L322 V8 tap tap tap

holidaychicken · Jan 13, 2016

i have seen the same kit for twice that and a second hand laser kit went for around £120 i think the other week.

You could always buy this kit
Amazon product

Saint.V8 · Jan 13, 2016

even with VANOS seals you will still need the timing kit to lock the cams and retime the VANOS units when refitted!

Hamster97 · Jan 13, 2016

****!
Looks like I'll have to hunt round for an indy to do it for me.

Hamster97 · Jan 13, 2016

Ooooo, swear filter lol

holidaychicken · Jan 13, 2016

yep it's pretty sensitive, its really difficult to know whether its worth giving it a good rev, see what an indy thinks of the noise and take it from there

Hamster97 · Jan 14, 2016

I think that's the plan. Thanks all for the advice.

rewmer · Jan 14, 2016

Sounds lumpy to me. My old girl was turbine smooth with 160 k on the clock. Somethings amiss......

Hamster97 · Jan 14, 2016

It's had the rear silencer removed which makes it sound a bit lumpy at lower rpm but it's the same as it was before the tapping appeared.

holidaychicken · Jan 14, 2016

Thought it sounded a bit lively, how does that sound when you are on the motorway ?

Hamster97 · Jan 15, 2016

With the cruise on and a flat road it's pretty quiet but give it some throttle and it'll wake the dead. I've never had a pedestrian step out in front of this car, it's true what they say, loud pipes save lives lol

holidaychicken · Jan 15, 2016

Probably wouldn't please the purists but sounds ok, I think it would be a little loud for me as I do like the floating feeling when you drive along with no noise but i wouldn't mind a little more growl when accelerating harder.
I do drive mine like I am chauffeuring Miss Daisy though.

tomcat59alan · Jan 15, 2016

holidaychicken said:
Probably wouldn't please the purists but sounds ok, I think it would be a little loud for me as I do like the floating feeling when you drive along with no noise but i wouldn't mind a little more growl when accelerating harder.
I do drive mine like I am chauffeuring Miss Daisy though.

I thought you were Miss Daisy.

holidaychicken · Jan 15, 2016

Only in your dreams !

tomcat59alan · Jan 15, 2016

holidaychicken said:
Only in your dreams !

You know me so well.

Hamster97 · Jan 15, 2016

Definitely not for the purists almost to the point of ruining the car but it was like this when I bought it and haven't felt the urge to put a silencer back on it yet.

holidaychicken · Jan 15, 2016

A little on the loud side, i guess it gets through the MOT ok or have you not had it that long yet?
This is quite a nice sound if you like things a little more adventurous, and i don't mean in the way tomcatAlan does

Hamster97 · Jan 15, 2016

Ye MOT was fine with the exhaust. If I change the exhaust I think it'll be for a standard one but this one masks out the tapping a bit so it's staying lol.
Quicksilver exhaust fits nice and sounds just on the right side of hearing the V8 vs quiet OEM but a grand for a backbox is way down the list of things to buy for the car.

Saint.V8 · Jan 15, 2016

.....Nuff said.....

holidaychicken · Jan 15, 2016

Nice, me thinks those straw bales wouldn't stop that hitting the crowd if it all went south..

Hamster97 · Jan 15, 2016

Don't! If I had it, one of those is the first thing I'd blow 100k on.

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