What was the flaw?
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At least when they break down they still fantastic at the side of the road
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Something to do with how the oil circulated the engine, can't remember exactly.
Excess wear on the valve guides leading to high oil usage which then got everywhere inside the engine and damaged the pistons. Led to lots of engines requiring completed rebuilds at low mileages from as little as 10k. I have seen one guy who has had three engine rebuilds under warranty and he hasnt even done 30k miles yet!
The SP6 is a great but flawed engine. You can of course pay big money to have the engine rebuilt with improved components so this won't happen again. Seems TVR didnt do this with their warranty rebuilds, they just put the same original components back in which were then destined to fail again.
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If you've had it rebuild in the last 7 or so years they normally come with a 3-5 year unlimited mileage warranty. Not that anyone does many miles in them.
There is a guy on piston heads who has a t350 that did 145k miles on the factory engine, so some of them must have been built alright! I think he said he was on 260k miles and on his 3rd engine last I read.
There is a guy on piston heads who has a t350 that did 145k miles on the factory engine, so some of them must have been built alright! I think he said he was on 260k miles and on his 3rd engine last I read.
Swapped my Jag for this just for a couple of weeks. It’s incredible off road, wish I could keep it tbh.
Awesome, i love a Jeep Wrangler. It amazes me that brand new the 2 door is actually cheaper than the 4 door!
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Out with the club last week doing some shots for them.
Love this 600LT.
Love this 600LT.
WOW, you know what, might be in a minority here, but I actually like that colour hahaha, makes such a change to see a Porsche in something different...This would do as a casual daily driver.
The colour is a little bit warm off the phone camera, but it looked stunning in an understated way.
I really like it too!
Where would you even put a number plate
Are you not allowed to put a sticky one across the bonnet?