the problem of heat !!!

[TuxMan]

in a quest to make my Noble more efficient at managing its heat the first area is the exhaust system ,the wrapping had all fallen off (so much for full service history) and generally it was in a very poor state with both a loose turbo and a loose manifold ,this ment the hole lot had to come off and be sorted .

i have seen work done by pete at Camcoat and the Ultima lads spoke very highly of the ceramic coating that he does ,the Ultima factory uses his coating on there GTR 720 exhaust system so i decided the first step was to get it all coated .

the exhaust manifolds were to be coated inside and out ,down pipe's with cats outside only and the rest of the sysrem both inside and out ,this improves the flow of the gases and keeps heat inside the exhaust ,
After the big issue of heat soak with intercooler i decided to get the rear box done as well .
Having got all the system back yesterday i,m stunned by the quality and cannot wait to get it all refitted . simon

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Edited by TuxMan on Sunday 1st March 10:46

[S26VE P]

Do your manifolds show sign's of welding repairs? As they were off (bit late now they coated) you could have strenghtened them.

[TuxMan]

no both look like new !!! have done a bit of work to support them .

[Graham-P]

Looking good Simon, I see that Ultima ownership/experience is coming through

[F.C.]

Nice job but that "Y" section is going to rob you of lots of power, while your at this stage you could look at a dual circuit exhaust (you will do this later)and a re-map and liberate the extra ponies without major mods.
there's plenty of people out there apart from Roush / Piper that can make a system for you, I had a quote from H&W for about £800 fitted.
F.C.

[TuxMan]

Yep ,be a nice further mod ,but at the moment i just want the car to be reliable and give the power its supposed to ....and look good !!! you are not wrong Graham cars a very similar only one has a better build quality

Edited by TuxMan on Sunday 1st March 17:09

[mgbond]

TuxMan said:

Yep ,be a nice further mod ,but at the moment i just want the car to be reliable and give the power its supposed to ....and look good !!! you are not wrong Graham cars a very similar only one has a better build quality

Edited by TuxMan on Sunday 1st March 17:09

Hi,

Any chance you could PM me the cost for this and contact details. I have a 2.5 and I have a 3ltr exhaust sitting here ready to go in soon. Wouldn't mind knowing what you have done to strengthen the manifolds?

Thanks

Bondy

[MrCredit]

Good use of the dining table!!

[TuxMan]

MrCredit said:

Good use of the dining table!!

yep !!! whole house is scattered with noble bits

[gaz 7404]

They look fantastic Simon, apart from solving some of the heat issues they are going to really tidy up your engine bay. Great work (ps getting a bit jealous now as ive had no spare time to sort mine out as yet, been too busy decorating boo hoo!) :^(

[TuxMan]

Hi Gaz, hopefully by the end of the week most of it will be re-fitted and looking good !! sorry about decorating !!! did all mine before xmas although the good lady has been hinting that the upstairs bathroom needs doing .................told her im booked until mid september !!

[andygtt]

TuxMan said:

the good lady has been hinting that the upstairs bathroom needs doing .................told her im booked until mid september !!

In your dreams, we all know the good lady has the power to amend the plan at will lol

[gaz 7404]

Hence why im decorating and the noble is sulking in thr garage! LOL

[S26VE P]

gaz 7404 said:

Hence why im decorating and the noble is sulking in thr garage! LOL

know that feeling. Since getting the Noble this time last year i have decorated the bathroom, lounge had a new kitchen fitted. what ever next.....

[TuxMan]

You guys are just hen pecked !!! you should all man-up and tell them the way it is ...........................by the way has anyone got somewhere i can sleep for a couple of days the credit card bill has just come in !!

[andygtt]

Hen pecked? Me? No bloody chance... But then I am getting divorced lmao


Btw simon I've done another 500 miles since we spoke and it's still not broke LOL