Upgrades Survey, who and what
Upgrades Survey, who and what
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S-X-S

Original Poster:

719 posts

259 months

Friday 27th May 2005
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Just thought I'd start this up so that we all get an idea of what has been done to our babies in the crowd and if you have before and after rolling road figures, also other mods such as suspension, exhuasts etc. Dont forget to mention who did the work, ie. Austec Racing, Joospeed, TVR Power etc.

Will be very informative for all of us, probably Graham of TCR can put all the data into some online database on the TCR site when everyones plugged in.


Me up first,

Nitron Shocks (Joospeed)
Airbox mod (Joospeed)
18"x9J Matrix Alloys (Race and Road) (although they're no longer on the car, actually theres no engine in there either funnily enough)


Only one figure, 321bhp at the wheels (Autocraft Rolling Road)

>> Edited by S-X-S on Friday 27th May 18:04

simonsparrow

1,599 posts

291 months

Friday 27th May 2005
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Nitrons (Joospeed)
ECU Chip (APM)
Sports exhaust and decat (APM)
Upgraded headlights and wiring (moi)
Aviation Spec battery - well, it saved 9kgs (moi)
Clear indicators and Lexus rear lights - pointless (moi)
Race seat - (moi)
Pretentious? (moi?)



cerealsurfer

594 posts

292 months

Friday 27th May 2005
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A smattering of different bits...

Race/RR heads - Peninsula TVR/TVR Power
Modified ECU (unknown Spec)- Supplied by TVR Engineering
Samco Silicone Hoses - Thames Valley Race Tech
Relocate Throlle to allow Heel/toeing - Thames Valley Race Tech
Nitrons - Previous Owner Castle TVR?
Cross Drilled Break Disks F&R - Previous Owner Castle TVR?
Custom Exhaust - Previous Owner Castle TVR?
Hi-Flow SS Bullet Cats - Previous Owner Castle TVR?
Leven Handbrake handle - Previous Owner Castle TVR?
Armourfend Protector Front and Mirrors - Previous Owner Castle TVR

At Surrey Rolling Road - 355.2bhp 330FtLbs


>> Edited by cerealsurfer on Friday 27th May 18:22

angusfaldo

2,831 posts

303 months

Friday 27th May 2005
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Um...

Moisture resistant pants - (www.medicalsuppliesonline.net)

2 bottles of industrial strength "extra brake squeal" - thanks Mintex

Extra large overdraft - NatWest

iPod adapter - some sound company near me

Straight pipes masqeurading as exhausts - courtesy of the speed humps in Hatfield

And the power - 365bhp and 352lb torque Surrey Rolling Road.

cerber450

1,517 posts

277 months

Friday 27th May 2005
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Where do I start!

Mine mostly standard apart from a few little mods here and there......

Ground up -

19" forged split polished rim wheels with 235s front and 285s rear.
Ohlins remote shocks all round.
AP brake upgrade inc. pads.
Front speed 12 styled lights and totally remodeled front bumper and wings. (you cant really see the wing bit unless you park two next to each other)
Corbeau Revolution carbon/kevlar seats trimmed in cream leather and rear of seats painted same colour as car.
Luke 4 point turn buckle silver harnesses.
Full NOS and all the toys
CDA carbon intakes and vortex filters.
Samco silicon hoses and braided stainless steel hoses with anodised aluminium finishers.
Sports Exhaust & de-catted.
Tuscan racer heads, throttle bodies & fully floating stronger pistons and rods. (not yet fitted)
Purple anodised aluminium bolts, nuts and all sorts of other bits in engine bay and doors.
And finaly a top sound system.

If I've missed anything its cause I've forgot or its my secret and I'm not telling


S-X-S

Original Poster:

719 posts

259 months

Saturday 28th May 2005
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cerber450 said:
Corbeau Revolution carbon/kevlar seats trimmed in cream leather and rear of seats painted same colour as car.


Hey stop pishin around and plug some piccies for us all to droooool over!!!!!

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Saturday 28th May 2005
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cerber450 said:
Where do I start!

Mine mostly standard apart from a few little mods here and there......

Ground up -

19" forged split polished rim wheels with 235s front and 285s rear.
Ohlins remote shocks all round.
AP brake upgrade inc. pads.
Front speed 12 styled lights and totally remodeled front bumper and wings. (you cant really see the wing bit unless you park two next to each other)
Corbeau Revolution carbon/kevlar seats trimmed in cream leather and rear of seats painted same colour as car.
Luke 4 point turn buckle silver harnesses.
Full NOS and all the toys
CDA carbon intakes and vortex filters.
Samco silicon hoses and braided stainless steel hoses with anodised aluminium finishers.
Sports Exhaust & de-catted.
Tuscan racer heads, throttle bodies & fully floating stronger pistons and rods. (not yet fitted)
Purple anodised aluminium bolts, nuts and all sorts of other bits in engine bay and doors.
And finaly a top sound system.

If I've missed anything its cause I've forgot or its my secret and I'm not telling






I'd love a customer like you, what a showcase car

redleicester

6,869 posts

274 months

Saturday 28th May 2005
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Sportie pipies - Horizon Motorsport
Upgraded stereo, six speakers & sub - Horizon Motorsport
Nitron shocks - Horizon Motorsport
Clear side repeaters - Me poo, so Horizon Motorsport

S------X------S

Original Poster:

719 posts

259 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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Are you all dead???? Come on men, it cant be a survey without everyones input!!!!

