Scott134
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Well, my standard exhaust had been hanging off for a while (as you can see from some of the track photos above! Lol) and it finally gave up last week. It was pretty much scraping the floor! I have already spent a fair bit this month on suspension goodies (which will be in a later update) so I didn't have the funds for a full new shiny system. After looking around, I was tempted by the price of the mild steel Sportex systems. However, after a quick call to Chris at Lightning Motorsport, he knew some customers that were selling second-hand stainless steel systems. Chris managed to pull together a full stainless Scorpion system for me and also a Pro-Tech manifold with de-cat! It was a good deal and I got Chris to fit everything for me, as the manifold and system needed a bit of fettling to make them fit together (the system had previously been mated to a different aftermarket manifold). This system suited me well, as I didn't want a large tail pipe or anything too loud. The Scorpion has two silencer boxes in the system and so is only loud when you put your foot down!
I picked the car up this morning and Chris showed me around his work while it was still on the ramp and I have to say it was impressive work. He has done a top job with the welding required and sorting the lambda extension. The exhaust fits perfectly, looks smart and doesn't knock anywhere. I'm very pleased with it. The car feels much stronger in the higher rev range and finally has the sound to match the track-inspired theme!
I'm looking forward to testing the car out at the Autosolo in North Weald tomorrow and will get some photos/videos up after the event.
For now, here is a link to a short video on Youtube of the exhaust sound:
http://youtu.be/YeP0gCY7x84" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I picked the car up this morning and Chris showed me around his work while it was still on the ramp and I have to say it was impressive work. He has done a top job with the welding required and sorting the lambda extension. The exhaust fits perfectly, looks smart and doesn't knock anywhere. I'm very pleased with it. The car feels much stronger in the higher rev range and finally has the sound to match the track-inspired theme!
I'm looking forward to testing the car out at the Autosolo in North Weald tomorrow and will get some photos/videos up after the event.
For now, here is a link to a short video on Youtube of the exhaust sound:
http://youtu.be/YeP0gCY7x84" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;