Audi conversion, toyota conversions ?

[jackal]

anyone know teh cost of the audi conversion... for like ~330bhp
can it be fitted to an Exige S2 ?

also, anyone know cost of the Benmani toyota conversion ? What sort fo power does it give and is it reliable ?


thanks
R

[EX51GE R]

According to a lot of posts on elisetalk the bemani kit though reliable does'nt deliver on the power promises.Not sure if the Audi kits are available for the S2 exige yet.

marc.

[bher]

www.bemani.ch

+/- 11000€

[purpleperil]

jackal said:

anyone know teh cost of the audi conversion... for like ~330bhp
can it be fitted to an Exige S2 ?

also, anyone know cost of the Benmani toyota conversion ? What sort fo power does it give and is it reliable ?


thanks
R

Try Silverstone Performance for Toyota conversion - circa 255 bhp and 185 ft/lb. Mine's done over 5k miles post conversion without missing a beat

[Phil-CH]

EX51GE R said:

According to a lot of posts on elisetalk the bemani kit though reliable does'nt deliver on the power promises.Not sure if the Audi kits are available for the S2 exige yet.

marc.

It seems the kit may have some problems in the US (perhaps fuel mapping related), thus the talk on them underperforming in the US. In Europe though, this is a non-issue and has been shown on independant dynos in the mean time.


Jackal:

Bemani offers two stages for the 2ZZ engine:

Stage 1 comes in around at 270hp/253Nm at the crank, includes the MP90 Eaton supercharger (0.55 bar), a water-charge cooler, 4-2-1, stronger fuel pump, updated ECU etc. Price is ~17'000 CHF (including Swiss VAT).

Stage 2 comes in somewhere between 300 and 320hp at the crank and includes various engine mods/strengthening. Smaller pulley, same water-charge cooler, 4-2-1, updated ECU etc. Price best to ask them directly...

Over 150+ kits are on Swiss/German and European roads with no known engine failures from the kit. It's a more or less identical kit to the one Bemani offered for the Toyota Corolla TS.

Best to get in touch either directly with Bemani in Switzerland or I can recommend going through the main Lotus dealer in Switzerland (Kumschick.ch) for more detailed information or thoughts on how it compares to Lotus own supercharged models.

Cheers Phil

Edited by Phil-CH on Sunday 28th October 12:13

[S Works]

Given the relative cost to change, Bemani certainly seems to offer the more compelling choice when you're looking at £ vs. ponies.

[philj]

jackal said:

anyone know teh cost of the audi conversion... for like ~330bhp
can it be fitted to an Exige S2 ?

also, anyone know cost of the Benmani toyota conversion ? What sort fo power does it give and is it reliable ?


thanks
R

Not an Exige I know, but how about this?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/255347.htm

Also, when are we going to see another Year in Motion?

Cheers

Phil

[S Works]

That is one seriously quick car. Add up what it would cost to build and it starts to look like a bargain pretty quickly.

[dmax]

[quote]

Over 150+ kits are on Swiss/German and European roads with no known engine failures from the kit.
[/quote]

in Belgium, i just know 1 Benami converted car (exige) and it went bang after about 15,000 kms.
Surely not significant stats, but...

[jackal]

thanks for the help everyone



phil, maybe in a few years
maybe never though, as you know life is a series of phases which you rarely repeat

[Esprit]

jackal said:

thanks for the help everyone



phil, maybe in a few years
maybe never though, as you know life is a series of phases which you rarely repeat

Pity... your "year in motion" vids, espeacially during your 340R phase, as well as the duranail, are permanently on my "high repeat" list.... you sir are talented!

[Phil-CH]

dmax said:

in Belgium, i just know 1 Benami converted car (exige) and it went bang after about 15,000 kms.
Surely not significant stats, but...

Interesting - any more info on this?

If it's the one I'm aware of, the engine failure was due to the oil pump breaking (hitting the rev limiter too much causes significant hard vibration), which then led to the engine going bang. There's another case of a quite prominent youtube Bemani going bang, after overreving the engine after fatal miss-shift into the wrong gear. Not directly kit related though, as this can happen with any car...

One thing is clear though: If you do intend to go any Exige with the Toyota engine, a baffled oilsump is necessary though and can be reason for failures too (semi-slicks + high speed cornering not good with the standard oil sump!).