I picked a TVS1900

[BatMobile]

@Simply Sports Cars can you give more info on the charge cooled version please.

If prices arent exact what % increase are we roughly looking at over the non charge cooled version?

If we opted for the basic charge cooled set up what rough power are we making? What i mean here is, outside of just being cooled, what does it give over the normal tvs1900 upgrade in power terms?

If we went for the whole package including internals, whats the rough cost? also whats the rough power figure?

Lastly if we opted for the first stage charge cooled version can we do the internals at a later date? How much more stress does either of these options put on the car? 

I was 99% looking at this upgrade for next winter and liked the idea that everything was usable and kept things in normal parameters - i dont want lots of subsequent costs through burning out clutches or god forbid damaging the engine/gearbox. However if the charge cooled version is a sensible uplift for more power but it still keeps everything in the OK zone then i would obviously prefer this route. 

[chumaxa]

Well I suppose with 400bhp at least the clutch will be a problem soon or late .. Do you have the reinforced from the Evora ?  

[Turbo911]

WOOHOO my car goes in on sat to hoffmans for the tvs kit and a few other fettle bits will be the first TVS,ED IPS car this side of the pond and the weather is at last getting better

soon to be on track......  

[RedViper]

Congrats

is the consensus that a gearbox oil cooler is needed with this mod?

[Bravo73]

The gearbox oil cooler is only really needed for regular track work (with or without an increase in hp). 

[Turbo911]

the IPS boxed cars have a gearbox oil cooler fitted as standard time will tell if it can cope with the higher temps...

[geartox]

let us know when you have numbers about the torque and hp of your cars with IPS ?

[Turbo911]

the only numbers i will ever have will be off SSC or Hoffmans i,m not interested in putting it on a rolling road as i have a very close friend with a rolling road set up and its so easy to fiction up figures to suit the situation I'm only interested in how it drives and feels .....

[trcm]

Can the close friend not give you honest before and after comparison?

[GFWilliams]

Yeah, surely if he's your friend, he could do a totally unbiased and accurate dyno figure?

[Turbo911]

i can't give a before dyno reading as my car is only just run in and needs servicing before it can be pushed its at Hoffmans for its first service and the upgrades and i have no interest in putting it on a dyno after its upgraded i just can't see the point 

[Arun_D]

That's a real shame, would have been good to get another data set, especially on an IPS. 

What's your plan regarding track dates, or have you not got that far yet?

[Turbo911]

Hi Arun, i haven't booked any as of yet due to the shite weather, i don't mind track time in the wet if i have right tyres on but i,m not set up for it at mo and i have no interest in

plodding around with the wrong tyres on, are you into track days ?, i will do Donington & silverstone, Bedford and the odd treck to snett, anglsea and the others on odd occasion 

i know (from his thread) imran is into his track days so hopefully we can meet up soon...  

[Arun_D]

Yes, safe to say I do the odd day or two

See how you feel when you get the car in your hands, it's more than capable out the box, in terms of tyre. They're not the best by any means, but the first ever day I did in my last V6S was a sopping wet Goodwood on standard Corsas. I had someone ask me if I had a different exhaust to the other V6S present as it was 'so much louder', the reality was I was probably exercising the right foot a little more. The cars are massively stable and sure-footed in the wet compared to what I was used to  previously (Exige S2). 

[21gg]

Turbo911, how is it with the IPS? I have an IPS evora but never driven an IPS exige.

Gav

[Turbo911]

my opinion is i really like the IPS version, its by no means a PDK or DSG system but for me it fits the bill in my exige, the down changes are much better than the up changes,

i left foot brake when on track so this helps out too, I'm picking up my car tomorrow and looking forward to it, time will tell if the box can cope with the extra torque and power... 

[geartox]

Owner of an IPS Exige also, I am waiting for your feedback. 

[Turbo911]

well i clollected the car this nice sunny morning and the very first thing i noticed was how much better the car felt having a full geo set up with the new nitrons the first 10 or so miles i couldn't push it as there was some sort of cycling event going on and i didn't fancy one of these guys on my bonnet as Hoffmans had cleaned the car and didn't want any blood stains over it, the next 80 miles was motorway and altho i pratted about a bit with the wife following in her 600 hp beast not really a fair test so i got home had cuppa then went out to test it a bit more and wow I'm impressed the handling the extra power and the brakes now sorted wot a weapon, will need a bit of time behind the wheel but i doubt theres much out there to live with this on our roads, with the SSC upgrade and the ips box i felt the changes were a tad quicker and its mega, i found changing up when i see the first rev limiter light comes on is perfect but there is so much torque you don't really need to red line it to go very quickly, one thing i did notice and i will ask the question is in first and second gear i think it may be mapped to a certain power output as it seems to come alive in third and flat in fourth is tremendous so far I'm over the moon can't wait for track time and the weather has finally changed for the better, big thanks to all at Hoffmans top quality service i will be back ........   

[tim_marra]

Can't say I feel any limit in second gear, but perhaps first is limited? Second gear and above is just superb, smooth, linear, and bloody quick in the Evora. It must be crazy in the Exige 

It is a brilliant upgrade. I can't recommend Hofmann's highly enough. And of course SSC for developing the kit in the first place.

[Turbo911]

perhaps it could be because of the IPS box and what it can handle ........ more testing will help but as above its bloody well quick...

[Turbo911]

At late notice i booked and did Donington on monday with RMA, first time there for about 18 months & first time on track in the Exige so built up the pace gradually the car felt nice and strong with the TVS upgrade and did about half the day in race mode and half with it turned off had no signs of the ecu holding back power due to heat and was doing around 13 laps each session,  The geo felt good but i struggled with front end push coming out of some corners

i,m thinking the fronts were getting a tad to hot i messed with tyre pressures but probably try a bit lower on front next time, the rear was planted, i didn't log any lap times but was hitting 130mph down dunlop straight before jumping on brakes  and gotta say those PFC pads are working really well,... 

[Mark030358]

Hmmmmm....

Well, I want to order one of these kits, preferably with the manifolds as I really don’t want to go the 430 route, as twice bitten, twice shy.

However, I guess getting information, ordering stuff from SSC is like pulling teeth, very very fucking painful.....

So can anyone on the forum help me, this being for a 380...

i) Can I buy SSC manifolds with the TVS right now?

ii) If not ( no SSC manifolds) Can I run 2bular manifolds/ back box with this kit with SSC tune...

Thats it, absolutely fuk all else, oh, maybe how much, but that’s a side issue...

thanks in advance

Mark

 

[tim_marra]

Place your order and any queries via Hoffman's, and it will be progressed quickly as they are sole distributer for the UK.

I doubt you can order direct from SSC.....

[Mark030358]

Hi Tim,

Thats a maybe, as I’ve been talking to Stuart at SCC. I get a reply whenever the electrons in the ether are aligned with Saturn and in conjunctive with Mars.

OK, I’ll pimg Hoffman’s, thanks.

Mark

 

[Bravo73]

I’m not entirely sure if SSC have actually released their headers, have they? I seem to recall that the last post about them mentioned final tests and/or production (or some such). 

When emailing people such as @Simply Sports Cars or @Randy, it can often be worth remembering that you are contacting busy, successful people who invariably work for quite small companies. As much as you might like and expect an immediate response, matters such as race weekings, family issues, other customers or even working on actual cars often gets in the way. These companies won’t often have a phalanx of office staff to respond to every enquiry immediately. On top of that, coming onto a public forum and effing and blinding won’t necessarily encourage them to answer your enquiries any quicker.