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    Just had the car returned after some under bonnet mods. The car had been away for some time so let it have some!!!. Yesterday snow foamed and 3bm. Today quick snow foam and rinse followed by clay, rinse & dry. Then polished with AG ultra deep shine then body waxed with Harlys. Wheels waxed with turtle wax nano wheel wax and tyres treated to some megs high endurance.

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    Nice looking black box
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Nice looking black box
    I have to say the engine bay now looks more complete!!!!

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    nice and shiny under that hood, another proud owner if ever there was one

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    I assume the supercharger is new then! First impressions???
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    Quote Originally Posted by willow View Post
    I assume the supercharger is new then! First impressions???
    The power is there no question but unlike the turbocharged cars I have had there is no waiting and then that nice shove of torque. It is almost the same linear delivery of the standard car just lots more of it, it fair go's!!!
    Then there is the noise, don't push it and you would never no there is anything but a lovely yank V8 under the bonnet. However once pressed the whine is rather addictive.

    As stated in a previous post the 50-70mph in top has dropped by almost a third so a big change. I will post other times soon.
    It may be hard to justify 7.2k on a car that not worth much more but I would do it again knowing what I know now. I hope this helps anyone out there saving hard.

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    First and lasting impressions are (in the dry) snaking out of roundabouts in 2nd then up in to 3rd and then rocketing off leaving nearly everything else to become rapidly reducing small dots.

    The boost from the SC is not instantaneous but does give a fair kick in the pants even with such a heavy car, passengers certainly notice my kids tend to go quiet for a while!

    Unfortunately being able to continue the experiencing for more than a few seconds becomes a bit risky points wise as you rapidly hit the speed limit.

    I need to find a private road as I want to see just how well mine continues to pull in 4th and up into 5th

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    The noise is wonderful as you say, but is it masked by Zeros or X-Powers? One of the reasons I am still on standards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mister bountyfull View Post
    The power is there no question but unlike the turbocharged cars I have had there is no waiting and then that nice shove of torque. It is almost the same linear delivery of the standard car just lots more of it, it fair go's!!!
    Then there is the noise, don't push it and you would never no there is anything but a lovely yank V8 under the bonnet. However once pressed the whine is rather additive.

    As stated in a previous post the 50-70mph in top has dropped by almost a third so a big change. I will post other times soon.
    It may be hard to justify 7.2k on a car that not worth much more but I would do it again knowing what I know now. I hope this helps anyone out there saving hard.

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    looks good Steve

    teh acceloration times would be very interesting thanks!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by eState Trooper View Post
    The noise is wonderful as you say, but is it masked by Zeros or X-Powers? One of the reasons I am still on standards.
    I've had standards followed by XPowers now on Cobras. From the cabin the supercharger is not masked at all as it howls from 3k up. As for the Cobras they resonate at 50-60mph which is a bit of a pain as this is the speed most traffic moves at on A routes. I love the quad look but I will be moving back to the X's once I have had them cut back to suit the saloon, they are for the ZTT.
    Unless someone has saloon's X's and need X's for there ZTT.

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