My R8 V10 Spyder with a twist
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Thought some of you may like (or hate) my ongoing project.
Some of you may have seen some of past projects and last year i was looking at various things and "almost" bought an RS500 Sierra but quickly realised i would never use it along with things like old skool 911's etc.
This is a bit of a novel to read but it passes the time and ill update it as work is done on the car
I had a deal done on a F430 spider a year or so back but bottled it at the last minute after horror storys about when they go wrong so im over the idea of one of them.
Next up was a Gallardo which unless very new are just as bad and i just cant seem to get on with how they look.
Which takes me to my latest buy, ive never been keen on the R8 as i just found them so under powered and over rated.
That was until i had a blast in the guy from works V10, HOLY f
k springs to mind, the car just goes on and on and is a whole lot of car that is up there with the best of them.
Anyway enough of my speel,the deal is done was done and a Sepang Blue V10 spyder was bought.
Its been a while since ive been this excited about a car and i dont mind pretending im a hairdesser with the roof down while i have the insane V10 noise behind me.
The car is fully loaded and has every extra available (expect ceramic brakes).
Dealer pic but you get the idea:
Some pics when i picked it up.
Daughter loves it.
Space required in the garage so something had to go bye bye S1.
Well slight update, i decided that i need to really get some miles done in the car so what better way than a blast around Europe with 180 other cars.
I am doing the Modball rally in June with the car, London – Amsterdam – Luxembourg –
Zurich – Milan – Venice – Vienna – Bratislava – Prague.
The whole Modball thing has seriously changed with some amazing cars lined up (15+ Lambos, 20+ GTR's, loads of 911s and so on) and i want mine not just to stand out but to also make the drive more fun.
180 cars are entered so it should be blast, we are doing it for charity and all money raised will go to Aberdeen NEO Natal unit for terminally ill babies.
First change was some Genuine OE which were machined and Diamond polished, crazy bling but look the part.
Car is now wrapped and work has begun to tune the car to within an inch of its life.
I really can’t thank Donald at the Vinyl Cut in Aberdeen enough for the wrap and the quality is insane, over the weekend and some 800 miles the car received plenty attention and dozens of pictures from the public, every single person thought the car was painted.
I could barely park the car without people coming over for a look.
The wrap I know is love or hate but it’s all about getting the car noticed and raising as much money as we can for charity, I love the stand colour of the car but it’s all about getting the car “out there”
The rap is done purely for the event and to get the charity and those who helped get it looking like this as much attention as possible.
The car spent Friday at Milltek who used the car to develop and fit their Super Cup non-restrictive race exhaust,, WOW its loud but I love it.
Its not insane annoying loud though, the only similar sound I’ve ever heard was on a tuned LP 570-4 Superleggera Gallardo and I even think this sounds better ( I would).
They guys at Milltek went out of their way to look after me, I spent the day in Derby and went to watch Iron man 3 at 10am while they had the car and I actually think I missed half the film thinking at what I was going back to.
I am like a kid at Xmas with the noise and I apologise in advance for any car alarms I set off and the constant downshifts.
Up the Revs the car just screams, I swear when I stared the car up at 6am this morning I actually jizzed.
Top job by Milltek, I really can’t praise them enough and they have seriosuly moved forward with not just their build quality but how they look after their customers.
The 1M is next for a race Milltek without a doubt.
The decals and wrap will be removed after Europe (10 counties in 7 days) but for now it about making the car stand out with looks, noise and performance.
Again i know the wrap is OTT,but its there for the event and event only and then the car will go back to its stunning Sepang Blue.
More to come
Bradley
Some of you may have seen some of past projects and last year i was looking at various things and "almost" bought an RS500 Sierra but quickly realised i would never use it along with things like old skool 911's etc.
This is a bit of a novel to read but it passes the time and ill update it as work is done on the car
I had a deal done on a F430 spider a year or so back but bottled it at the last minute after horror storys about when they go wrong so im over the idea of one of them.
Next up was a Gallardo which unless very new are just as bad and i just cant seem to get on with how they look.
Which takes me to my latest buy, ive never been keen on the R8 as i just found them so under powered and over rated.
That was until i had a blast in the guy from works V10, HOLY f
k springs to mind, the car just goes on and on and is a whole lot of car that is up there with the best of them.Anyway enough of my speel,the deal is done was done and a Sepang Blue V10 spyder was bought.
