Originally Posted by +8Rich
I have had both on different cars, my earlier car having the single sided and you are fully aware of the nice rumble and occasional pop but quite a muted experience, a 3.9 as well.

My present car came with the Librands Sport dual system but standard cast iron manifold, I can't say I have noticed any difference in performance but the sound is full on rumble with lots of popping on over run at around 1,500rpm. Ground clearance not an issue.


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Richard

The most restrictive part of the standard set up is the cast iron manifolds , the design is absolutely dreadful, just using the tubular exhaust manifolds will release about 15 bhp and a better torque curve.

You won't need to measure it on a dyno , believe me , you will notice it the very first time you arrive at a corner much faster than you expected.

The +8 tuning regime I would follow is

1 Better exhaust manifolds and decent silencers

2 Better intake system (K&N or foam type air cleaner to replace large box and trumpet

3 Tornado chip for ECU

Those will give you about 20 bhp . Mine went from 162 to 182 (measured on the same chassis dyno) , but the torque peak moved from 4,700 rpm down to 3,600 which meant the power was much more usable.

Last edited by MOG 615; 13/10/21 12:56 PM.

Andy G
1999 +8 , Indigo Blue.
Ex-John McKecknie/Mike Duncan 1955 +4 racer.