V8 Vantage with 79k?

[Justices]

Dear god..

Vantage, manual, Pacific Coast Highway and perfect weather. Bumped into a few groups of drivers on the first day out giving it the beans, great fun!

Can feel a big difference between the 4.7 but the 4.3 is still a lot of fun on these roads and canyons.

[Justices]

Finally arrived.

[northernmedia]

Very nice, congrats!!
I wish we had your weather

[Justices]

Just got the car back with 200 cell cats installed (fuse still removed). An 8 week wait for Quicksilver to ship an exhaust from Blighty that was ultimately never sent has seen the car sitting in a garage not turning a wheel. A Cargraphic exhaust is going on over the weekend as compensation. Having taken it out now two days in a row, it's absolutely MENTAL.

My ONLY reservation now is that car is not only VERY loud but, IMHO, still very slow. The speed simply doesn't match the noise and thus feels very obnoxious. May stick the fuse back in and see how it compares. All hell now breaks loose at 2,000-2200rpm but the car isn't exactly sprinting away at this point so you start to feel like a bit of a nob.. It's just such a gorgeous looking piece of art regardless. It was on Rodeo Drive today for an hour and despite all sorts of exotica going by, the V8 still gets all the admiring looks.

New car coming in shortly which may leave the V8 fairly redundant for a while. Don't think I'd part with it just yet though as a manual in this condition can't be easy to find.

[shinjuku]

Does your new backbox have valves? Otherwise putting the fuse in will do nothing...

[Justices]

Good point! No valves = nothing to open and close. I believe this Cargraphic does, but I will double check on that in the morning. Didn't actually consider that at all, thanks!

ETA: What can I do to make this thing faster without going to crazy?

Edited by Justices on Wednesday 26th July 07:54

[shinjuku]

Justices said:

Good point! No valves = nothing to open and close. I believe this Cargraphic does, but I will double check on that in the morning. Didn't actually consider that at all, thanks!

ETA: What can I do to make this thing faster without going to crazy?

Edited by Justices on Wednesday 26th July 07:54

Yeah check the backbox. My Tubi type has no valves.

As for speed, others will be able to tell you more, but...

ECU remap, new headers, that kind of thing for a small boost.
Big stuff would be to add a supercharger.

[bogie]

Most straightforward option to go a bit faster is to upgrade manifolds, cats, back box (you already have) which should release 40bhp or so

[Justices]

Cheers! On it first thing in the morning and will report back