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[chris_uk]

no, yours are 308mm ones. these will not fit under 16's as they are 330mm and are blummin massive!

[2bular]

I have a 2Bular which Jim stuffed with the new wadding stuff and whilst it is noisy (98dB) it hasn't got any noisier in the 20k I have done since fitting it. Did Brands at the weekend and passed noise test there OK and din't trip off the drive by either.

Just want a decat silencer now. Jim... Jim... are you there Jim...

Give me a bell Cliffie -Joe's got my number - a little bit crazy at the moment, quicker to talk! Cheers!

[MAXR]

What are the general thoughts on wrapping the manifold and down pipe. I've read as many reasons not to do so as those which recommend it.

Joe,

why didn't you get a re-packable silencer? My Tubular silencer had to be thrown away after a few track days as it burnt out all of Jim's wadding (it was completely empty) Ive now got a tullet re-packable rear box & that now needs to be re-packed as it's getting much louder.

Also, wrapping your manifold & pipework may accelerate this process as the heat will be even more extreme in the box. My paintwork around the tailpipes also got burnt.

Your car will be without doubt the most beastly Supercharged VX to date...My car is quick, but yours will be lighting up the tyres exiting corners & on the straights...

I too may bolt on a Harrop at some stage, not for more power but for it's quietness....How odd does that sound!

Yes, the big-power Vx's were certainly a learning curve! In compensation, you were given a £1600 full system FOC for your 2-eleven Max - or did you forget about that? btw, I know what you did - you're certainly worth the watching, as we say up here.

Ah Jim at Last!

Jim, please let me remind you of what was agreed...

I spent a lot of time and effort for you to produce the VX S/C exhaust going backwards and forwards to make your jig. The agreement was that the first exhaust was the prototype & you would supply me with a final & correct fitting exhaust. On finishing the first exhaust it was found that the 4-1 manifold would not fit, Courtenays had to use a lump hammer to pursuade it to fit together with the u-bend under the subframe. It has now been modified to fit by another company & still is not right, that is why you have now change the 4-1 arrangement on your current system. It took many weeks for you to get this far with my system & you at the time was not interested in resolving the matter in any great hurry. As I had a just bought a 2-Eleven at the time & you had a system in stock we agreed that that would compensate for VX exhaust system which was not fit for purpose.

Nevertheless, this is about your rear Silencer & the packing material & the promise you made that it would not require repacking. I asked several times for a re-packable system at the start & was assured by you on numerous occasions that the rear box wouldn't require re-packing. I was not expecting it to be completely empty after 800 miles or so of use, neither were you! My point was, and still is, that a re-packable box makes sense for a high powered track orientated S/C VX.

Max

[Nev]

[chris_uk]

[2bular]

What are the general thoughts on wrapping the manifold and down pipe. I've read as many reasons not to do so as those which recommend it.

Joe,

why didn't you get a re-packable silencer? My Tubular silencer had to be thrown away after a few track days as it burnt out all of Jim's wadding (it was completely empty) Ive now got a tullet re-packable rear box & that now needs to be re-packed as it's getting much louder.

Also, wrapping your manifold & pipework may accelerate this process as the heat will be even more extreme in the box. My paintwork around the tailpipes also got burnt.

Your car will be without doubt the most beastly Supercharged VX to date...My car is quick, but yours will be lighting up the tyres exiting corners & on the straights...

I too may bolt on a Harrop at some stage, not for more power but for it's quietness....How odd does that sound!

Yes, the big-power Vx's were certainly a learning curve! In compensation, you were given a £1600 full system FOC for your 2-eleven Max - or did you forget about that? btw, I know what you did - you're certainly worth the watching, as we say up here.

Ah Jim at Last!

Jim, please let me remind you of what was agreed...

I spent a lot of time and effort for you to produce the VX S/C exhaust going backwards and forwards to make your jig. The agreement was that the first exhaust was the prototype & you would supply me with a final & correct fitting exhaust. On finishing the first exhaust it was found that the 4-1 manifold would not fit, Courtenays had to use a lump hammer to pursuade it to fit together with the u-bend under the subframe. It has now been modified to fit by another company & still is not right, that is why you have now change the 4-1 arrangement on your current system. It took many weeks for you to get this far with my system & you at the time was not interested in resolving the matter in any great hurry. As I had a just bought a 2-Eleven at the time & you had a system in stock we agreed that that would compensate for VX exhaust system which was not fit for purpose.

