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[Peter VXR29]

Test drove the bell and colville demonstrator today....now that is how all v6 exiges should be imo, proper weapon but crazy price tag.

[leevx2.2]

yes so you need a 1900 Harrop charger  on yours then 

[Di3sel]

Test drove the bell and colville demonstrator today....now that is how all v6 exiges should be imo, proper weapon but crazy price tag.

 

Is it 50+ thousand pounds better than the standard one? I was wondering how expensive it would be to buy the regular exige v6 and try to modify it with the 430 cup as target.

[jonnyboy]

Just stick a charge cooler on a 350 that's literally all it is. The pricing is lunacy. My Evora has a charge cooler so same power train and it feels like a lot more car than an Exige. The steering is better on the Evora too.

[Peter VXR29]

Are there any decent charge cooler offerings out there at the moment? Only one I know of is komotec kit which I don't particularly rate highly. I know harrop have a 1900 with charge cooler in the pipeline but have yet to see anyone offer it?

[siztenboots]

the komotec ones do go well on track , the power figures they claim seem 100% real

[Peter VXR29]

Not from my experience, had a burn with one at brands gp, down back straight it pulled maybe 20 metres on me and that's after I let off the gas to let him by, had spoken with owner previously to arrange said straight line test so he was trying, I wasn't that impressed, his electronic ohlins suspension on the other hand did work well, handled really well.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

I've sprinted against a komotec 430 last year at Anglesey and he has entered this year to

He beat Dales 350

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Not from my experience, had a burn with one at brands gp, down back straight it pulled maybe 20 metres on me and that's after I let off the gas to let him by, had spoken with owner previously to arrange said straight line test so he was trying, I wasn't that impressed, his electronic ohlins suspension on the other hand did work well, handled really well.

Don't you have 450 anyway
??

Did your mapper come along you

[fiveoclock]

I've sprinted against a komotec 430 last year at Anglesey and he has entered this year to

He beat Dales 350

Was he the wet weather whinger?  

[Peter VXR29]

Not from my experience, had a burn with one at brands gp, down back straight it pulled maybe 20 metres on me and that's after I let off the gas to let him by, had spoken with owner previously to arrange said straight line test so he was trying, I wasn't that impressed, his electronic ohlins suspension on the other hand did work well, handled really well.

Don't you have 450 anyway
??

Did your mapper come along you

Don't make me laugh Chris, I've got a dyno,d 320bhp at hub, so a car with supposedly 460bhp conversion not being able to pull away easily in a straight line from me leads me to think there's alot of bollocks attached to the komotec claims on power.

[fiveoclock]

Your 320 is at the hubs, the 460 will be at the flywheel wont it?  That's the usual willy waving way 

[Peter VXR29]

Yes the komotec 460 conversion would be flywheel. Still should be significantly quicker. I can't prove it but from my test drive I would wager that a std exige 430 cup is quicker in a straight line than a komotec 460 car.

[jonnyboy]

Peter do you have a 460 on an Exige? Sorry I don't keep up well these days. This conversion was on my list but it might be different on the charge cooler cars?

I think it must have been Bren Simpson's v6 the setup he has with the ohlins is amazing

Edited by jonnyboy, 22 July 2018 - 08:03 AM.

[Peter VXR29]

Peter do you have a 460 on an Exige? Sorry I don't keep up well these days. This conversion was on my list but it might be different on the charge cooler cars?

I think it must have been Bren Simpson's v6 the setup he has with the ohlins is amazing

No, engine wise all I have is Jim tubular cat less exhaust and manifold, hanger 111 carbon cone air filter and motec ecu and after today I can confirm this is no better in a straight line than the standard 350 exige as can Martin S, however this does mean that when I am able to upgrade to 1900 harrop with charge cooler I will have everything in place ready to get most from the upgrade hopefully.

[JG]

Give up and get a 430. 

 

50:50  

[jonnyboy]

Peter do you have a 460 on an Exige? Sorry I don't keep up well these days. This conversion was on my list but it might be different on the charge cooler cars?

I think it must have been Bren Simpson's v6 the setup he has with the ohlins is amazing

No, engine wise all I have is Jim tubular cat less exhaust and manifold, hanger 111 carbon cone air filter and motec ecu and after today I can confirm this is no better in a straight line than the standard 350 exige as can Martin S, however this does mean that when I am able to upgrade to 1900 harrop with charge cooler I will have everything in place ready to get most from the upgrade hopefully.

Yeah that's the way to go I would imagine most v6s will end up chargecooled with the price of the 430. It's a staggering price for just bolting a few bits onto a 350 which is all it is.