Hi all, been a while but much work completed in-between driving & enjoying the car. Now fitted slightly smaller tyres which vastly improved the clearance. Have had both front & rear valances off for restoration, bare metalled, rust cut out, new sections made n welded in, smoothed out the rear valance for a cleaner look and shortened the bumper irons by 25mm to bring it closer to car, just looks better in my opinion, stuck out too far before. Etch/Epoxy primered & 3 top coats of gloss to finish it off. New USA style number plates fitted.
Have now 100% fully poly bushed the whole car including the three rear diff mounts, all new GAZ adjustable shocks too. Drives really well now, especially now being manual. One slight niggle is when the car is warm it judders when pulling away in 1st and also when selecting reverse gear. Absolutely fine when cold, the box is an old SD1 LT77, all new clutch components oil shaft seals, rear main seal as engine was fully rebuilt 2yrs ago. All l can think of is l haven't yet properly protected the clutch master cylinder with heat wrap, l have yet to fit the heatsheild which originally protected the brake mastercylinder , the clutch master cylinder is now fitted next to it so fairly close to the rear of the exhaust manifold, so once the car is hot is the excessive heat being soaked up the clutch master cylinder and causing it to not work properly? if l pull away in 2nd gear its fine. Took the car out this morning for a quick drive and absolutely fine, nice n smooth as didnt get hot, I did the same conversation on my last P6 (red one) but l wrapped the master cylinder in heat wrap, refitted the original heat shield and wrapped the exhaust manifold too. Also made and wrapped a heat shield to sit under both master cylinders for extra protection. I'll do the same to this car and see if that cures it.