Ordered Che Manifold, Elise twin-centre Exhaust, Strut Brace

[tom_deas]

Just got a price of $725 (£365ish) for a Che Manifold, Elise style twin-exit centre exhaust, and a set of strut braces, and shipping. Pretty good eh. So I've decided to go for it, ordering tonight as soon as he's confirmed payment details.

I appreciate all the warning from other owners about some questionable quality at times, I'm not ignoring them. I've decided to take a calculated risk of having a Che part fail on me. Reasons -

1) Just found out reason for my engine replacement 17k miles ago before I bought the car was precat failure. NOT having that happen again, I'm not under the warranty blanket anymore

2) I'm on a budget right now, but doing a lot of miles and just got a job at Xtrac ( m http://www.xtrac.com m  who design F1 gearboxes btw! ERP Engineer position) so should have cash coming in soon, ie end of August. But it would be s*ds f*cking law if my precats die before then, and I'll probably clock at least 3000 miles in that period. And gutting them isn't my street.

I'm just thinking I'll risk failure of Che's rather than failure of pre-cats. £365 for the set of manifold + exhaust + front strut + rear strut + shipping is still a good price even if i end up needing to pay for another load of shipping (£70ish) when a part fails on me. Che's got a good rep for replacing faulty items.

Just sharing  s:) s:)  IIRC nobody else has imported a Che Elise twin-exit centre yet?

Tom

[SimonC_Here]

Well it will be cool to see the pics of the exhaust when you get it.

Simon

[tom_deas]

Yeah, so long as all goes smoothly. Should take a week or so I'd imagine.  s:) s:)

Someone mentioned to me the ear bursting properties of Che's exhausts   s:D s:D    s:D s:D    s:D s:D

[SimonC_Here]

Mine (not a che) is pretty loud. You get used to it.

Simon

[tom_deas]

Nothing wrong with a bit of noise... my old kit car exhaust was probably bordering legality  s;) s;)  I've heard some clips of the Che exhaust in action and it's PRETTY nice... will have to dig them up and post (its a Youtube clip so has vid of the exhaust on the '2 as well)

[SimonC_Here]

Spyderchat

Simon

[tom_deas]

cheers, wasnt having much luck in my search

just looked through and apparently "jonboy" from Birmingham has already imported one of these  s:( s:(  never mind, I don't go up to Birmingham anyway  s;) s;)

[uktotty]

Sounds great Tom, look forward to seeing it, as I said, happy to help if and when it arrives.
It may coincide with the delivery of my new Stainless Steel Style Bar from the USA too!!

[tom_deas]

cheers mate

ditto. will get the pints in   s:D s:D   any preference? im a man of Olde English or similar myself...

[Kool PT]

oh balls, has everyone who was showing interest in a che manifold already ordered one?!   s:( s:(

[tom_deas]

Could do with a GB really

I just got in with Che as I figured $725 for the package was a good rate

I'm sure he'd offer you the same price if you want to go for the CheTrio H/E/S

[Kool PT]

Could do with a GB really

you mean like http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=21445 this one?   s:D s:D

[enid_b]

edit to remove any hint of chastisement.

advice only

E

[tom_deas]

*edit out*

[enid_b]

tom,

speak to the accountant, he will tell you why.

or google what you proposed, im sure you will find an answer.

E

[tom_deas]

thanks for the heads up

yet again my ignorance to legal matters shows through   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[tom_deas]

am i correct that the break in procedure for manifolds is <3000rpm for a few hundred miles (or a while, at least)?

[SimonC_Here]

Just remember to check your nuts are still on after the first few miles. Mine keep coming loose  s:( s:(


Simon

[uktotty]

Just remember to check your nuts are still on after the first few miles. Mine keep coming loose  s:( s:(


Simon

s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:

[tom_deas]

Just remember to check your nuts are still on after the first few miles. Mine keep coming loose  s:( s:(

Looks like I'll be carrying a socket set around   s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

[evileye_wrx]

Jonboy has a standard exit Che catback, or did have. I had one as well tho when it cracked (after 5 months) I sold it on cheap to Wurzy. Where he ever fitted it I don't know.

The standard exit Che was pretty loud, tho not up to Janspeed decibelitude. Don't know how loud the centre exit Che is but if it's anything like the two mentioned above it should be pretty interesting.

Phil

[tom_deas]

so long as i see an improvement on sound over standard ill be quite happy to be honest. cant help but feel the standard is a bit flat. plus, a spyderchat member dyno'd a 6bhp gain with the box alone, let alone with the manifold (IIRC anyway, might have been with manifold). will be nice to see some gains.

main reason for purchase though is making the most of the combined shipping. NEED to loose those precats before i get over my head in sh*t with a dead engine i dont have the means to replace

[enid_b]

you could always just remove the precats yourself, total cost about 11 pounds including shipping

1 can plus gas
1 set of gaskets
1 set nuts and bolts

its not rocket science, even i did it (with a little help from spit)

[ChrisGB]

so long as i see an improvement on sound over standard ill be quite happy to be honest. cant help but feel the standard is a bit flat. plus, a spyderchat member dyno'd a 6bhp gain with the box alone, let alone with the manifold (IIRC anyway, might have been with manifold). will be nice to see some gains.

main reason for purchase though is making the most of the combined shipping. NEED to loose those precats before i get over my head in sh*t with a dead engine i dont have the means to replace

Hi Tom

It was me who got the improvement of 6bhp on the single exit exhaust. IT was pretty quiet on the standard catalyst setup. It only got very loud when combined with the PPE manifold and high flow cat. The PPE manifold is a 4 into 1 setup with a small secondary pipe diameter, so it tends to make the exhaust pretty loud. With the stock cat and Che manifold, it could be pretty loud, but should sound nice.

Dyno of the exhaust and exhaust / manifold / high flow cat here:



Chris

[tom_deas]

Thanks for detailed response.

IIRC Che doesn't ship his gaskets anymore due to problems with them so will have to order in from Toyota?