Supercharger or not?

[turboguru]

Hi,

I am considering supercharging me Exige S2. Has anyone on here had it done? what results did you get? were you happier with it? how much did you pay? who did it?

all help appreciated

Cheers

C

[bogie]

try www.exiges.com - a guy on there had a Bemani kit, done in Swtizerland

AFAIK the only place thats actually doing them for real in the UK is Silverstone performance...I think aout £6.5K for 240-250bhp..not sure, there was a thread on SELOC about it recently

[Gooby]

The best guys to do this is plans. The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

As with all mods, it is "doable", the question should be Am I good enough? and can I afford it if it goes badly wrong?

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

[bogie]

so which kit are Plans using and how many cars have they done then?

[Gooby]

bogie said:

so which kit are Plans using and how many cars have they done then?

From my understanding, they are doing a lot of the installs that are offered by other people. The chosen specialist takes the car to Plans for the work....

[Stephanie Plum]

Gooby said:

The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

If you're talking about the Silverstone Performance kit, no it hasn't, and it's unfair to say as such on a public forum. They have their 111R kit ready now and have one car in the market and others in installation. They have spent a long time developing this kit, in conjunction with Toyota Motorsport. There is a thread on seloc about it, and/or you can PM bosscerbera on here if you want any information.

[Boggy]

http://www.hangar111.com/turbodrive.htm

I'm considering having my Exige S either put to Cup spec or this?

Boggy

Edited by Boggy on Monday 6th August 16:12

[turboguru]

the link didn't seem to work? maybe I should buy an S then just do that too. mmnnn

[Stephanie Plum]

Duff linky Boggy......

[Gooby]

Stephanie Plum said:

Gooby said:

The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

If you're talking about the Silverstone Performance kit, no it hasn't, and it's unfair to say as such on a public forum. They have their 111R kit ready now and have one car in the market and others in installation. They have spent a long time developing this kit, in conjunction with Toyota Motorsport. There is a thread on seloc about it, and/or you can PM bosscerbera on here if you want any information.

What I have been told is a complete horror story. If it is unfair then I am sure a mod will be on the way.

[Boggy]

Stephanie Plum said:

Duff linky Boggy......

Sorry Stephanie,

I'd pasted in a work related site heaven forbid

Boggy

[Stephanie Plum]

Gooby said:

Stephanie Plum said:

Gooby said:

The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

If you're talking about the Silverstone Performance kit, no it hasn't, and it's unfair to say as such on a public forum. They have their 111R kit ready now and have one car in the market and others in installation. They have spent a long time developing this kit, in conjunction with Toyota Motorsport. There is a thread on seloc about it, and/or you can PM bosscerbera on here if you want any information.

What I have been told is a complete horror story. If it is unfair then I am sure a mod will be on the way.

I think you might find that the horror story you heard related to another company based at Silverstone who were also touting Toyota performance kits, who have since gone under.

[Boggy]

turboguru said:

the link didn't seem to work? maybe I should buy an S then just do that too. mmnnn

I'd hold off at the moment if you already have an Exige I've heard rumours about 255 kit for Lotus as well check link out it now works

Boggy

[Boggy]

turboguru said:

the link didn't seem to work? maybe I should buy an S then just do that too. mmnnn

I'd hold off at the moment if you already have an Exige I've heard rumors about 255 kit for Lotus as well check link out it now works

Boggy

[SpeedYellow]

Plans fit the official Lotus kit these days for 'Cup' cars.... not sure how they manage but I'd give them a big thumbs up as well and trust them 100%... well I have with my car!

[turboguru]

looking the mods from Hanger 111 I better get saving!

[Boggy]

SpeedYellow said:

Plans fit the official Lotus kit these days for 'Cup' cars.... not sure how they manage but I'd give them a big thumbs up as well and trust them 100%... well I have with my car!

Hiya Sir,

What's included in their kit do you know? and how much it is?

Boggy

[SpeedYellow]

They were fitting it to another S2 when mine was in there (as you know mine came with it from the factory) but it's a complete 240 kits (which means 243 hp) supplied from Lotus with all the parts. Think they were doing it for £7k ish... not sure if that was +vat though...

It's not cheap, but it is proven.... and will help with resale as it's all official products?

[peter450]

Stephanie Plum said:

Gooby said:

The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

If you're talking about the Silverstone Performance kit, no it hasn't, and it's unfair to say as such on a public forum. They have their 111R kit ready now and have one car in the market and others in installation. They have spent a long time developing this kit, in conjunction with Toyota Motorsport. There is a thread on seloc about it, and/or you can PM bosscerbera on here if you want any information.

So your saying toyota motorsport, came down to the yard, to work on an upgrade kit for another marque's car? Are you sure there not just using standard off the shelf TRD parts an sticking them on the elise....

Not saying anythings wrong with that, the bits were made by toyota for toyota engine's but to say they were developed specifically for the elise when they were not is pushing it a bit, especially since the biggest problem with tuning the elise is not the engine but the lotus ECU

[bogie]

peter450 said:

Stephanie Plum said:

Gooby said:

The silverstone kit has had some "problems".

Edited by Gooby on Monday 6th August 15:01

If you're talking about the Silverstone Performance kit, no it hasn't, and it's unfair to say as such on a public forum. They have their 111R kit ready now and have one car in the market and others in installation. They have spent a long time developing this kit, in conjunction with Toyota Motorsport. There is a thread on seloc about it, and/or you can PM bosscerbera on here if you want any information.

So your saying toyota motorsport, came down to the yard, to work on an upgrade kit for another marque's car? Are you sure there not just using standard off the shelf TRD parts an sticking them on the elise....

Not saying anythings wrong with that, the bits were made by toyota for toyota engine's but to say they were developed specifically for the elise when they were not is pushing it a bit, especially since the biggest problem with tuning the elise is not the engine but the lotus ECU

AFAIK - they use the base components from the TRD kit, then custom fabricated intercooler and associated pipework etc for an Elise/Exige install - a couple of guys on SELOC have their cars done/in progress right now so Im sure once they are ready, there will be reviews posted up