..and it easily pulled over 5,500rpm down the Lavant Straight in top -
Cool - what were you getting pre G56?
In truth I don't really remember, but somewhere around the 105-110mph mark on the speedo I think. On Monday it was showing about 120 or just over from where I was sat, although the turbulence was making it hard to concentrate on anything but the rapidly approaching Woodcote corner at that point.... But the extra torque is really noticeable and the punch out of the Chicane is brilliant.
And only two small component casualties during the day. I had to do an emergency modification of the Oil Tank Cap the night before as the gasket was just starting to give way and crumble (fortunately still in one piece at that point) and my 'fix' using a homemade gasket needed to be REALLY tight to stop it leaking. IT took me a couple of goes to get to hold fluid tightly - I HATE oil leaks! Plus it broke a 2nd Exhaust Stud on the offside cylinder again (the same, upper one), so this time I slightly repositioned the silencer after replacing the stud again, as it may have been putting too much stress on it. If I break another I will go get me a set of proper ARP studs and be done with it.
Best of all was the 97dB that the G56 pipes made at 4000rpm, which is quieter than the stock pipes measured last year!