Its been a while since ive been this excited about a car and i dont mind pretending im a hairdesser with the roof down while i have the insane V10 noise behind me.
The car is fully loaded and has every extra available (expect ceramic brakes).
Dealer pic but you get the idea:
Some pics when i picked it up.
Daughter loves it.
Space required in the garage so something had to go bye bye S1.
Well slight update, i decided that i need to really get some miles done in the car so what better way than a blast around Europe with 180 other cars.
I am doing the Modball rally in June with the car, London – Amsterdam – Luxembourg –
Zurich – Milan – Venice – Vienna – Bratislava – Prague.
The whole Modball thing has seriously changed with some amazing cars lined up (15+ Lambos, 20+ GTR's, loads of 911s and so on) and i want mine not just to stand out but to also make the drive more fun.
180 cars are entered so it should be blast, we are doing it for charity and all money raised will go to Aberdeen NEO Natal unit for terminally ill babies.
First change was some Genuine OE which were machined and Diamond polished, crazy bling but look the part.
Car is now wrapped and work has begun to tune the car to within an inch of its life.
I really can’t thank Donald at the Vinyl Cut in Aberdeen enough for the wrap and the quality is insane, over the weekend and some 800 miles the car received plenty attention and dozens of pictures from the public, every single person thought the car was painted.
I could barely park the car without people coming over for a look.
The wrap I know is love or hate but it’s all about getting the car noticed and raising as much money as we can for charity, I love the stand colour of the car but it’s all about getting the car “out there”
The rap is done purely for the event and to get the charity and those who helped get it looking like this as much attention as possible.
The car spent Friday at Milltek who used the car to develop and fit their Super Cup non-restrictive race exhaust,, WOW its loud but I love it.
Its not insane annoying loud though, the only similar sound I’ve ever heard was on a tuned LP 570-4 Superleggera Gallardo and I even think this sounds better ( I would).
They guys at Milltek went out of their way to look after me, I spent the day in Derby and went to watch Iron man 3 at 10am while they had the car and I actually think I missed half the film thinking at what I was going back to.
I am like a kid at Xmas with the noise and I apologise in advance for any car alarms I set off and the constant downshifts.
Up the Revs the car just screams, I swear when I stared the car up at 6am this morning I actually jizzed.
Top job by Milltek, I really can’t praise them enough and they have seriosuly moved forward with not just their build quality but how they look after their customers.
The 1M is next for a race Milltek without a doubt.
The decals and wrap will be removed after Europe (10 counties in 7 days) but for now it about making the car stand out with looks, noise and performance.
Again i know the wrap is OTT,but its there for the event and event only and then the car will go back to its stunning Sepang Blue.
More to come
Bradley
likesachange said:
Your going to have some serious fun, god life sucks...
Did I read you were going to tune it within every inch of its life?? But only added exhaust? Maybe I misread
The car is going to be getting a pretty wild Map, currently in talks with a few tunes to see who can get the most from it safely.Did I read you were going to tune it within every inch of its life?? But only added exhaust? Maybe I misread
Cheers for the other comments guys, I covered near on 1200 miles this weekend, via Glasgow, Edinburgh and so on and then all the coast roads on the way home (Via Crail)
Ran the car for an absolutely pointless comical run where the traction control kicked in and made it pretty much bog down and go nowhere till 3rd gear, the guy in the S3 alongside me will have no doubt thought he kicked an R8 V10’s ass haha.
Thanks for the comments folks, the car is fairly taking shape now and I am off down south to the guys at STaSSIS tomorrow for some cheeky engine tuning.
The local paper ran a feature on the car and the event today which will hopefully raise awareness for the charity i am raising funds for.
Some pics.
The local paper ran a feature on the car and the event today which will hopefully raise awareness for the charity i am raising funds for.
Some pics.
Well i have returned what from i can honestly say was one of the times of my life, 180 cars from Mk1 Golfs to 1000BHP R8's and some amazing people from cross the world.
51 of the cars from the UK and the rest from around the world, some of the guys even from the states and everyone with the same agenda, to have fun.
Everyone from Daft Scottish bd's (3 crazy guys from Invernesssssss) to scary looking Russians to full on red neck Americans who shipped a HUGE pick up from Texas.
