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[chrisgixer]

Don't allow anything to hang low without protection around it, esp the way you drive.  Been there, learnt by my silly mistake 

On my car, the cats sit lower than ALL of those pictured. Once I looked I was surprised I haven't hit one of those stupid speed cushions in mine.

I did consider grinding it off if needs be.

[chrisgixer]

Oh, another thing, the mounts I have are 70mm deep. If I place a 70mm block of wood to replicate the depth of these on on the box section, with engine on top it sits too high with throttle body and pas bottle rubbing on the bonet under side.

So, unless I can find 40mm odd deep engine mounts, there work to do there. And as said the engine to mount brackets need changing too.

Rallydesign have heavy duty rubber mounts in both 35 and 50mm(both stock Ford sizes) for £6 each.
Land rovers use very similar parts, which you can find easily.
Or you could make captive ones using a suspension void bush and some tubing, like on Escort world-cup crossmembers. Although that's unlikely to be necessary on a roadcar.

Good man Nick, I'll take a look see.

[aaronjb]

For engine mounts I'd either;

Go for a 'bobbin' style as Nick suggests (Land/Rover V8, etc) of a suitable height - lots of different variations available, or;
Go for a universal weld on mount: http://www.jegs.com/i/Trans+Dapt/969/4501/10002/-1, or;
Search www.jegs.com or www.summitracing.com - there are about a billion* different variations of LSx mounts available

If you find what you want stateside and you don't want to personally import it, try www.topspeedautomotive.co.uk - they're round the corner from me at work so I can call in and pick bits up, and they got me a QuickTime bellhousing in from the US in under a fortnight for about the same as it would have cost me direct.. really helpful oldschool guys.

P.S. Going back to traction control - yes, RaceLogic stuff is not cheap.. I think about £800 now for a full system, but well worth it and a million times better than the Omega system, certainly the FL one.

*slight exaggeration but, really, only very slight!

[Kevin Wood]

Oh, another thing, the mounts I have are 70mm deep. If I place a 70mm block of wood to replicate the depth of these on on the box section, with engine on top it sits too high with throttle body and pas bottle rubbing on the bonet under side.

So, unless I can find 40mm odd deep engine mounts, there work to do there. And as said the engine to mount brackets need changing too.

Rallydesign have heavy duty rubber mounts in both 35 and 50mm(both stock Ford sizes) for £6 each.
Land rovers use very similar parts, which you can find easily.
Or you could make captive ones using a suspension void bush and some tubing, like on Escort world-cup crossmembers. Although that's unlikely to be necessary on a roadcar.

Good man Nick, I'll take a look see.

Yep, I was about to recommend Rally Design too.

[2woody]

want a Racelogic traction control system - I have one spare......

[TheBoy]

I'm guessing gayboy wants, if at all possible, just the standard OE electronic aids, rather than aftermarket add-ons, even if the add-ons are more advanced, purely to keep the cabin standard.

I may be wrong, of course....

[chrisgixer]

As groomer kiddy fiddler says, really. Oe is my preference. But thanks for the offer. I'll bare it in mind.

Current area of focus is the engine mounts, rack/column and exhaust manifold side of the engine.

...And getting some welding practice in.
(Thanks to Gaffers and Shakeng there )

[2woody]

no problem.

just for reference, the racelogic system is not detectable from a cabin perspective. It has one switch and one lamp, which could easily be the ones already there

[Marks DTM Calib]

Interestingly, a work collegue has a VXR8 which is currently sat at Walkinshaw Performance having this installed:

http://www.walkinshawperformance.co.uk/wp/uk/products/default.asp?content=Vauxhall VXR8&id=81
Hes due to get it back late on friday so will see if I can get a few pics next week.

[tunnie]

Interestingly, a work collegue has a VXR8 which is currently sat at Walkinshaw Performance having this installed:

http://www.walkinshawperformance.co.uk/wp/uk/products/default.asp?content=Vauxhall VXR8&id=81
Hes due to get it back late on friday so will see if I can get a few pics next week.

VXR8 was not exactly slow before either 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Think he said its mid to high 500's on the bhp after.

[05omegav6]

Standard fit on the latest VXR8 iirc

[Marks DTM Calib]

Standard fit on the latest VXR8 iirc

Only the GTS variant 

[05omegav6]

Standard fit on the latest VXR8 iirc

Only the GTS variant 

Thought the VF was only blown

[chrisgixer]

HooohohoHOOOOO that will be fun.


Very interesting Mark. More than my whole package put together.