Here she is - CV8

[Janosh]

Following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I am now happy to say I've joined the club:













Current mods are:

Bilstein suspension
Milltek exhaust
Long tube headers
Remap
AP brakes all round

Next plans:

Diff rebuild with 3.9 gear, Quaife LSD & G-force half shafts and uprated hubs (and considering solid prop - however keep reading mixed reviews!)

Any advice and commets welcome

[KMud]

Looks well-loved. At least swap in a short VXR stick (or even a full shifter), the long stick stands out like a sore thumb!

[Janosh]

Almost forgot - it's also fitted with Ripshifter... Not exactly sure which bits that swaps out - would I still benefit from a shorter (VXR?) stick?

[LS2Noir]

Looks very nice, and the fastest colour

[mikeyb1987]

Looks good

[ARAF]

Well done.

[VinceM]

LS2Noir said:

Looks very nice, and the fastest colour

+1

[ringram]

TFS220cc as cast heads and 224/228 0.600 lift cam and fast92/92 intake setup should be on your list or something similar

[stigmundfreud]

I'm 80% sure that used to my my old car as the plate looks familiar and mine was one of the few with a miltek system

[Janosh]

stigmundfreud said:

I'm 80% sure that used to my my old car as the plate looks familiar and mine was one of the few with a miltek system

I've got a long list of personal plates that were on it over the years - pm if you want me to check if yours is on there!

Did you have it serviced at MF? I have a few bits of paperwork from there... Would be great to hear more if you know anything more about the history

[GaryNoGrip]

Looks very tidy and some good upgrades, welcome along

[stigmundfreud]

Janosh said:

stigmundfreud said:

I'm 80% sure that used to my my old car as the plate looks familiar and mine was one of the few with a miltek system

I've got a long list of personal plates that were on it over the years - pm if you want me to check if yours is on there!

Did you have it serviced at MF? I have a few bits of paperwork from there... Would be great to hear more if you know anything more about the history

it would have had w3nkr on it at some point in its life, the more I look at the reg the more it is familiar - if it is my old one, you have one of the best tunes on it (unless its been overwritten!)

[MyM8V8]

Janosh said:

Following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I am now happy to say I've joined the club:













Current mods are:

Bilstein suspension
Milltek exhaust
Long tube headers
Remap
AP brakes all round

Next plans:

Diff rebuild with 3.9 gear, Quaife LSD & G-force half shafts and uprated hubs (and considering solid prop - however keep reading mixed reviews!)

Any advice and commets welcome

Yes. Forget the G-Force shafts. Have a look at the Drive Shaft Shop. They do a great anti hop kit.

[stigmundfreud]

so do monkfish

[Janosh]

MyM8V8 said:

Yes. Forget the G-Force shafts. Have a look at the Drive Shaft Shop. They do a great anti hop kit.

I've had a read of the mixed reviews of the G-Force half shafts - the "problem" is that I already have (were included in the sale) all the parts that I've listed...

The car has a clunky diff, so the previous owners bought all the new parts but then decided to move onto another project.

All I'm left with is the cost of installtion, so don't want to spend a fortune on more new bits as well..!

As it is, I'm considering not fitting the PST solid alloy prop due to bad feedback, although if the only drawback is that I'm going to suffer from vibrations at 150+mph, I'm not sure how much of a problem this is likely to be...!

Might get close to that on the back straight at somewhere like Donnington?

Edited by Janosh on Monday 29th September 11:12

[MyM8V8]

Janosh said:

I've had a read of the mixed reviews of the G-Force half shafts - the "problem" is that I already have (were included in the sale) all the parts that I've listed...

The car has a clunky diff, so the previous owners bought all the new parts but then decided to move onto another project.

All I'm left with is the cost of installtion, so don't want to spend a fortune on more new bits as well..!

As it is, I'm considering not fitting the PST solid alloy prop due to bad feedback, although if the only drawback is that I'm going to suffer from vibrations at 150+mph, I'm not sure how much of a problem this is likely to be...!

Might get close to that on the back straight at somewhere like Donnington?

Edited by Janosh on Monday 29th September 11:12

Personally, for how easy it is, I would try that prop. Its not often you are going to be doing 150.

[Janosh]

MyM8V8 said:

Personally, for how easy it is, I would try that prop. Its not often you are going to be doing 150.

That's all I wanted to hear

[Janosh]

stigmundfreud said:

it would have had w3nkr on it at some point in its life, the more I look at the reg the more it is familiar - if it is my old one, you have one of the best tunes on it (unless its been overwritten!)

Just checked the HPI report - it's definitely your old car... I hope that's a good thing!

[stigmundfreud]

Janosh said:

stigmundfreud said:

it would have had w3nkr on it at some point in its life, the more I look at the reg the more it is familiar - if it is my old one, you have one of the best tunes on it (unless its been overwritten!)

Just checked the HPI report - it's definitely your old car... I hope that's a good thing!

Nice one, its been bugging me all day. Not keen on the spoiler but It also had a single exit tips on when I had it and the long tubes shouldn't rub we spent ages getting the clearance sorted after bodgit and scarper fitted them - I did the tune, its a cracking tune so long as no numpty has overwritten it. Now we've confirmed it I guarantee a certain gareth will be in touch to see if he can have a read of it

Its a good thing, in my time I looked after that car like a baby. Hoping the tune's been left in tact as that was probably 2 years of fine fettling to get it with the most accurate ve table and by that I mean you could change other settings very accurately as a result. Had a great spark map too and never pulled timing. Most accurate commanded afr across the entire range.

[snowwolf]

Looks a nice car motor you will have fun for sure