braveheart Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Spoke to SW last nite and asked for a few snaps of the White Lightning's progression, so here we go its defo shaping into what ive been looking for...the turbo housing and RCM up pipe downpipe waiting to come back from ceramic coating then start assembling... and we will be good to go got my date for the new ECU simtek from the man himself Andy F.. Will be on the road no later than the 10th July roll on... will post more pics as the cars being assembeled.. Cheers..
frank c Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 [ I had my eye on this the other day................................................ one day
braveheart Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 looking serious chris, Ohh yes it serious this time this is going to give a few lads a fright i think i enjoyed it when it was 470 its going to e exiting Driving it over the 500 ...and the set up with the new cams and all the other good bits..a totally diffrent car
braveheart Posted June 23, 2009 Author Posted June 23, 2009 I had my eye on this the other day................................................ one day Ahh you leave it alone Frank lol ............... not long untill your pax lap mate your car is coming along swell my friend
fai17 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Looking real good Chris The garage looks spotless and please keep the pics coming. What turbo did you go for?
mikeyb13 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 It was needin more power though! Cant what too see it on knockhill Hope you dont mind taking your Hairdresser friends out for a wee run lol Fingers crossed should be able to post some pics of the new car tonight. When you planning on taking it on the track. Ill try book up for the same day
braveheart Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 Looking real good Chris The garage looks spotless and please keep the pics coming. What turbo did you go for? Cheers Peter ye just waiting on the Parts finished being painted... How long untill your is on the road..??? must be getting ichy feet by now he he i am..
braveheart Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 It was needin more power though! Cant what too see it on knockhillHope you dont mind taking your Hairdresser friends out for a wee run lol Fingers crossed should be able to post some pics of the new car tonight. When you planning on taking it on the track. Ill try book up for the same day Hey Mikey lad good to hear from you pal, of course i dont mind taking you out every one has a hairdressor friend he he...glad you got the car wont spoil it for you tho, cant wait for you post the pics she is a cracker well done...it will be on the track first SIDC track day in July and any other days i can get lol oh and a Crail to see wot she can do i guess...
gus the bus Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Spoke to SW last nite and asked for a few snaps of the White Lightning's progression, so here we go its defo shaping into what ive been looking for...the turbo housing and RCM up pipe downpipe waiting to come back from ceramic coating then start assembling... and we will be good to go got my date for the new ECU simtek from the man himself Andy F..Will be on the road no later than the 10th July roll on... will post more pics as the cars being assembeled.. Cheers.. Mmmmmm jummy
sma01 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 that looks superb mate, bet you cant wait to drive it, mine shouldnt be too much longer behind you being finished i hope... scott
braveheart Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 that looks superb mate, bet you cant wait to drive it, mine shouldnt be too much longer behind you being finished i hope...scott Cheers Scott, ye its nice to see the jig saw get put back togeather ...its great reading some of the threads just now there is some fantastic builds going around and will be a bit of a show when all at knockhill i guess .... and an empty savings account or almost for alot of us lol not seen any pics of you car need to get some posted mate ...or maby im looking in the wrong place ..hope it goes well glad your not far away...?? Cheers Chris
fai17 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Cheers Peter ye just waiting on the Parts finished being painted...How long untill your is on the road..??? must be getting ichy feet by now he he i am.. Only god knows mate Itchy feet,hands bum,the lot LOL
braveheart Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 Looks good Chris.......when you back? Cheers Andy... back on the 9th July hows the motor .... ??
ANDYJDMSTI Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Cheers Andy... back on the 9th July hows the motor .... ?? it is sweet as!!! Looks like i will be away when you get back.
braveheart Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 it is sweet as!!! Looks like i will be away when you get back. No probs mate be safe...
soundie Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Ohh yes it serious this time this is going to give a few lads a fright i think i enjoyed it when it was 470 its going to e exiting Driving it over the 500 ...and the set up with the new cams and all the other good bits..a totally diffrent car I'd love to have the cash just to hand my motor over to SW for him to make it ridiculous. dead jelous for 470 - 490 just get this i reckon Edited June 25, 2009 by soundie
braveheart Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 I'd love to have the cash just to hand my motor over to SW for him to make it ridiculous. dead jelous for 470 - 490 just get this i reckon Yes Steve has had a bit of a free rain to do what he has wanted, tbh with the expense of my cash lol however i knew what i wanted and he pointed me in the right direction and im sure he does that with all his customers....wish i would of listened to him he said i should of been happy with the power it was producing and my words were mmmmmmm are you ever happy with what you got... ..see ya soon
soundie Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 yeah thats the thing - we all have this illness to a certain degree. I tell myself I'm happy with my car just now, simply because it frustrates me there's already too much power for our roads. If I had more power I'd definately be in trouble. I'm just concentrating on response and handling. i wonder as well sometimes how much difference it ACtually makes between like 350 and 500, on our roads. be good to find a private road sometime and find out fun too.
fai17 Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 yeah thats the thing - we all have this illness to a certain degree. I tell myself I'm happy with my car just now, simply because it frustrates me there's already too much power for our roads. If I had more power I'd definately be in trouble. I'm just concentrating on response and handling.i wonder as well sometimes how much difference it ACtually makes between like 350 and 500, on our roads. be good to find a private road sometime and find out fun too. Chris...on the back road there is nothing in it between 350 and 500 but when ever the roads open up with a lengthy straight it will be bye bye from the bigger bhp car.But the smaller turbo car will accelerate out of the corners quicker! But in all honesty it is on track and strip where the 500 will excell.But and a big but is the 500 will be more of a hand full if it is not set up correctly. So you really can't have a 500 car and not have the brakes and chassis up grade to cope. Its an endless money pit when you are spend on power mods.LOL Just ask Braveheart
pmacFTO Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 I always notice that about Steve's garage - very tidy! Has he still got that Lotus in for some mad engine upgrade?
braveheart Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 Chris...on the back road there is nothing in it between 350 and 500 but when ever the roads open up with a lengthy straight it will be bye bye from the bigger bhp car.But the smaller turbo car will accelerate out of the corners quicker!But in all honesty it is on track and strip where the 500 will excell.But and a big but is the 500 will be more of a hand full if it is not set up correctly. So you really can't have a 500 car and not have the brakes and chassis up grade to cope. Its an endless money pit when you are spend on power mods.LOL Just ask Braveheart That's very true Fai 17 however you missed another part of that set up the driver, he/she plays a massive part in it iv'e seen lads with big BHP on the track and dont know how to utilise the power so there is many parts to it and will agree it is an endless money pit and you can vouch for that Fai17 But hey thats what modding is all about... our cars are not race cars there just a a bit modified lol...
braveheart Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) yeah thats the thing - we all have this illness to a certain degree. I tell myself I'm happy with my car just now, simply because it frustrates me there's already too much power for our roads. If I had more power I'd definately be in trouble. I'm just concentrating on response and handling.i wonder as well sometimes how much difference it ACtually makes between like 350 and 500, on our roads. be good to find a private road sometime and find out fun too. Yes defo do the brakes and handeling first... you need to be able to stop the car. Im not that fussed about the BHP im interested in the fun factor and once that dies i need a quick fix again lol so its a mod to help it out..Ive diven a 350 and my 470 suby and to tell you the truth i was hitting 1 bar of boost by 2700 revs at 1.8 bar of boost Stevie will tell you the acceleration was mad on they windy road it was still bye bye ... it all depends on the set up the car.. Hopefully ive covered everything now to Transmission, brakes, suspension the list never ends... but to put it on the track and over take cars that are big money is worth every penny... Edited June 25, 2009 by braveheart
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