Full custom exhaust/06 grill! 56k warning.. - LotusTalk

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:18 PM

I wanted to have something very different.. and I believe I'm the first to do this..

Thanks to,
Team Shift Point
JohnnyB
Buz

®ob · 04-30-2006, 05:21 PM

Umm ok...wheres the rest of the pics?

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:23 PM

you posted too early

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:24 PM

cut 06 grill..

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:27 PM

turboxs intake custom painted flat black..
o2 sim..

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:29 PM

exhaust wrap and dei silicone spray black..

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:30 PM

finished product..

®ob · 04-30-2006, 05:33 PM

Interesting, how's it sound? I would have loved to see the euro style 2 tip setup though!

pete k · 04-30-2006, 05:36 PM

Looks great, how does it sound?

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:38 PM

hrmm.. hard to explain.. very deep/throaty/.. suprised me on how quiet it was.. just a bit louder than stock but on the vvti-l it really picks up

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:40 PM

I will have day time photos up real soon..

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 05:42 PM

first few pictures were just a joke.. would be interesting though...

and yes I used a truck tip

sndesign · 04-30-2006, 05:55 PM

Nice work!
I would like to know what the tape does for you ?

And what kind of edging did you use around the exhuaust pipe,
has it melted yet ?

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 06:00 PM

DEI exhaust wrap and DEI silicone spray.. Yes it smoked a lot at first start..
Since I took off all the heat shields the wrap contains the heat and adds velocity in the exhaust stream.. The spray just seals the wrap and protects it from road debris..

choi0706 · 04-30-2006, 06:05 PM

no second o2 sensor needed with new mil mod..

Bane · 05-03-2006, 09:00 PM

Looks very nice

Would you mind telling us how much it cost to get done and if you've successfully avoided the MIL?

choi0706 · 05-03-2006, 09:04 PM

hrmm pipes/muffler/tip/wrap/spray all run less than 200.. the both 06 grills run 100 msrp from your dealer.. driven about 80 miles, no light so far.. Will tack on more miles next week with full report..

Bane · 05-04-2006, 08:03 AM

Thanks I will be doing something similiar whenever I get my Elise

Is there a difference between the 06 and the 05 grills? I plan on making a custom dual-tip setup and would have to cut both grills.

Stan · 05-04-2006, 08:14 AM

Did you retain the bifurcated aspect of the stock pre-cat pipe? Or is the piping straight bore? With just the muffler..it looks like it might be pretty loud, especially in conjunction with an intake.

choi0706 · 05-04-2006, 08:22 AM

straight pipe all the way Stan.. I was suprised as well on how quiet the car is.. I believe partialy it's because of the oval bigger mangaflow muffler I chose..

bane, take a look in my pictures closely.. I have both 05 and 06 grills pictured..

04-30-2006, 05:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	Full custom exhaust/06 grill! 56k warning.. I wanted to have something very different.. and I believe I'm the first to do this.. Thanks to, Team Shift Point JohnnyB Buz Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready Last edited by choi0706 : 04-30-2006 at 10:48 PM.

04-30-2006, 05:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	you posted too early Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	cut 06 grill.. Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	turboxs intake custom painted flat black.. o2 sim.. Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	exhaust wrap and dei silicone spray black.. Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
®ob What's a registered user? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 1,109	Umm ok...wheres the rest of the pics?

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choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	finished product.. Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
®ob What's a registered user? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 1,109	Interesting, how's it sound? I would have loved to see the euro style 2 tip setup though!

04-30-2006, 05:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
pete k Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 666	Looks great, how does it sound?

04-30-2006, 05:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	hrmm.. hard to explain.. very deep/throaty/.. suprised me on how quiet it was.. just a bit louder than stock but on the vvti-l it really picks up __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	I will have day time photos up real soon.. __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	first few pictures were just a joke.. would be interesting though... and yes I used a truck tip __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

04-30-2006, 05:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
sndesign To think I hesitated ! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nocal Posts: 656	Nice work! I would like to know what the tape does for you ? And what kind of edging did you use around the exhuaust pipe, has it melted yet ? __________________ Sndesign

04-30-2006, 06:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	DEI exhaust wrap and DEI silicone spray.. Yes it smoked a lot at first start.. Since I took off all the heat shields the wrap contains the heat and adds velocity in the exhaust stream.. The spray just seals the wrap and protects it from road debris.. __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

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choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	no second o2 sensor needed with new mil mod.. Attached Images __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

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05-03-2006, 09:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
Bane . Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 2,965 Images: 4	Looks very nice Would you mind telling us how much it cost to get done and if you've successfully avoided the MIL?

05-03-2006, 09:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	hrmm pipes/muffler/tip/wrap/spray all run less than 200.. the both 06 grills run 100 msrp from your dealer.. driven about 80 miles, no light so far.. Will tack on more miles next week with full report.. __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready

05-04-2006, 08:03 AM	#18 (permalink)
Bane . Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 2,965 Images: 4	Thanks I will be doing something similiar whenever I get my Elise Is there a difference between the 06 and the 05 grills? I plan on making a custom dual-tip setup and would have to cut both grills.

05-04-2006, 08:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
Stan - Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6,947	Did you retain the bifurcated aspect of the stock pre-cat pipe? Or is the piping straight bore? With just the muffler..it looks like it might be pretty loud, especially in conjunction with an intake.

05-04-2006, 08:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
choi0706 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 4,254	straight pipe all the way Stan.. I was suprised as well on how quiet the car is.. I believe partialy it's because of the oval bigger mangaflow muffler I chose.. bane, take a look in my pictures closely.. I have both 05 and 06 grills pictured.. __________________ Jay-05' ST, HT, Touring Red Rally Ready