Nice M83 Peter the EQ8 has been a great mount for me even with my heavy GSO 14RC.
Only thing i would keep in mind is dew and water settling on the mount.
I have noticed because I'm lazy and don't bother to wipe the dew off my mount after a night the bolt heads and lots of the stainless parts of my eq8 have gone rusty.
I need to get some kind of water proofing like lanolin spay maybe