A big thanks to Walkinshaw....

[davegreg]

Just picked my R8 up today and had a nice long Shakedown drive back to Teesside to assess the mods. My car is an LS3 auto, and now has Walkinshaw Performance cam, 2.5" tubular headers, sport cats and Walkinshaw Performance catback, also had auto box remap. The car now sounds spot on for my taste - the Performance exhaust is permenantly set to 'quiet' on mine because I prefer the deeper, more muted exhaust note as opposed to the Nascar sound, and the addition of headers and cats just make it even deeper and slightly louder. I pulled up next to a parked car at a service station and set his alarm off!!
The cam too gives it the proper muscle car sound as well as more power and torque throughout the rev range, it's not as lumpy as the Wild cam but it does have a nice lope to the idle and sounds great driving through town! MPG is no different to before - averaging 25mpg on the way home. Whats not to like!

[Tattooboy]

Glad you're pleased with the results, hopefully I'll be posting the same happy post shortly

[wav8]

Nice one good guys to deal with

[davegreg]

Yeah, they are spot on, even ferrying to and from the train station.

[ARAF]

Well done.

Really pleased that everything is up to your expectations.

[Granby]

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

[stigmundfreud]

Nice one Dave, would be good to hear/see it next time am swanning up north at all your expenses!

[ARAF]

Granby said:

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

You know you've got to - just to do your supercharger justice.

[007 VXR]

ARAF said:

Granby said:

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

You know you've got to - just to do your supercharger justice.

It realy does improve the drive and power delivery

[ARAF]

007 VXR said:

ARAF said:

Granby said:

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

You know you've got to - just to do your supercharger justice.

It realy does improve the drive and power delivery

It;s usually a slippery slope, but this one seems to be teflon coated.

[007 VXR]

ARAF said:

007 VXR said:

ARAF said:

Granby said:

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

You know you've got to - just to do your supercharger justice.

It realy does improve the drive and power delivery

It;s usually a slippery slope, but this one seems to be teflon coated.

[monkfish1]

Granby said:

Hmmm performance cam

no no no i said no more mods

You will need a fuel system too

[MyM8V8]

davegreg said:

2.5" tubular headers,

?

[ARAF]

MyM8V8 said:

davegreg said:

2.5" tubular headers,

?

1.75" headers and 2.5" system I think.

Edited by ARAF on Friday 10th October 20:22

[davegreg]

ARAF said:

MyM8V8 said:

davegreg said:

2.5" tubular headers,

?

1.752 headers and 2.5" system I think.

Ah, I stand corrected - misunderstood their wording on the bill!

[Demon Hill]

How many extra horses do you think you have gained from the mods, and what's your gearbox like now with the re-map.

[davegreg]

Demon Hill said:

How many extra horses do you think you have gained from the mods, and what's your gearbox like now with the re-map.

Walkinshaw claim a 15 - 25% gain in power for the cam, which is nice - but it's the total 'attitude' the car has gained that is worth the money alone, it certainly sounds and feels a lot meaner now.....which equals total grin factor! I had the 'box remapped a few months back at Monkfish, and it's a lot smoother now - the main thing that always annoyed me was when it'd always drop into 1st gear when slowing down to turn into a road say, it doesn't do that now so i'm happy!