Counting The Hours !

[DaveEllen]

My IS is off to have Marks magic wand passed over it tomorrow......when I see it next it will be lowered and supercharged

Trouble is for 2 days I will have to use public transport

Never mind.........on list for May is the Induction kit

[ricky_is200]

Great stuff Dave. Don't forget to post your initial thoughts and comparisons.

[DaveEllen]

will do.........if I can drag f from the car !!

[Zee007]

Excellent Dave!!!!! Really jealous mate........ :)

You going for Induction too eh? You should listen to Si and Gord's first - LOUD mate........!

[DaveEllen]

When I get my next tax refund it will be done........the full monty !

Had a K&N 571 kit on my Sierra 4*4 and the sound was rather cool with a straight six it will be even nicer !

[simonskippy]

It's like no other induction kit i've had on other cars - this is LOUD and wails like a BANSHEE

[DaveEllen]

Looks like my lex will be known as Souseix..........spelling is out punk group Suseuix & the banshees !

[wildrnes]

not siouxsie then ? ;)

[DaveEllen]

dats de one :duh:

age is my defence

[DaveEllen]

why wait til may ?

just called Mark & the carbon fibre air box & induction car are being fitted............

rang direct line to tell them of all the mods........excess now £550 premium up by £300 to £800

Looks like I'm going elsewhere :hocus-pokus:

[Fever]

Dave....well everyone actually....give www.elephant.co.uk a try. They were consistantly alot cheaper than any company i tried for car insurance....a couple of my friends have also got very good prices from them!!

Neil

[DaveEllen]

Slight technical hitch so car will be collected tomorrow (bolt sheared off on suspension)

Got in insured through the GOLD members deal for £640 ish

[bloofire]

Come on Dave! What's it like?!!!!

Bloofire

Suffering from supercharger envy.....!

[Zee007]

Dave - you home yet???? Or are you still out cruising........!!!

[DaveEllen]

still not got it

going to collect it in 1/2 hour.........so will have a few comments too make later on tonite........

Where I live is 1.5 miles from Marks place.....BUT the Thames is in the way

so bus to north greenwich---jubilee line to stratford----district line to Upney will take 1-1 1/2 hours

[wildrnes]

he'll have it by now :D :D B) :duh:

[DaveEllen]

Well..............

All I can say is GO FOR IT

throttle response is better................

no more at low revs it starts at 3000rpm and goes & goes

Lowered susppension is ace as well c/w strut brace car feels more stable and responds quicker

many thanx to Mark for doing the biz :D

Will report on m/way performance etc shortly when I find an excuse

All in all

[Zee007]

Glad to hear it Dave......... You lucky man you.......! :D

[DaveEllen]

Even a trip to the station to drop the wife off is anticipated

Got a routine when starting up

fire her up

listen to the new "busier" under bonnet noise

switch off traction control

put on smug grin

engage first gear

move off

[TonyGoose]

Will report on m/way performance etc shortly when I find an excuse

Oh believe me, you'll love that ...

Gently but firmly burying the pedal accelerating up from 100 is sweet ...

Speedo is nudging 140 + tacho approaching the red in no time

And before the 'tut tuts' start, i was in Germany and late for my ferry

Ah yes, Germany ....

where you can legally drive @ 150mph but be done for speeding at a tenth of that.

UK = what a waste of a good car

[DaveEllen]

I can imagine the top end is really good ....last night came back from shopping and was doing 90 on A2016 only realised (was chatting to er indoors when the bend needed more helm adjustment than before

Got a bit of vibration which I can feel thru the steering wheel which Mark is aware of & will fix when induction kit is fitted.

Lowering it has made it soooo much taughter....

Summer will bring the Racelogic thingy if funds permit

On Autobahns....am driving to Romania next summer so will get my chance then.....also the roads in Romania are arrow straight and fairly empty

may struggle to get Optimax petrol tho :(

[andyhart21]

I can imagine the top end is really good ....last night came back from shopping and was doing 90 on A2016 only realised (was chatting to er indoors when the bend needed more helm adjustment than before

Got a bit of vibration which I can feel thru the steering wheel which Mark is aware of & will fix when induction kit is fitted.

Lowering it has made it soooo much taughter....

Summer will bring the Racelogic thingy if funds permit

On Autobahns....am driving to Romania next summer so will get my chance then.....also the roads in Romania are arrow straight and fairly empty

may struggle to get Optimax petrol tho :(

The vibration will possibly be down to the strut brace Dave, which is exactly why I got rid of mine. I got more vibration through the steering and pedals which at the time I felt spoilt the ride a bit. Then I went and put coilovers on and made it worse than before :duh: :D

[DaveEllen]

Andy - Thanks for that :)

Mine is quite co**** first thing in the morning but wears off after a few minutes.

May remove strut brace then....

Is it easy ? I would think I make sure wheels are straight and just undo the bolts holding it on then replace n tighten

Mmmmmm looks like a job for saturday

Its bloody quick though still can't believe the change in the car :hocus-pokus:

[djanderso]

I'm so jealous - I want an S/C I want, I want!

I know the S/C puts out about 220BHP, but what does the torque rise to?

[Chris.S]

Have a look here