Mild steel exhausts, who wants one?

[types26/36]

This posting would imply they are to sell new Lotus cars again.
http://norlog.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8480

[Grizzly]

Thats sad to hear, I remember chatting to Neil Shepherdson back in the 80's and seemed a nice guy.

[StressCraxx]

Hello Meg,

Wrong neighbourhood, but might be worthwhile shipping on USPS for about $180.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Elan-mild-steel-Exhausts-Headers-Lotus-Twin-Cam-Elan-2-/191537048146?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ALotus|Model%3AElan&hash=item2c987f6a52&vxp=mtr

[RichC]

i managed to acquire a new old stock mild steel transverse exhaust for my +2 which is off the road at the moment .
a rear end shunt had written off the stainless steel box which was on the motor. I understand the mild steel will give a better sound LOL!
I remember in my teens being told to drill a small hole at the lowest point of a silencer in order to help get rid of nasty corrosive condensate and prolong the life . Is this good practice?

[Quart Meg Miles]

Hello Meg,

Wrong neighbourhood, but might be worthwhile shipping on USPS for about $180.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Elan-mild-steel-Exhausts-Headers-Lotus-Twin-Cam-Elan-2-/191537048146?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ALotus|Model%3AElan&hash=item2c987f6a52&vxp=mtr

Thanks for the link, but it's the intermediate pipe and box I'm looking for in MS.

[john.p.clegg]

"I remember in my teens being told to drill a small hole at the lowest point of a silencer in order to help get rid of nasty corrosive condensate and prolong the life . Is this good practice?"

Yes,until the MOT man sees it...

John

[types26/36]

. I bought my Exile V6

Hey Mark,
What is a "Exile V6" ? ...............is that like a "tax exile" ........ or a Lotus Project we dont know about ....oh oh...thread drift

[mariodschy]

I've a new mainfold made of mild steel if someone wants it please pm me.

[JJDraper]

+2 for mild steel rear boxes, but getting rare,,

lotuselan-plus2-f51/scrabblings-and-scribblings-about-under-the-car-t24634.html?hilit=transverse%20exhaust

With a life of three years active service, would you want one? Maybe a modern coated one would last longer. Still someone has to make a market them against SS ones that last forever (apart from the loss of stuffing & going rusty - they do eventually). I have heard of people unstitching them to put more stuffing in; sounds like a heap of work. Would you also want the chrome tailpipe - did look good..

Jeremy

[david.g.chapman]

I have a stainless steel rear box on my +2 with a 2 inch tail pipe (I think from CN).

The noise level was quite high at 4000rpm, so I made up a 6 inch length of 1 and a half inch pipe mounted in the tail pipe on spacers. I pinched the rear end of the smaller tube shut in a vice (that's the end the faces towards the main tail pipe outlet), and also drilled enough 5mm holes all over the smaller tube to equal the area of the main outlet.

This gave me a crude baffle, which makes the car significantly quieter. It does not seem to affect the power.

You need to drill a couple of 4mm holes on the bottom of the tail pipe to mount the "baffle". I used two 4mm bolts held in place by nuts acting as spacers. The bolts were short enough to feed the baffle into the tailpipe, but long enough to take two external nuts to secure. Its easy to remove if required.

Dave Chapman.

[Quart Meg Miles]

Current quantities are 5 requests for Early Transverse type, 1 for S4.

SJ Sports Cars do sell a mild steel transverse box but for ?406, three times the Stainless price!

Edit: My apologies, this is incorrect! It is in fact a complete Stainless system including SE manifold through to tail pipe. The catalogue simply didn't indicate it was SS like all the other bits did.

[Bombay Racing Green]

Hi Meg,

PM sent. Thanks.

Peter

[Quart Meg Miles]

Current quantities are now 5 requests for the Early Transverse type and two - three for the S4.

Note that I'm assuming all requests are for the silencer and an intermediate pipe.

Edit: I'm advising overseas customers that it is probably simpler for them to get the intermediate pipe made locally, especially if I have the original transverse silencer box made with both inlet and exit pipes in line with the cars centre.

Please also note edit to my earlier posting, apologising for lambasting SJ Sports Cars following my own discoveries.

[trw99]

As a matter of some future interest, did anything ever come of this, Meg?

Tim

[Quart Meg Miles]

Apologies for not concluding the matter; I had to abandon the idea.

There was not enough interest to pursue it as I needed ten orders of a type to progress and Miles Wilkins was having trouble getting even stainless ones made. An independent sheet metal artist I had in mind retired too.

Personally I was lucky enough to be offered a NOS pipe and box by a forum member. My present MS kit, fitted in 2008, needed patching up after just 20k miles and has now survived 44k but will not last much longer. The box seemed to rust through its bottom from the inside, even though I don't do short trips, so perhaps it needs an insulation layer to stop water vapour condensing there in the winter.

I hope you can find someone to supply you, Tim, as SS versions are unbearably rorty, even just the pipe. I tried SS units on two hot hatches too and they were just as bad and I traded them both back for MS.