380 CUP / 430 CUP Sound exhaust which is the most "bad / aggressive" ?

[NANO]

Hi guys,

sometimes you find yourself and you start to make comparisons ... now ... as I said in the title I allow myself to ask you a very fast and dry question with the same answer of choice on these 4 types of cars with these premises:

- forget the track days (as in some difficult tracks to pass) calculated only normal road use

- gurgling, crackling (which for the lover of sound is the maximum)

- we all know that 430 CUP no longer has the open / closed valve

- we know that the 380 CUP mounts that of the Evora

At this point, the choice is yours ... which one ?

A) LOTUS EXIGE 380 CUP with original exhaust ?

B) LOTUS EXIGE 380 CUP with titanium exhaust ?

C) LOTUS EXIGE 430 CUP with original exhaust ?

D) LOTUS EXIGE 380 CUP with titanium exhaust ?

 

PS:

[Mark030358]

A 380 sport, with a KT 460, fitted with full tubular and standard back box kills them all.... imho

And its here....

 

 

 

cheers

[NANO]

Hi Mark030358 ( + RoflOnMyWaffle )

yes OK thanks ... but forget for a moment the engine preparation and everything else and think only of the original / road version ... which of the 4 ?

[Mark030358]

Must be A/B😆

 

[mark248am]

I've got a 380 Cup my friend has the 430 Cup with titanium exhaust. Mine sounds better and is louder and most importantly I can open or close the valves with a touch of a button. My friend has to resort to unplugging the valve line or something like that to get the valves to stay open. 

[Dan.G]

I have a valve operated titanium on my 380. I think it's one of the best sounding cars I've owned.

The titanium has a higher pitched scream towards the top end, it will hurt your ears in a tunnel

[BAS]

I have a 430 cup with titanium exhaust.

I feel like @Dan.G has mentioned that it has a higher pitch than the standard box.

Which sounds better? I honestly can't tell the difference at times. 

In regards to the button, I've had mine post factory fitted with the exhaust valve button at the dealer (they ordered the part from the factory and had to enable it in the ECU).

Downside is the button only works in normal mode. On track I'm always driving on race mode so I had to resort to plugging the vacuum line on the supercharger side.

It literally takes less than a minute to do so and I don't mind it at all. Sure a button would be more convenient. However, I don't drive on the streets except with normal mode anyway and the button works perfectly at that.

I wouldn't let the ability to not be able to remotely enable the exhaust be an issue as you can easily overcome this minor flaw or go to komotec for their remote operated valve control.

[NANO]

@mark248am + Dan.G + BAS ... perfect guys ... tranks ... ( little update )

A) LOTUS EXIGE 380 CUP with original exhaust = 1

B) LOTUS EXIGE 380 CUP with titanium exhaust = 3

C) LOTUS EXIGE 430 CUP with original exhaust = 0

D) LOTUS EXIGE 430 CUP with titanium exhaust = 1

 

 

[Dan.G]

Something to consider with the non cup cars, a titanium exhaust is £5k option, the question will come up 'is it worth it' when considering the cost vs return.

To completely contradict myself, I wouldn't sell my TI exhaust

[metalone666]

On 02/05/2019 at 11:28, BAS said:

I had to resort to plugging the vacuum line on the supercharger side.

Hi bas , can you put a picture of this ?... is there any malfunction error on the dash when doing this ?

[BAS]

On 01/06/2019 at 10:54, metalone666 said:

Hi bas , can you put a picture of this ?... is there any malfunction error on the dash when doing this ?

Hi.

Sorry I'm out of town and can't take pictures at the moment. There was a post about this on the forum with pictures though. Here you go: 

 

Just make sure you plug the charger side as mentioned. Initially I plugged the tube side and was getting a check engine light.

Once I plugged the charger side (I didn't plug the tube side as well) I didn't get any problems at all during that track day.