Well, for a change it all went to schedule. I got up at some ungodly hour this morning and drove up to Leeds to get the car back from Tony Law Exhausts. Good as their word, the car was there ready for me and after parting with the readies I drove straight back home again. I got back about 1130, although I think “knackered” is absolutely the right word.
Looking a bit later on and the exhaust looks pretty good, although the header connections needed a bit of brutality to make them line up properly.
As you can see in the photo on the right it’s got a proper sized silencer, which should mean that when the cat material has been pumped down the road (probably about a day) it still silences properly. The tailpipe takes a sharper turn than it used to to exit the sidepod but it should be OK. The collector’s also rather further forward. That means that at least one of the headers has to take a fairly sharp turn. Should be OK though.
If you look hard then just above the silencer you can see the cat. If you look very hard you can see the lambda boss just beyond the cat. The only problem with the boss is that I may not have time to wire up the lambda sensor before this weekend’s trackday. As such I need a bung to stop up the hole. (You can’t use the lambda sensor itself as using it without power applied nadgers the sensor.) However, that’ s no big deal and I ought to be able to pick up a bung from Chris as Trigger Wheels tomorrow on my way back home.
As usual I’m very happy with the work that TLE have done. What’s more, the price is pretty keen. In fact, it’s less than half what I was quoted by someone more local a while ago. What’s more, that would have been done by welding together a bunch of mandrel bends whereas this is bespoke tube bent to fit.
hi Tim,
good to hear of your progress.
if you can’t get hold of the right bung, then I believe that a car spark plug may fit.
Matt
Indeed, I had heard that. However, it’s only big old fashioned spark plugs, not the little weeny ones that I’ve got! 🙂
Tim
yup, but big old fashioned ones are cheap and there is always a dusty old one at the back of the drawer. No need to be precise with the gapping either.
Matt
🙂 I actually spent ages searching for one before deciding that I must have chucked them all. Which is why I gave in and wired the sensor in properly. Mind you, I probably won’t want to leave it there all the time anyway.
Tim