The whole idea of the Modball is supposed to be low budget and is £1500 entry fee per person apposed the Gumball £15k per person.
I've never met such a down to earth bunch of people and every one with the same passion and everyone got on amazing, I've made some new amazing friends, i would go as far as saying that i have memories i will cherish for the rest of people life and many people i will stay in contact with.
Anyone who have every thought about doing something like this should DO IT, but get your rest before hand as I've never been so tired in my life and drove 3000Miles in 6 days.
If you feel your able you can attend a party every night but i managed 3 nights and i actually think my liver is now dead, some of the days driving can be pretty short (less than 300 miles) so you can party the night before and not leave your hotel the following day till after lunch time which makes sure your fit to drive.
I could write for hours and hours about what went on but ill no doubt tell you the story's in person, highlight for me was an Essex Guy having is £9k M3 impounded and they asked him 5000 euro for it back, he told them to ram it and finished the event in someone's else's car.
Two crazy Germans in Matching Gallardo Spyder's who honestly drove like I've never seen before, some crazy crazy insane stuff (190mph) and one of them was jailed and had his car and license taken from him, they let him out and escorted him to the border where he jumped back in his car and spent another 5 days back to his usual standard of driving.
I don't condone some of the driving that went on as everyone is responsible for their own and you will never stop that sort of thing but fair lay to those who did it and each to their own, i was quite happy to cruise away at the speed limit.
I had one speeding fine during the whole trip and 2 other cases where im sure my Scottish banter got me off the hook.
As for the partying i wont say much about that on here.
The Modabll can be done two ways, either low cost which gives you a budget room and your entry or you can upgrade to 5 star and have swanky hotels etc.
Without a doubt the budget is the way to do it and where all the fun is at, if like me you need a break you can book your own hotel in some towns and take the night off partying and have some chill time, a 5 star hotel in Europe can be as little as 100 euros so it was nice to take a night off and chill out.
Total raised so far for charity is £1200 (thanks again to bobby and you guys).
Only down side is the R8 now has a nice slipping clutch and had to limp home off the ferry
A very ill, tired Bradley.
Now that’s all the Modball Decals off and the next step was to get the car back to the guys at the Vinyl cut and get the wrap off but its nowhere near as bad as i thought it would look.
The wrap is still near perfect so I’m going to leave it on and do some track days (save the stone chips) and use the time to decide what’s next for the car.
The wrap (in a non gay way) looks bloody ace in the sun and colour changing flip is pretty dam sexy, its not to my taste but it fairly stands out, I can easy live with it until I suss out what’s next for the car.
A taster of some of the cars that took part.
Mine
Back home safe to the kids.
How the car loks now its home and the decals removed.
51 of the cars from the UK and the rest from around the world, some of the guys even from the states and everyone with the same agenda, to have fun.
Everyone from Daft Scottish b
d's (3 crazy guys from Invernesssssss) to scary looking Russians to full on red neck Americans who shipped a HUGE pick up from Texas.The whole idea of the Modball is supposed to be low budget and is £1500 entry fee per person apposed the Gumball £15k per person.
I've never met such a down to earth bunch of people and every one with the same passion and everyone got on amazing, I've made some new amazing friends, i would go as far as saying that i have memories i will cherish for the rest of people life and many people i will stay in contact with.
Anyone who have every thought about doing something like this should DO IT, but get your rest before hand as I've never been so tired in my life and drove 3000Miles in 6 days.
If you feel your able you can attend a party every night but i managed 3 nights and i actually think my liver is now dead, some of the days driving can be pretty short (less than 300 miles) so you can party the night before and not leave your hotel the following day till after lunch time which makes sure your fit to drive.
I could write for hours and hours about what went on but ill no doubt tell you the story's in person, highlight for me was an Essex Guy having is £9k M3 impounded and they asked him 5000 euro for it back, he told them to ram it and finished the event in someone's else's car.
Two crazy Germans in Matching Gallardo Spyder's who honestly drove like I've never seen before, some crazy crazy insane stuff (190mph) and one of them was jailed and had his car and license taken from him, they let him out and escorted him to the border where he jumped back in his car and spent another 5 days back to his usual standard of driving.
