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

[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?

[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

[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

[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!

[Janosh]

stigmundfreud said:

Now we've confirmed it I guarantee a certain gareth will be in touch to see if he can have a read of it

He's way ahead of you, he had sent me a PM first thing this morning

Thanks for all the positive comments, I'm looking forward to some meets and many happy years of V8'ing

[Janosh]

Are the G-force shafts bad enough that I should consider keeping the 70k mile originals? Or just bad compared to the other / best options in the market..?

Just waiting for a quote and availability dates in order to have the 3.9 gear and Quaife diff fitted, so need to decide in the next week or so about the half shafts, solid prop and hubs..

[Janosh]

So having only had the car a few days I find that my neighbor has put a ding in my n/s door.... Going to speak to them tonight, hopefully they'll be reasonable and help out with the repair. It's only a little 5p ding, but I'm guessing it will still cost 50 quid to fix?

Any recommendation for PDR in or near Farnham??

[Janosh]

My blood pressure can't take anymore today.... please, no more!

[Janosh]

Awesome - I need some good news today

I'm planning to come along and say hello at SRR in the afternoon, I'm guessing that I'll be there around 2pm..

[Janosh]

Thanks for the replies guys - I'm dropping her off at Hardy Engineering on Monday morning... they just do diff's and boxes so should know what they're doing!

I'm going to supply all the parts I've been given and let them decide what should stay and what should go once it's all in pieces.

The whole drivetrain needs refreshing, so fingers crossed that it all goes together as planned...

[Janosh]

Dropped off this morning for fitment of a new Quiafe diff and 3.9 gear

I've done just enough miles over the last week to get to know her, so can't wait to feel the difference it'll make

[Janosh]

Yeap - the guys know not to use friction modifier in the Quiafe diff

[Janosh]

Quick update - focusing on the positives!

The 3.9 gear is great and doesn't in any way feel short. At 70 odd she sits at around (just under) 2000rpm and everywhere else pulls much better, making 3rd and 4th much more versatile.

I would highly recommend this mod to any Monaro owner.

The Motive Performance gears do whine so I can't recommend them and I'm now left search for an alternative solution.... but will not be reverting back to the stock 3.4 gearset!

The wife and I had a great day out at SRR and met a few of the usual suspects.... already looking forward to the next meet.

Here's a gratuitous snap, playing with her friends on Sunday morning on the South Downs

[Janosh]

Thanks mate - the M coupe does go well, but it's not been without issue either

Unfortunately I already have a 'decent' 75w140 in the diff... the correct mix of friction modifier would fix the clunking / chatter, but I don't think you can eliminate the gear whine of the Motive gears...

Not a problem if you're 'on it', but not cool as a long term ownership prospect.

I think MF have a solution for me... will report back soon

[Janosh]

Haha - after hearing a few cars at SRR I did consider a louder exhaust to address the gear whine

The Milltek is actually quite quiet compared to some!

[Janosh]

Pilgrimage complete.

Big thanks to the guys at Monkfish - my car is sorted (with a 'happy medium' 3.7 gear)

Did an oil change and gave her a wash when I got home, hopefully we she'll behave herself for a while now...

[Janosh]

I'd been in the waiting room for an hour when Andy first came in... I was already panicking that whatever he said next would start with '..err, well, we've got a little problem...' but it was just to say that the breakfast truck was outside if I wanted anything to eat... Phew!

[Janosh]

Thanks to the rubbish weather I decided to have a tinker with the car today....

Firstly went from this:



To this:



Then took off the strut brace, sanded back to (mostly) bare metal and started spraying it to match the AP's:



Still have a couple of other little jobs to do... hopefully I'll get it all finished tomorrow and I can post up some before & after pics