Hi All
Well as I didn't get anything for my birthday back in Feb, the wife treated me to a V8 for Valentines day.
Slightly excited about this, as the PS4 option was looking a bit naff as there are no games that I'm remotely interested in.
Well done Wifey.
So with all sorts of ideas running through my head as what to do with it ranging from:-
Engine swap for the Magnum
VIP it
Manualise it and have some plain good old fun.
bodykits n the like.
I've decided just to lower it on it's air suspension and then get some wheels when resources allow.
This is of course after I decided to cut the pre back boxes out to let her be heard proper like.
Then I decided I hate the look of the later spec lights she came with so I swapped them out last night for original '92 spec.
original on the left later spec '95+ on the right...
I've found some nice replacements out in the states from clear corners but at £1k that's almost what I paid for the car!
So having stripped the carpet out the boot this is what I came across, ok the only difference from the photo being that the orange amp was actually glued to the inside rear quarter panel.
Yes that second amp really is just sat on top of the fuel tank, squashed in place by a folded over rubber hose, a piece of ply and the silver heat sink thing sat on top of it all.....god knows what the heat sink is for or why it's bolted to the parcel shelf but there you go..
The wiring was as you see it though, a total mess. That chunky power cable runs the entire length of the car and isn't fused at all.
With that and the petrol tank breather pointing in to the boot, I'm kinda glad I didn't know I was piloting a potential fire bomb!
Any overspill neatly captured in the boot therefore saving the wastage of hitting the ground and trickling away..
So removed both amps, some japanese DVD player come satnav black box for the TV that was removed by the previous owner.
Tidied all the loose wiring and then fitted the remaining cluster, finished about midnight last night and then realised i'd stopped my alarm from working, probably due to disconnecting the battery.
So I'll do that reset later.
So hopefully next week she'll be getting lowered, a couple of turns on the ride height adjuster should close the gap to something a bit more respectable.
Then maybe i'll get around to replacing the stereo or not can't decide as the V8 sounds lovely.
I'll add a side view later so you can see how she sits.
Ciao for now
Nick
Well as I didn't get anything for my birthday back in Feb, the wife treated me to a V8 for Valentines day.
Slightly excited about this, as the PS4 option was looking a bit naff as there are no games that I'm remotely interested in.
Well done Wifey.
So with all sorts of ideas running through my head as what to do with it ranging from:-
Engine swap for the Magnum
VIP it
Manualise it and have some plain good old fun.
bodykits n the like.
I've decided just to lower it on it's air suspension and then get some wheels when resources allow.
This is of course after I decided to cut the pre back boxes out to let her be heard proper like.
Then I decided I hate the look of the later spec lights she came with so I swapped them out last night for original '92 spec.
original on the left later spec '95+ on the right...
I've found some nice replacements out in the states from clear corners but at £1k that's almost what I paid for the car!
So having stripped the carpet out the boot this is what I came across, ok the only difference from the photo being that the orange amp was actually glued to the inside rear quarter panel.
Yes that second amp really is just sat on top of the fuel tank, squashed in place by a folded over rubber hose, a piece of ply and the silver heat sink thing sat on top of it all.....god knows what the heat sink is for or why it's bolted to the parcel shelf but there you go..
The wiring was as you see it though, a total mess. That chunky power cable runs the entire length of the car and isn't fused at all.
With that and the petrol tank breather pointing in to the boot, I'm kinda glad I didn't know I was piloting a potential fire bomb!
Any overspill neatly captured in the boot therefore saving the wastage of hitting the ground and trickling away..
So removed both amps, some japanese DVD player come satnav black box for the TV that was removed by the previous owner.
Tidied all the loose wiring and then fitted the remaining cluster, finished about midnight last night and then realised i'd stopped my alarm from working, probably due to disconnecting the battery.
So I'll do that reset later.
So hopefully next week she'll be getting lowered, a couple of turns on the ride height adjuster should close the gap to something a bit more respectable.
Then maybe i'll get around to replacing the stereo or not can't decide as the V8 sounds lovely.
I'll add a side view later so you can see how she sits.
Ciao for now
Nick