WOW WOW WOW - 2 tonne ICBM....W

I know what you mean.
I have the camberplates, Eibach springs and Bilstein shocks, 19" wheels, all new OEM bushings though.... the car handles great.

Will look into new brake lines as I really don't like the soft feel of the brakes right now.
And performance bushings when I need a new set.

However, I have a different project in the making with my 8...... lets just say shes about to get a serious steroid injection
I will inform on this nearer summertime.

does the brake-pedal feel really improve? I have my doubts, so far..

(or might you say that it just might be an effect of your overall satisfaction, that you also see a brake-padal feel improvement??)

just wondering whether I should get the same brake lines..

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Spec is:-
Phoenix Camber Plates
Eibach Springs all round - lowered a bit - but very subtle.
Poweflex polybushes to roll bar and thrust arms.

I also had the fluid changed to 5.1 and some braided brake hoses fitted, this now gives a very firm, predictable, pedal, rather than "oh my god will I stop" spongy feel of the pedal with the standard hoses.

Whilst I havent got the poly bushes, opting for the CSi roll bar instead, I have the same set-up too, along with bilsteins. Roundabouts as so much more fun now, and the car does feel a few hundred kilos lighter all round. That said, it's no rally car, but hey it's all about relative values. Before it was a 2 tonne barge, now it's a 2 tonne go kart

As for the brake lines, I really can't remember how they used to feel. However, I've also got an 2005 X3, and relative to that, the e31 brakes are still shocking, indeed, my VW T28 (174) stops quicker, which is just as well since it is nearly as fast

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I feel a supercharger implant coming!

well.... two actually
and a custom de-cat stainless exhaust, pretty much straight pipes intothe stock mufflers, should be loud enough.
Hoping to have it all in place by June.


As for brakes, My M3 has fantastic brakes, so I get a little shock everytime I take the 8 out for a spinn, the pedal is softer, and needs to be depressed far more than the M3.
I know I will never get the M3 feel on the 850's brakes, but I sure would like it to improve.

With the comming power boost I'm concidering a big brake kit too, so time will show.

Have thought about swaybars too, Tony, did you install all at once, or can you tell what changes the sway bar made?

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Have thought about swaybars too, Tony, did you install all at once, or can you tell what changes the sway bar made?

the sway bar (at front) went in at the same time as the Eibachs and Camber plates. So no way of telling what specific difference they caused, except that the overall effect transformed the car - clearly due to a vareity of enhancements. Still, they 'must' be better since there are standard equipment on the CSi ???

My 'e31-blindness' was at it's peak a year ago or so.... and the wallet suffered badly.....

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well.... two actually

I would be interested to know what twin superchargers you would be using as the last attempt with twin SC was rather less than a complete success. You should be able to use a single unit like mine unless you are going over 600bhp.

8Tech.

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I would be interested to know what twin superchargers you would be using as the last attempt with twin SC was rather less than a complete success. You should be able to use a single unit like mine unless you are going over 600bhp.

8Tech.

I have spoken to John and I have one of his kit's comming my way
the kit is in this thread.
From the pictures I thought it was a twin setup, but I might be wrong, never thought about asking.

http://www.8er.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7934

They have about 450hp estimated at the crank on this first car, but I have a different cam setup, and will probably have a slightly different mapping on mine because of this.
My current setup boosts the stock 300hp n/a V12 to 354hp, so one would expect the same 50hp gain to be there after the charger, so somewhere around 500+ is what I expect my car to put out.

John's kit is a single centrifugal supercharger fitted similar to this.

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John's kit is a single centrifugal supercharger fitted similar to this.

OK, guess the picture with the two supercharges confused me

Anyway, I think it will be fun

Most certainly will be.