through the hardened face which runs on the cam.
As far as I can remember about 3 had busted including exhaust cam shaft which was scored.
Green Star did the work and it was spot on.
The price was FAR less than the £4500 posted here but I don’t think it would be fair to say exactly what I paid but it was under £1500. The price included removal of engine, strip, replace ALL finger followers, replace cam which I supplied, rebuild.
I would really recommend Green Star, I even got a Cerb courtesy car !

I hop this doesn’t happed to anyone as it is a ball ache but Green Star are far cheaper than the rest and as the mechanic is ex TVR I know from experience they do a proper job.

Edited by TVRxxx on Tuesday 22 January 12:35

Can this be true, S6 engines rebuilt for 1/3 the price of TVR Power, or 1/10 the price of the new Silverstone Performance engine, apart from this post taken from the general TVR gassing forum, any one else had any experience of Green Star TVR in blackpool??

[holmsie]

From what TVRxxx has said, it's hardly a "full rebuild"!!
He only mentions having the followers replaced, and the cam (which he supplied, so i imagine he hasn't included that in the price quoted)!
£1500 sounds about right for what he states he had done, unless i've misunderstood!

[Y553]

yeah if you take out the cost of cams which are what, £300 a go, you could prob rebuild the head for next to nothing, i know upgraded finger followers are around the £30 mark then the usual gubbins for a head rebuild are cheap enough...

Its when you get on to the pistons rods and crank that the price really starts to go up in my experience. Along with any performance mods etc...


Does anyone know roughly what it'd cost for a parts only rebuild including a full bottom end?

NJL

[MarkoTVR]

And how long before the same happens again? I hope it doesn't go wrong for the guy, but if more extensive rebuilds haven't yet solved the issue 100% over the past x years, how's this going to do anything other than patch it up for the moment? Surely all the repeat rebuilds that have been undertaken and discussions on here regarding Speed 6 design would give an indication that simply replacing knackered parts isn't the key?

[scooterscot]

Did they strip the engine to remove all the debrie?

[fatjon]

Y553 said:

yeah if you take out the cost of cams which are what, £300 a go, you could prob rebuild the head for next to nothing, i know upgraded finger followers are around the £30 mark then the usual gubbins for a head rebuild are cheap enough...

Its when you get on to the pistons rods and crank that the price really starts to go up in my experience. Along with any performance mods etc...


Does anyone know roughly what it'd cost for a parts only rebuild including a full bottom end?

NJL

Pistons can be remanufactured by Acralite for 110.00 each and crank grinds and bearings should be next to nothing. Find it hard to see where the figures of £5000 plus for a 6 pot rebuild come from, especially if they dont get new pistons, just a re-ring and hone. I reckon £1500 may be a bit light though unless you are doing it yourself and paying only for honing, grinding and valve guide fitting, unless of course you dont need cams and followers but thats a long shot on a S6 engine.

Jon