I don't condone some of the driving that went on as everyone is responsible for their own and you will never stop that sort of thing but fair lay to those who did it and each to their own, i was quite happy to cruise away at the speed limit.
I had one speeding fine during the whole trip and 2 other cases where im sure my Scottish banter got me off the hook.
As for the partying i wont say much about that on here.
The Modabll can be done two ways, either low cost which gives you a budget room and your entry or you can upgrade to 5 star and have swanky hotels etc.
Without a doubt the budget is the way to do it and where all the fun is at, if like me you need a break you can book your own hotel in some towns and take the night off partying and have some chill time, a 5 star hotel in Europe can be as little as 100 euros so it was nice to take a night off and chill out.
Total raised so far for charity is £1200 (thanks again to bobby and you guys).
Only down side is the R8 now has a nice slipping clutch and had to limp home off the ferry
A very ill, tired Bradley.
Now that’s all the Modball Decals off and the next step was to get the car back to the guys at the Vinyl cut and get the wrap off but its nowhere near as bad as i thought it would look.
The wrap is still near perfect so I’m going to leave it on and do some track days (save the stone chips) and use the time to decide what’s next for the car.
The wrap (in a non gay way) looks bloody ace in the sun and colour changing flip is pretty dam sexy, its not to my taste but it fairly stands out, I can easy live with it until I suss out what’s next for the car.
A taster of some of the cars that took part.
Mine
Back home safe to the kids.
How the car loks now its home and the decals removed.
Edited by BradleyA on Monday 8th July 09:01
Got a bit bored with the car (Work in progress) and lots to do, so far 275kg of weight shaved off and looking to shave off about about 200kg by various other means (seats etc)
Basics are, REVO tuned and running full R8 LMS Race suspesnion set up and the body with lots of carbon,most of the car will be painted hence we have primed the bumpers etc (they are carbon)
Basics are, REVO tuned and running full R8 LMS Race suspesnion set up and the body with lots of carbon,most of the car will be painted hence we have primed the bumpers etc (they are carbon)
Edited by BradleyA on Wednesday 2nd April 07:35
TobyLaRohne said:
...wait, you shaved 275kg off of it without removing the interior and plan to get another 200kg out of it?...do you mean lbs not kg?
I cant believe there is that much fat in the car?!
If you have time I'd love to know how you shaved 275kg off of it.
The Spyder weighs in at 1.7t.I cant believe there is that much fat in the car?!
If you have time I'd love to know how you shaved 275kg off of it.
For example the front bumper alone came in at 45kg (complete) the carbon one weighs 6kg and very similar for the rear.
Things like bumper reinforcements and brackets etc all add up (no longer required)
All sound deadening has been removed, splash guards, the standard bonnet also weighed more than 3 times what the Carbon one does, the exhaust saved 35kg alone.
The wheels are forged and weight in a 9kg lighter per corner.
The list goes on, pretty anything i could remove i have and i am still doing so.
I’ve read all the good "constructive” posts so thanks guys.
As for the plain SILLY negatives.
Things like the bumper reinforcement bars etc will all be refitted(they are ALLOY) so weigh next to nothing.
Life would be a boring place if we are all the same, I have built plenty quick capable cars over the years so I am no idiot, I’m also a qualified panel beater (years gone by) so bodywork you could say is my thing.
For the comments about a “bodykit” don’t be silly, the work that has went into each and individual panel to lighten and make even stronger than factory has been a huge task.
What your seeing is work in progress pictures and so far we are talking 100s of hours have went into the car and purely on my own.
I move the goal posts daily and try and constantly improve and tweak, the proof will be in the pudding as I have some good lap times and also ¼ miles when the car was standard to compare against.
One thing that hasn’t been compromised is safety and that is also reflected in things like the new seat set up, plumped in fire extinguishers etc, bare I mind I drive this car every day too and covered 23k miles last year in it.
More pics soon.
As for the plain SILLY negatives.
Things like the bumper reinforcement bars etc will all be refitted(they are ALLOY) so weigh next to nothing.
Life would be a boring place if we are all the same, I have built plenty quick capable cars over the years so I am no idiot, I’m also a qualified panel beater (years gone by) so bodywork you could say is my thing.
For the comments about a “bodykit” don’t be silly, the work that has went into each and individual panel to lighten and make even stronger than factory has been a huge task.