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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Ash - as the Chim folks are not that in to bonkers mods. You going to be at Monster Track Day?

300mm drilled/grooved rotors - alloy bells - AP Tuscan Calipers.
Alloy Rad - Radtec.
16" Fronts (rears on front).
The Engine - New chipped LS6 Corvette - about 1.5x power of Chim 500 - NUTS approx 420-430bhp.
Endless engine bits over the base engine.
Vette power steering.
Alloy dash - Purple Gauges!
Stainless Steel customheaders.
Stainless Steel full custom system.
Tremec TKO600 gearbox.
Custom Propshaft - for the 420+ ft/lbs torque.
Custom ECU.
Custom hoses.
Massive ITG air filter and ducting.
All the level stalks.


>> Edited by jellison on Wednesday 1st June 09:29

redeye

626 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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i love the car so much i changed the owner to me,thats some up grade,for me anyway

nervous

24,050 posts

259 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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a kickass act exhaust system from the genius that is tim lamont.

erm, leven shiny dashboard. and leven shiny knob and handle.

and erm, clear indicator things.

ooo, and my light conversion is being done as we speak. and as we speak im working to pay for them

and 10,000 miles of hard living, in erm..three months. that has modified the car beyond all recognition, especially with my >ahem< style of driving

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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lol the kickass system is actually the jp system i got them to do whilst i was at harrogate horseless carriages, until then all sports pipes were a right royal pile of shite. jp sell it to everyone now and act do the best trade deals cos they sell so many, but the design is still the same.

I'd wager act have the most modification parts on cars though .. with all the ht leads, systems and silicone stuff he's pretty much got most things covered

kojak

4,547 posts

282 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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Sports Exhaust.
AVO's front and back.
Upgraded sound system (sub between rear seats, Genesis amp in the boot)
17" RL alloys
Zertec rear afterburners.
Leven goodies.
Polished nuts

and

Painted rear calipers.

>> Edited by kojak on Wednesday 1st June 00:01

SlvrCrb

1,180 posts

262 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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ACT Sports Tail Pipes
AVO's front and back
Bits and pieces of shiny stuff in the cockpit
not much else (yet, due to needing a new gearbox and driveshaft a few months back that should have gone on new wheels and other bits I don't really need but just want want want )

was already decatted and had an upgraded ICE (kenny amp in boot, 12" kenny in between the rear seats, tweeters on the front roll bar, sony head unit)

plasticman

907 posts

280 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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Here`s mine
TVR power RR heads
tuscan cams
flowed throttle bodies
engine built buy myself
carbon trumpets
De-cat
emerald ecu
Nitron suspension with rear antiroll bar removed and
shock mountings re-located.
355mm front discs and brembo calipers ( being done )
light conversion front and rear

Engine made on emeralds rollers; 350 lb at 4,600 and 377 hp at 6,400 ( still rising but had to be stopped because of overheating , David

carbon al

87 posts

269 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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18"x9j matrix alloys 255 front 275 rear (from Ash SXS
Sports exhaust RT Racing
Emerald ECU At Emeralds
lexus style rear lights Me
Front light conversion got bits carbon Me
Front splitter to be fitted Me
Decatt pipes From Joospeed
Carbon instrument pod Me
Carbon back parcel shelf
Carbon induction cones
Carbon air boxes front and manifold
Carbon wiper/battery cover
Carbon helmet holder surround
Carbon tray in front of engine

S------X------S

Original Poster:

719 posts

259 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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Al, bloody hell mate, you must have the lightest cerb around with that carbon fetish going on in there!

Pitty you're probably the heaviest chap around so back even again

ceejay

1,287 posts

283 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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Cerbera 4.5 Lighweight

Nitron dampers and uprated springs (track day bias)
Grooved big AP front discs.
Uprated brake fluid

Emerald ECU - 391bhp (30 bhp increase over standard)

Modified airbox
Modified induction system with short inlet pipes.
Modified inlets & throttle assembly - 400.3 bhp

Induction mods and additional re-map work a lot of effort and only increase power by 9bhp at the flywheel but it reaches the magic number.

All engine mods by Joospeed prior to Surrey Cerb rolling road shoot-out. Car recorded 392bhp at SRR, best on the day.

More Joospeed mods to be added shortly including a final production version of the inlet mods (pipes and airbox plates) Oooooh it's gonna be pretty too, can't wait.

Ceejay


>> Edited by ceejay on Wednesday 1st June 19:32

joospeed

4,473 posts

307 months

Wednesday 1st June 2005
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I can't claim to have my own cerbie with any upgrades, but the list of upgrades I've pioneered is quite extensive :

the first for:
bespoke nitron suspension packages tailored to your needs
bespoke protech kits etc etc
the first bump steer elimination
the industry standard big brake upgrade 4.5
the first 4.2 upgrade that actually fits lol
the first 4.5 cerbera short induction set-up
the highest remapped independantly seen bhp output
the highest remapped independantly seen torque output
the first handbrake mods to improve efficiency
the first 4.2 throttle stop mods
the first 4.2 ported inlets
uprated slave cylinders and seals

there's probably many more i can't even think of at the moment, but it's all been great fun