Happy Bunny

[sheel]

Bought my 450 a couple of months ago and after it was aired on here the hardcore guys asked wot mods were to be made!!
Well made a start-just replaced all hoses with ACT blue silicone, at the same time replaced the thermostat as I changed this the other week and fitted a standard Rover V8, the car ran too hot as the bore is smaller on these (you live and learn !)
ACT full induction kit and Pipercross filter.
Car was a pain in the a**e when hot in traffic and also had erratic idle, went to check the stepper motor- it literally fell apart in my hands! so new one fitted

So all in all what a difference in drive, so much smoother (idle valve I assume) and certainly feels quicker on the road and now looking smarter under the bonnet too.

17" Team Dynamics Equinox on their way,just being machined

Have to stop reading the upgrade posts,its going to cost a fortune

[Chilliman]

Be strong, stop now before it's too late, get a therapist if necessary

I didn't do these things and now my life is a mess

[Jammy Dodger]

Chilliman said:

Be strong, stop now before it's too late, get a therapist if necessary

I didn't do these things and now my life is a mess

second that !

[sheel]

Mentioned the wheels and lo behold got a call,they are coming in the morning, yippee, My wife is the best therapist, its getting increasingly difficult to discuise packages arriving!!!!

[phillpot]

sheel said:

its getting increasingly difficult to discuise packages arriving!!!!

Have 'em delivered to work address

[CHIMV8]

Its a slippery slope...next you'll be telling the wife you had the upgrades given

[quattrophenia]

For Christ sake dont show this fella the RV8 developments website, he'll end up with a re-mortgage.
Glad your enjoying personalising the car, it will be summer soon and boy are we owed a good one this year!

[sheel]

Well, here they are, prob not to everyones tastes but I'm pleased, fitted with Toyo T1Sport 215x45x17 fronts 245x40x17 rears drives so much better,no tramlining and a really compliant ride

[Chilliman]

Very very nice, don't envy you cleaning them though Nice looking car mate

[sheel]

Thanks bud, so pleased with it been having a really good look at chassis,god knows where this has been,its done 50K but the chassis is mint, original paint,etc,got a full history and heads up to its previous owners, paid 12K and I reckon it was worth every penny,I had a good look when I bought it but its exceeded my expectations and I,m a fussy git !!

[DJR 7]

sheel said:

Thanks bud, so pleased with it been having a really good look at chassis,god knows where this has been,its done 50K but the chassis is mint, original paint,etc,got a full history and heads up to its previous owners, paid 12K and I reckon it was worth every penny,I had a good look when I bought it but its exceeded my expectations and I,m a fussy git !!

I'll 2nd that!

[sheel]

I dont come anywhere near your level D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My garage aint heated just for the car !!!

[SILICONEKID340HP]

sheel said:

Well, here they are, prob not to everyones tastes but I'm pleased, fitted with Toyo T1Sport 215x45x17 fronts 245x40x17 rears drives so much better,no tramlining and a really compliant ride

Nice wheels ,why did you go for the wrong front tyre size ? 215/40/17 is the correct size.

[sheel]

Drove a well tweeked 500Griff the other day with that combo on,it drove and handled really good, Toyo dont do a 215x40 in the T1 Sport and the old toyos have been discontinued, was a bit concerned as you had said about the sizes but must say really pleased with the results

[CHIMV8]

sheel said:

Drove a well tweeked 500Griff the other day with that combo on,it drove and handled really good, Toyo dont do a 215x40 in the T1 Sport and the old toyos have been discontinued, was a bit concerned as you had said about the sizes but must say really pleased with the results

A few people on here have said the 45 profile is a better ride?

[sheel]

Happy with the 45s, car is now well behaved,as I said no tramlining,Ok maybe it should be a 40 profile but with the originals it was plain nasty, the new ones need scrubbing in a bit but so far its a totally different car,will report back when they have done a few miles

[biper]

phillpot said:

sheel said:

its getting increasingly difficult to discuise packages arriving!!!!

Have 'em delivered to work address

\thought we all did that

[SILICONEKID340HP]

sheel said:

Happy with the 45s, car is now well behaved,as I said no tramlining,Ok maybe it should be a 40 profile but with the originals it was plain nasty, the new ones need scrubbing in a bit but so far its a to

tally different car,will report back when they have done a few miles

Your car sits a little flat, the idea of creating a larger wall height is to compennsate for having equal size wheels front and rear.if you dont have the car in a high rear stance you may get light steering when accelerating ..

The 15" and 16"(matching wall heights) wheels were fitted for more than aesthetics,to allow for the immense torque .I would lift the rear ride height to compensate.

Measure under the outrigger triangler plate to the floor,you should have at least 1" difference front to rear.

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Sunday 29th January 19:22

[sheel]

Thanks for that Daz, without measuring I can almost def say ,no there wont be 1" difference as the wheels are only about 1/2" different in dia. However I can confirm the following, I took it out yesterday and gave it full beans in a variety of situations on a variety of roads and it behaved impecably, far better than it was before on the originals, even on full bore up to silly speeds it was dead stable and inspired total confidence