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Now I lov eboth the cerbera and the chimaera , but and heres the question, could you put a cerbera interior, obviously not the back seats, in a chimaera, taking into account the change of position of the instuments could it be done? and secondly what about fitting a nice reliable 5.0 V8 in a cerb, would it fit?? having looked under the bonnet on the one i had you could probably get a spare one in there as well... just some thoughts.....
anyone ??
anyone ??
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Now I lov eboth the cerbera and the chimaera , but and heres the question, could you put a cerbera interior, obviously not the back seats, in a chimaera, taking into account the change of position of the instuments could it be done? and secondly what about fitting a nice reliable 5.0 V8 in a cerb, would it fit?? having looked under the bonnet on the one i had you could probably get a spare one in there as well... just some thoughts.....
anyone ??
First thought is that AJP8 engines are reliable. It is just the rest of the car that seems to be dodgy (shocks, electrics, etc.)
but it's not going to be cheap.
The engine is something that can be argued over ad infinitum.
The interior would be a no-go I should think – there's enough wiring bollox behind the dash without complicating matters by putting the clocks from the Cerb in there and all the little gizmos it has.
Someone not so long ago wanted to put a Griff interior in a Chim or the other way round.
Bet that idea is still on the drawing board!
I posted the question could you change the early Chim dash to the later one and got a mixed bag of replies so I don't want to even go there with this query.
>> Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 18th July 17:23
The interior would be a no-go I should think – there's enough wiring bollox behind the dash without complicating matters by putting the clocks from the Cerb in there and all the little gizmos it has.
Someone not so long ago wanted to put a Griff interior in a Chim or the other way round.
Bet that idea is still on the drawing board!
I posted the question could you change the early Chim dash to the later one and got a mixed bag of replies so I don't want to even go there with this query.
>> Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 18th July 17:23
After 4.2 and 4.5 Cerberas, I ordered a Marcos Mantis with a Votec supercharged Mustang Cobra engine (4.6 4ohc, 32v).
Marcos retrofitted and intercooler, 'race' radiator and modified the ECU to improve reliability and power and, as I recall, it ended up producing 480bhp (flywheel) on a rolling road. The engine bay looked good too.
Briano
Marcos retrofitted and intercooler, 'race' radiator and modified the ECU to improve reliability and power and, as I recall, it ended up producing 480bhp (flywheel) on a rolling road. The engine bay looked good too.
Briano
If what you're trying to achieve is a topless Cerbera, how about starting with a nice one and getting a reputable company to make a conversion? In fixed head cars the roof is part of the structural stiffness of the design, so I guess you'd need reinforcing struts etc in various places. But it's done been done by specialists before with 'ordinary' cars before the manufacturer recognises the demand.
You mean the engine bay is so big in the Cerbie that you can fit a whole car in there!? 
1. Originally the Cerbera was due to have the Rover V8 and the original test mule had the Rover V8 and and and..... Needless to say it will fit I have seen it done
2. The cerbera has an F.I.A. approved roll cage in the roof i.e. 3 bars from memory which is part of the structural design of the car but a 2+2 soft top would be perfect.
So some one find a rolled one with a blown engine, (probably not that hard find) an old tuscan challenge 450bhp rover V8 and there we go my perfect car !!!!!!!!
2. The cerbera has an F.I.A. approved roll cage in the roof i.e. 3 bars from memory which is part of the structural design of the car but a 2+2 soft top would be perfect.
So some one find a rolled one with a blown engine, (probably not that hard find) an old tuscan challenge 450bhp rover V8 and there we go my perfect car !!!!!!!!
what about removing the center roof section and having a tuscan style convertable??? sure that could be done without too much trouble, wouldnt have to remove any of the structural supports.... the original idea was to either make a chim with a cerby interior, which i prefer, or a cerby with thwe rover V89 to make it a little cheaper to maintain.....(service costs being a little prohibitive for me on a cerby)
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