Nevertheless, this is about your rear Silencer & the packing material & the promise you made that it would not require repacking. I asked several times for a re-packable system at the start & was assured by you on numerous occasions that the rear box wouldn't require re-packing. I was not expecting it to be completely empty after 800 miles or so of use, neither were you! My point was, and still is, that a re-packable box makes sense for a high powered track orientated S/C VX.

Max

The R&D time/effort/costs were all down to ME. Your R&D exhaust didn't work. I compensated you in full (and more) - end of.
Sorry for the thread-drift Joe!

[VIX]

Just like old times!

[2bular]

Two things come back to me; First; I remember standing on the ****** Exhausts stand at the Autosport Show and over-hearing the principal of a VX tuning company talking about their proposed SC exhaust. They were working with 2bular he said, but they wanted to deal with a bigger firm - would you be interested? Now that was very fortunate for me (and very annoying!) . I asked my lawyer to draw up a non-compete/non-disclosure contract. I read it, (crap) and altered it to what I wanted. He said no firm in the UK would ever sign it. I'm OUT. That's the first time I've made that public and that's why the delays in deciding what to do with your system. As I said, my exhausts have a distressing habit of turning up in other manufacturer's workshops. What about my 2-eleven system? - I know where you took that (last summer - . Still didn't do them any good, did it? They really haven't got a clue have they? You and Roary - the pair of you make me laugh out loud. Sorry folks - you don't know the half of what goes on. Second; I made a mistake in allowing you to keep the R&D exhaust. You were a very happy man after the deal was done for your 2-eleven system but you couldn't resist putting the bite on me to fix the VX SC exhaust - well, you'd sold it on, hadn't you?! Your clumsy plug for Tullet exhausts on Joe's very interesting (and up till now) very enjoyable build-thread certainly proves the old adage that "money can't buy class." With +400bhp, my Trackday silencer and new SDCP will have their sternest test to date - looking forward to seeing how they perform but would prefer **** to do the mapping.

[The Batman]

well as i thought this topic needs a bit of a change of subject (sortof ) i decided to actually work on the vx, after techieboy said not to come round as i may fall asleep at the wheel and then it will be a vx'er scavenger party with me not included

so what did i do? hmmm....

fit shocks
ATS wheels with kumho v70's awesome combination i wonder if part worns will be worth anything?
nimbus heat box
heat insulation for the gearbox cables prefect stuff if you want a link?
fuel rail tidying and connecting
tb fitting
petrol tank inspection cover
cc tank
pulled the na side vents off... not sure if this was a good idea or not yet as still no sign of the cf vents...
finish of bolting down the front clam

think that is roughly all i did... memory has deteriorated rapidly now i sat down after a long long day!

got a few photos for ya though













(crying out for bells and rotors!)

[smiley]

(crying out for bells)

Will be on the post first thing tomorrow morning

[The Batman]

[ChrisS1]

Ooh looking good! Sleep for two days solid now is it? I've still got better shocks than you

[The Batman]

have you? Are you sure Will be up tomorrow to do the following (hopefully!!) Fit headlights and rear lights Brace bar Exhaust cut out holes Seats Harnesses and bar That should do

[The Batman]

those rears are bloody huge anyways, i think i am awake enough to crack on with the vx and take the jigsaw out to the rear clam

[smiley]

Will there be any nimbus on the underside of the back box? Or will you stick anti heat tape on the inside of the clam, where it's near the back box?

[The Batman]

which bit buddy? underneath the backbox? i am thinking i will probably put nimbus on that bit

didnt get as much as i wanted done but done a fair bit!

fitted front and rear light units
fitted the wideband lambda guage to the exhaust and then ran the cables to the front
fitted the boost guage wiring as mine is an electricial guage it has a boost sender unit which bridges in between the fuel rail boost pipe
fitted front seats
fitted harness bar and harness's

hear are some pictures:



as you can see the steering surround i off as cms have this matching my keys to the z20 ecu





here is a up to date list that i think has everything left to do

interior:

2.7ohm resistors to illiminate air bag light
immobiliser

front end:

bonnet
front splitter or undertray

backend:

blue clip for the fuel rail feed
bolt ecu to bulkhead when back from cms
induction pipe can be connected when ecu is back
bleed brakes and clutch
tubby side vents whenever they arrive
rear bumper vents (bottled it today )
spoiler
undertray
diffuser
wiring relay for cc pump and main water pump


end is near i think

Edited by joe_589, 02 July 2011 - 05:25 PM.

[techieboy]

Looking good. Still no ECU though?

[The Batman]

no unfortunately not

[siztenboots]

fit roof brackets

[vocky]

looking good Joe