V8 Vantage Performance Upgrade

[jbelise]

Hi

I have a 2009 4.7l V8 Vantage Roadster and am looking at the Bamford Rose Sports Exhaust System.

1) Has anyone else had this fitted and, if so, would they recommend it? and
2) Does anyone have any video footage with the sound of the exhaust note post fitting?

thanks!

[Birdbrain]

I had mine done last year. Fully recommend it! Sounds awesome but no sound recording.

[jbelise]

thanks Birdbrain. So you can definitely feel the difference? And the exhaust note not too loud?

[macdeb]

What is it? Cost?

[Bouldermobile]

I would also be interested to know how the Bamford Rose exhaust compares/differs to the RS Fabrications exhaust, both in terms of sound and performance gain. Thanks.

[jbelise]

macdeb said:

What is it? Cost?

exhaust manifold, catalyst, ECU remap and airbox mod. Bit over £5k total. Package and team sound great.

[macdeb]

jbelise said:

macdeb said:

What is it? Cost?

exhaust manifold, catalyst, ECU remap and airbox mod. Bit over £5k total. Package and team sound great.

Thanks.

[leerandle]

I believe BR do a couple of performance upgrades. My understanding is that they can do a replacement cat/ECU flash and remote exhaust valve control rather than the complete exhaust. Depends on your budget I suppose.

Give Mike a call at BR, he's a great guy to chat to and will happily discuss the various pro's and con's.

[jbelise]

leerandle said:

I believe BR do a couple of performance upgrades. My understanding is that they can do a replacement cat/ECU flash and remote exhaust valve control rather than the complete exhaust. Depends on your budget I suppose.

Give Mike a call at BR, he's a great guy to chat to and will happily discuss the various pro's and con's.

Yep, you are correct about there being two options. I've chatted with Mike and indeed he is extremely helpful/knowledgeable. I just can't track down a soundtrack to hear!

[HBradley]

jbelise said:

Yep, you are correct about there being two options. I've chatted with Mike and indeed he is extremely helpful/knowledgeable. I just can't track down a soundtrack to hear!

I know this may sound obvious, but I'm sure there is someone on this forum who has had the work carried out that would be prepared to let you hear it up close & personal. Realistically, a recording just isn't going to cut it !

[V8Andrew]

Bouldermobile said:

I would also be interested to know how the Bamford Rose exhaust compares/differs to the RS Fabrications exhaust, both in terms of sound and performance gain. Thanks.

To my knowledge nobody has done a back to back test to compare the two. Mine has the full exhaust kit from DAE and an ECU tune and sounds good IMO. It made 406bhp on an independent dyno which, as a data point on its own, is largely irrelevant for comparison purposes. Before the work was done, on a different dyno, the car had made 370bhp. For a strict test you would ideally have before and after numbers same dyno same operator same day. In conclusion, it very probably has a chunk more power and definitely sounds much better!

Sounding well:
https://youtu.be/WDMqB94DlTI

In your position I'd probably select the specialist closest to you geographically.


Andrew

[Bouldermobile]

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the info and link.

The impressive gains quoted for the RS Fabrications upgrades are higher than other options offered. DAE are my nearest indie so I will see what they have to say.