What your seeing is work in progress pictures and so far we are talking 100s of hours have went into the car and purely on my own.
I move the goal posts daily and try and constantly improve and tweak, the proof will be in the pudding as I have some good lap times and also ¼ miles when the car was standard to compare against.
One thing that hasn’t been compromised is safety and that is also reflected in things like the new seat set up, plumped in fire extinguishers etc, bare I mind I drive this car every day too and covered 23k miles last year in it.
More pics soon.
TooMany2cvs said:
Then I definitely call custard on your bumper weight saving. It sounds like all that's being replaced is the bumper skin. If you really ARE a "qualified"(?) panel beater, then you'll know how little the plastic skin weighs, and that all the weight is in the crash structure.
Are you actually being serious? The standard bumper/bumpers are made of "multiple" parts and most of it heavy plastic trims and so on and more brackets that you can imagine, i am fairly comfident you probbaly have never stripped an R8 front or rear end and actually seen just how much plastic crap is hidden (not needed or can be changed)
Without sounding pedantic, I am delighted with what I am saving and in my mind will help with my goals for the car.
The "Alloy" "crash Structure" is separate to the bumpers.
I am fitting a one piece carbon fibre bumpers which includes all mounts (also carbon), what’s more to explain?
Edited by BradleyA on Tuesday 8th April 10:00
TooMany2cvs said:
So a photo of what you're removing, and what you're fitting, on a set of scales, will be fairly straightforward... Hell, you probably took one already. Tell you what, I'll even let you off having to include the custard tin.
I having a cheese and ham toastie for lunch, saved 0.1kg by not having mayo (chuffed).Anyways for those who enjoy the project, i shall update as things happen, for those with too much time on their hands i shall leave you to contribute somewhere else.
On another note, no pics of the "scrap parts" removed as i made this guy with them.
Edited by BradleyA on Tuesday 8th April 12:52
Its also a whole lot different to drive, handles much better than it did and the shedded weight and lighter wheels has made it how i feel Audi should have made it.
Ive been running a standard V10 lately and its crazy how different they are, it makes the drive of the standard V10 seem boring.
Life would be boring if we were all the same
Ive been running a standard V10 lately and its crazy how different they are, it makes the drive of the standard V10 seem boring.
Life would be boring if we were all the same
Sorry I am late to the party guys.
Rather than justify anything let's just say I got shot of the car and I am happy about it.
My daily hack is a Citreon C1 these days but I do have other cars but nothing exciting, rather than get upto my neck in debt with fancy cars like BMW's etc I'll worry about what matters and that's my mortgage and a roof over my kids heads.
The tube on this thread trying to be a hero and is a well known keyboard gangster who will need to try much much harder if he wants a reaction, seen it and heard it all before, I enjoy that he has such a hard on for me, it's making me feel very special and wanted,your making yourself look like an absolute tool and half of Aberdeen are speaking about you for the ste your trying to do to me, last time I looked I am not doing any of the ste that you are, get a grip.
Back the car, the car was using LOTS of oil when it left my hands and also had gearbox issues so I was happy to get away from the car no matter what the means to do so were, the finance company got what they was due and I got what was left over, the end result was I was happy and so was the finance company.
Apologies again for the troll who lowered the tone, you know what they say, every dog has his day
Bradley
Rather than justify anything let's just say I got shot of the car and I am happy about it.
My daily hack is a Citreon C1 these days but I do have other cars but nothing exciting, rather than get upto my neck in debt with fancy cars like BMW's etc I'll worry about what matters and that's my mortgage and a roof over my kids heads.
The tube on this thread trying to be a hero and is a well known keyboard gangster who will need to try much much harder if he wants a reaction, seen it and heard it all before, I enjoy that he has such a hard on for me, it's making me feel very special and wanted,your making yourself look like an absolute tool and half of Aberdeen are speaking about you for the s
te your trying to do to me, last time I looked I am not doing any of the ste that you are, get a grip.Back the car, the car was using LOTS of oil when it left my hands and also had gearbox issues so I was happy to get away from the car no matter what the means to do so were, the finance company got what they was due and I got what was left over, the end result was I was happy and so was the finance company.
Apologies again for the troll who lowered the tone, you know what they say, every dog has his day
Bradley
Edited by BradleyA on Monday 18th July 01:20
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