Mr bountyfull returns from dreadnought

[Tim]

Nice looking black box

[stevemiller]

Nice looking black box

I have to say the engine bay now looks more complete!!!!

Steve.

[GeoffW]

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

[willow]

I assume the supercharger is new then! First impressions???

[stevemiller]

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.

Steve.

[colintf]

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.

Steve.

looks good Steve

teh acceloration times would be very interesting thanks!!

[Stu C]

looks good Steve

teh acceloration times would be very interesting thanks!!

Looks like we definatly need a trip to Santa Pod (or other such quater mile venues)

[ColinE]

I think we need to plan a bank job!

Looks good and yes I am jealous

[willow]

Sounds fabulous.

How's it get on with the 260's traction control?

The first thing I do when I get in the 260 is turn it off as I find it annoying.

Does anyone actually use the traction control and find it useful?

I was going to ask Dreadnought their thoughts on it if I went for the upgrade.

"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."

I think £7.2k is ok. It moves the car up to the performance of cars costing several times that. Does anyone know the 0-60 of a SC'd 260?

[Keith]

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

In the wet, well, you need to be sensible and sober!