Henry_b

Think outside, no box required.

• Mar 20, 2021

• #21

tomcat59alan said:

To say nothing about the one he sold it too

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You're right Alan.

I'm not all there at the best of times

She was quite cheap part of a divorce settlement and he wanted it off his drive before the wife got it! , it had some rust as per usual however it was a vogue manual and great to drive

Not quite as good as the P38 hence why I sold it

 

norseman

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• Mar 20, 2021

• #22

locket said:

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/auto-illuminate-uk/

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I can't see anything comparable to my originals on this site. Can you confirm you carried out this mod. on a RRC & if so the code for the LED's you used?
Many thanks again.

 

norseman

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• Mar 20, 2021

• #23

Tasty looking Classic, not sure about the stick-job though
I will have owned my 3.5efi for 13yrs. come this summer & the only thing I regret not doing back then was uprating the camshaft for a bit more grunt. Other than that I can't fault the old girl, it only had 40k on the clock when I bought it hence the urge to change the cam. The car has done barely 20k since & now I think why bother at my age ... another missed opportunity

 

Henry_b

Think outside, no box required.

• Mar 20, 2021

• #24

Really liked my Classic only real issue was it was far too tight, my left knee would **** the steering wheel every time I changed gear, the dead pedal was in the wrong place too, if it had been Auto i'd still have it

Complete new suspension Koni shocks and Oem springs, diesel spec springs on the front and standard in the rear new bushes in all around along with A frame joints.
New brakes EBC discs and pads IIRC
New Rear crossmember, sills and rear arch.
Paintwork polished.
New composite headgaskets and ARP studs with Piper torquemax camshaft, it really did go well.

Never too late to tinker Norseman

 

norseman

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• Mar 21, 2021

• #25

Tinkering is one thing Henry, forking out a couple of grand to have the work done is something else
The vast majority of the time the factory output is sufficient, just occasionally though ... entering a fast DC from a slip road or exiting a roundabout for example, a bit more poke would be nice & safer too. But then the Classic is a second car & normally (pre Covid) covers no more than 2K per annum so it's difficult for me to justify the cost of having the motor uprated.

 

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Ratae

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• Mar 21, 2021

• #26

Drop it down a gear.

 

norseman

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• Mar 21, 2021

• #27

Ratae said:

Drop it down a gear.

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LOL such a move has more effect on my BMW than a RRC in standard factory tune

 

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Ratae

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• Mar 22, 2021

• #28

FWIW mine's 3.5EFi ZF box.
Many (most?) just put them in 'D' & rely on kick down for a bit of extra 'oomph'.
Starting off in 1 then manually selecting 2 then 3 at the top end of the revs in each gear does the job.
But they're big heavy vehicles with the aerodynamics of a garden shed so racing cars they aren't

I've no idea what the actual mileage on the engine is as it had had a replacement not long before I bought it in 1994.
Did a top end overhaul a couple of years ago - standard cam, followers, chain, gears plus valve springs & check & reseat valves.
Some wear on the old items but nothing horrendous.
Whilst it did make a difference to performance it wasn't massive.