177 to 190 Upgrade

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Exige I recently bought has had the above upgrade, came with all the surplus bits not required for upgrade. Has anyone an idea of the xtra bits I should have?Cheers Simon

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You should have:1 x 87 deg thermostat1 x set of cam pulleys (ie one inlet, one exhaust)0 x 177 ECU as this was on an exchange basis.You may have (depending on whether they did the whole thing):1 x catalytic converter1 x standard sports exhaust.Cheers

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quote:Originally posted by MarkD:You should have:1 x 87 deg thermostatMark,Simon,Not critical but it’s actually a 82 degree thermostat (FWIW mine seems to run at 77 degrees all the time).RegardsMike

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I read the question as what will he have left over - and as the 87 deg thermostat was left over, and the 82 deg thermostat put in, the the extra bit will be the 87 degree thermostat!Cheers

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MarkYou’ll have to excuse 83man, coz he’s getting on a bit - & a grandad to boot [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]

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Wasn’t it only the inlet cam that was changed ? if so, only one cam pulley left over.

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Long story, but I had to have the 190 fitted, although didn’t really want it - preferred route was DVA, Emerald, verniers etc. So I asked them not to fit the replacement pulleys, just give them to me instead - then I could sell them at a later date. They gave me two pulleys…Cheers

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MarkSo do you have the Lotus 190 ECU, or the Emerald ECU plus verniers? If the former, which cam pulley is fitted - or do you have verniers?Only ask, because I was told when I had the 190 upgrade that the Lotus “190” cam pulley was a necessity (verniers not being considered).

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I am now on Emerald, verniers, EBD manifold, awaiting head from DVA and design of my bespoke exhaust :-)Cheers

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Mark,Tell me more about your exhaust [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif[/image]

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What I am planning on doing(it might not be be possible)is having it exiting directly out the back - thats all. As long as it gets me under race noise regs I will be happy!I have as yet to seek out professional help / input yet, but it is something I am looking at for next year…Cheers

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as in removing that 90 bend from the subframe and then straight out through a small silencer box to the back ?Guess that will be very noisy, what are the race regs on noise btwPhil

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Yes - and it will be noisy, but hopefully I can get a big enough silencer on it (I don’t need the boot) - thats the bit I am not sure about. I seem to remember race regs are 107dB at 75% revs, but will check my blue book before I look into it in too much detail.Cheers

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quote:Originally posted by Pesky:MarkYou’ll have to excuse 83man, coz he’s getting on a bit - & a grandad to boot [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]Yeah OK I should have cottoned on to that one; and I’m a very young grandad - just 21 in fact, As I’ve said before I just happen to have an older body!CheersMike