Evotion
Emira Fiend
Well, 5 weeks later (!) I picked the car up today as I need it for a track day on Monday at Donnington (anybody going?)
Long story short.. Larini took everything off as they are waiting for a delayed part which is in connection with the valve.
This is the new manifold, sports cat replacement and back-box.
The car with must their sound-tuned back box made those burbles on the overrun much more pronounced, longer lasting and louder.
It also has a more tonderful scream at the top-end.
Not heard it with the manifold or sports cat on top of that but it promises to be amazing - a bit louder with valves and more of everything with the valves open.
I need to take the car back in a few weeks to get it all fitted - the silver lining here being that will then also have the carbon-fibre end-pipes which will look better than the alloy colour on my car since I blacked out the LOTUS lettering.
They will also spend more time on designing the interior of the back-box to even further improve the sound dynamics. THIS is where they stand-out in contrast to the vast majority of manufacturers who just want to make you a louder exhaust as the cost of harmonics.
So.. the video is still to be made but there are already some good sound and flybys done.
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On another note - I did not have the car for well over a month.
Wow - what a car now it was run in and I gave it some real welly on the 2 hour trip home. I had forgotten how wicked it is around bends at speed.
Had a funny issue with the cruise control for the latter half but no biggie.
I had also forgotten how to operate the car - ha -even how to turn it off.
The other thing I forgot was the brake sharpness and clutchpoint. After 5 weeks of driving the Ferrari and C63, I must have looked like a right noob.
More uipdates when I have them. Some things are worth waiting for - I hope this is one of them!
Oh, and the manifold looked the nuts!
Long story short.. Larini took everything off as they are waiting for a delayed part which is in connection with the valve.
This is the new manifold, sports cat replacement and back-box.
The car with must their sound-tuned back box made those burbles on the overrun much more pronounced, longer lasting and louder.
It also has a more tonderful scream at the top-end.
Not heard it with the manifold or sports cat on top of that but it promises to be amazing - a bit louder with valves and more of everything with the valves open.
I need to take the car back in a few weeks to get it all fitted - the silver lining here being that will then also have the carbon-fibre end-pipes which will look better than the alloy colour on my car since I blacked out the LOTUS lettering.
They will also spend more time on designing the interior of the back-box to even further improve the sound dynamics. THIS is where they stand-out in contrast to the vast majority of manufacturers who just want to make you a louder exhaust as the cost of harmonics.
So.. the video is still to be made but there are already some good sound and flybys done.
***
On another note - I did not have the car for well over a month.
Wow - what a car now it was run in and I gave it some real welly on the 2 hour trip home. I had forgotten how wicked it is around bends at speed.
Had a funny issue with the cruise control for the latter half but no biggie.
I had also forgotten how to operate the car - ha -even how to turn it off.
The other thing I forgot was the brake sharpness and clutchpoint. After 5 weeks of driving the Ferrari and C63, I must have looked like a right noob.
More uipdates when I have them. Some things are worth waiting for - I hope this is one of them!
Oh, and the manifold looked the nuts!
#ForTheDroolers
