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by vxr maniac Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:44 pm

first of all i have to say a big thanks to john and the guys at courtnays for working there magic on my bus. i arrived there on monday morning where my bus was taken straight in for the work to begin.
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first off was the intercooler
out with the old
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and in with the new
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next was the old exhaust off and the standard diff out
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and then in with the quaffie lsd
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once this was done the new miltek could be fitted

first was courtnays down pipe
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then on with the miltek sports cat
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the centre silencer
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and then the lovely back boxes
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next on the list was to improve the stopping power so on went the courtney 16 grove discs, mintex fast road pads, braided hoses, cooling ducts and 5.1dot brake fluid
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then finally on went the courtnays uprated actuator and bracket
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after 2 days of work it was time to map it and test the power

after 3.5 hours on the rollers and several different maps and a bit of adjustment i was very happy with the results i now have 289.42bhp and 338.71lbs of torque
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once again many thanks to all those at courtnays for working there magic on my bus what an amazing drive home i had. i dont think i stopped grinning and i'm still grinning now