Full Custom stainless steel exhaust + Rush Headers

[edinlexusV8]

Hello Folks,

Continuing on my mods to my V8 soarer (check the following links/threads for more info),

 

1) Air Intake - Big Freaking Intake (BFI)

 

2) Chrome Projector headlights + Alteeza/supra style tail lights upgrade

 

3) Replace double din unit with an aftermarket 7" DVD SatNav + Battery Upgrade

 

4) Supra TT Big Brake Upgrade + Alloys Upgrade

 

5) Radiator replacement

 

6) Chrome projector headlights modification

 

7) Front Lower, upper control arm renovation and bushing, steering rack bushing

 

8) Diff Centre replacement (Also changed the corroded brake pipes at the same time)

 

I have been working on replacing/upgrading my the full V8 exhaust including the headers. I wanted to get the best performance upgrade from this mod. After doing quite a few hours of research found that for a V8 spec a 2.5" straight through system would be best to give the best performance/torque both at low and high end of the rpm. Bought a set of RUSH Headers from AUS, though it has been an arduous task to replace the exhaust manifold + cats, we successfully managed to do this. Part of the plan is to wrap the headers with an exhaust wrap (as I could not find any ceramic powder coating companies in edinburgh). Following are the pics from this mod.

 

Before unwrapping (package arrived like this)

 

After unwrapping:

 

Exhaust wrap:

 

Old cats:

 

Old manifold, cats and manifold gasket:

 

Replaced the engine mounts at the same time.

 

 

Also upgraded to a race alternator (130amps output)

 

 

 

My phone touch screen stopped responding during this installation. So could not continue taking the pics. Post installation of the headers to the stock cat back exhaust looks like this (ran a little short of the exhaust wrap):

 

 

I was initially planning to stop this exhaust upgrade in here for a couple of months but during the installation the corroded exhaust (cat back exhaust) gave up and we found a couple of big leaks. So I have to go ahead and replace the remaining exhaust as well.

 

I literally spend a good part of 5-6 hours researching on the design of the balance pipe as getting the right balance pipe gives the best performance upgrade. After looking into the design of H pipes, X pipes, mustang pro chambers etc etc ended up with the following design giving the best performance and exhaust note (combination of H and X Pipes) @ both low end and the high end of the rpm.

 

http://planetsoarer.com/pdf/xfactorcolour.pdf

 

After discussing my design with a lot of stainless steel exhaust shops up and down the country, finally managed to find a guy who agreed to build a custom balance pipe (http://www.simonscustomexhausts.co.uk) outside Glasgow. Here are the pics of the remaining exhaust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have to tell you folks, I am very pleased with this mod. The exhaust note is amazing. For normal speeds in the city it is pretty quite (sounds like a turbo subaru) but when you put the foot down the V8 grunt is very impressive. Sounds like an american muscle car with a deep note. I personally think Simon did a master piece of an exhaust for my car. Also have to thank Jim from Car craft for doing a great job on my headers and exhaust wrap.

 

Will get some more pics and videos of the exhaust once it stops snowing.

 

Cheers

[edinlexusV8]

I would like to get some videos up in here, but I dont think I can drive the car for atleast a week. This is how our car park look today!