So...
I moved house to Cambridge
Err that's about it!
820 wise the exhaust that was NEW and BRANDED (Klarius - there's a reason they went bankrupt methinks) lasted just UNDER two years before rusting through completely and sounding like a gentalially challenged 17 year old's corsa!
Booked into Demand Engineering in Ipswich to have a full stainless steel system built for it, from the manifold back. (Longlife)
2 1/2 " straight though system with no cat converter (LPG emissions test is far less stringent
)Sounds like an old MGB according to TheOldMan and eldest, to me it just sounds a little fruity at the top end, no rasp, no fart not 110dBa.
Transferable lifetime guarantee
BIG boost in low end torque and probably something up top (my bottom dynamometer is not that accurate!)
Also washed it and waxed it for the first time since May, poor thing needed something before winter. Lacquer is blooming on the bonnet and my bumpers that I resprayed are both stonechipped to hell and back, towing scarred and cracking (rush job repairing cracks in my replacement rear bumper) Touched up with paint left over and it passes the 10' test
New front drop links (I forgot just how the 800 LOVES to eat front drop links like penny sweets)
New pads all round
New ignition coil pack (old one randomly decided to die completely on one cylinder
)Still been a first time starter and very reliable daily driver (flat battery once because I left the boot unlatched - does that count?)
Still averaging 24mpg on gas though that is dropping using it for shopping trips in Cambridge - hoof it a few times up the A14 or load her up to the rafters and I get 19, a bit ouchy until I look at the receipt and remind myself it would cost twice that on petrol near enough. Be normal and 22mpg is what I'm getting
Enjoy!
(phone pictures - apologies)
No way this is catching on speedbumps!
Gorgeous 2-into-1 collector I think it goes from 2x 1 3/4" to 2 1/2"
No cat
Fitted the biggest silencer that would fit aiming to reduce the noise (had to go back and change it for a smaller one afterwards as it droned at a certain RPM)
Slip joints and flexi's are also covered in the guarentte
And subtle almost OEM exhaust tips that look right at home IMHO
All for the time being - I have a house to refurbish and some cars to play with
I'll try to keep in contact better, honest
