strange looking exhaust on ebay with promisses in hp...

[GTRene]

Hi, while looking on ebay I came across this exhaust from Hong kong? for Elise S2 and more...also a nice BIG bore manifold on the same page...
I never saw this type, anyone here know this ore use those?

http://cgi.ebay.nl/LOTUS-ELISE-S2-EXHAUST-BACK-BOX-V


GTRene

[shangani]

These have been on sale for a while. The one pictured was iirc the same as one the bogie tried a while back. We asked him about it on a previous thread - might be worth a searc. Forget the horse power gains, apparently it was so loud you could hear it miles away. They have made a newer version that is a bit quieter. Bogie took his off iirc and put on a Janspeed, which is loud enough!

[shangani]

Here is one of the links.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=182622&f=15&h=0&hw=EXHAUST+HONG+KONG

[GTRene]

Oké thanks...I forget this one then

[benno1]

GTRene said:

Hi, while looking on ebay I came across this exhaust from Hong kong? for Elise S2 and more...also a nice BIG bore manifold on the same page... I never saw this type, anyone here know this ore use those? http://cgi.ebay.nl/LOTUS-ELISE-S2-EXHAUST-BACK-BOX-V GTRene

I've tried one of these and they are L...O...U...D... as hell. Nicely made though.
All the gimmicks in the world won't make a silencer that size stop your eardrums bleeding at over 70mph!

[shangani]

Well put

[GTRene]

so when you wanted to do trackdays and stay friends with your neigbours, don't buy it
Here in the Netherlands they do DB competitions on cardays so maybe only use them there

[scott64]

I bought one of these ages ago, totally fab. No problems getting on at Snetterton, seeing the locals shaking there heads is now common place, even if I'm only doing 20 mph. Coupled with an induction kit she sounds fantastic. Do it!

[abz 7001]

Do IT! I have one too, Sincliares reluctantly fitted it having fitted the earlier version to a certain Bogie - smiles all round, it is obscenely loud but puts smiles on kids faces, sounds phenomenal in tunnels and screams under full chat. Fantastic build quality at a great price. I had a Janspeed on for 3 years that I blew and this knocks its socks off, have CRP too so it spits the odd flame under heavy load - will try to record a clip tomorow of m pulling away. I love it. Stu

[shangani]

You blokes do make me laugh - flames! (Not disputing it, but I laugh every time I see it on the track)

[beachbum]

Do they do a 111R version ?

[GTRene]

beachbum said:

Do they do a 111R version ?

There's nothing about that on that site, just S1 and S2 111S I believe

[AlexT]

Yes, let's hear this ebay exhaust!

Got that sound clip yet? I want to compare its note to the Larini....I am itching to buy an exhaust but I just cant make a decision through lack of info!

[bogie]

awesome bit of kit - build quality is top notch and sounds the danglies...too loud fo rme though - with no CRP I was hitting 130dB at full chat ...no good for trackdays so have a Janpspeed supersport now at 98dB

They do do a 'road' version - it looks similar to a Tubi and of similar quality at 1/3rd price - great service too from them

[GTRene]

bogie said:

awesome bit of kit - build quality is top notch and sounds the danglies...too loud fo rme though - with no CRP I was hitting 130dB at full chat ...no good for trackdays so have a Janpspeed supersport now at 98dB They do do a 'road' version - it looks similar to a Tubi and of similar quality at 1/3rd price - great service too from them

130db is nice for a moment but not so allround for the most of us indeed(great sound I guess)
Any idea what the road version puts out in DB? and 1/3 price sounds better too
I think its best to stay within the trackday noice all the time, or you have to invent some little mufflers that you can fix over the loud endpipes, like a gunsilencer, silence when you wanted, and NO I'm not a hitman
GTRene

[shangani]

Those mufflers over the tips do iirc play havoc with the back pressure. I can recall at least 2 posts relating to blown / damaged engines at trackdays. I would think it needs looking into before deciding on this route.

[GTRene]

I agree, when you only put some kind of plug in it...its bad for your engine! so the flow has to stay.
Only way doing that whye keeping the rest origenal is to make it a bit longer using a flow-through pipe with many holes in it then cover that with silence material, so its gona look like the gunsilencer I guess...long pipes you get then but for a trackday thats better then not aloud to drive without silencer material(over the limit)
but as you mentioned, you have to calculate it all before you going that route...

[Mikey_W]

AlexT said:

Yes, let's hear this ebay exhaust! Got that sound clip yet? I want to compare its note to the Larini....I am itching to buy an exhaust but I just cant make a decision through lack of info!

I would appreciate a sound clip of the exhaust if possible?

I want to make a decision on which exhaust to go for..

[tonyhetherington]

To the guys above asking for sounds clips of exhausts (apologies to everyone who sees me say this a zillion times now, it's just in case they've not!)...

click on my name on the left of this post, and under videos, you can see comparisons I've made with my Larini/CRP exhaust with the standard S2 111S offering.

(I'm really tempted just to buy that £200 mega loud exhaust for the sheer bloody fun of it and put it on for a couple of weeks )

[Mikey_W]

tonyhetherington said:

To the guys above asking for sounds clips of exhausts (apologies to everyone who sees me say this a zillion times now, it's just in case they've not!)... click on my name on the left of this post, and under videos, you can see comparisons I've made with my Larini/CRP exhaust with the standard S2 111S offering. (I'm really tempted just to buy that £200 mega loud exhaust for the sheer bloody fun of it and put it on for a couple of weeks )

My thoughts exactly!!!