Inside The Leo Vince ZX

[Mexicano]

As Promised, today I got the time tu cut and open my Leo Vince and pull out the restrictos cone:

FIRST CUT:

INSIDE THE BAFFLE:

THE RESTRICTOR CONE:

THE TWO RESTRICTORS INSIDE:

I removed the restrictor "1" when it arrived to me some months ago!

THE PARTS:

WITHOUT RESTRICTOR:

READY TO BE WELDED AGAIN:

I will post the pipe when welded...maybe tomorrow....

 

[mhrlover]

are you think , that you have more power ,now ???


good luck with it .

greets pj

 

[Bas]

It's well know that a lot streetlegal exhausts have those parts in them. You will feel a difference, but also an increase in sound. But nice project

 

[Eoin70]

does thr yasuni R have such restrictions in its centre

 

[Mexicano]

well...my engine is blown now, so I can' test the pipe now but as soon as it is runing again I will tell you if theres a difference.

Regards,

 

[NeoGeniX]

does thr yasuni R have such restrictions in its centre

No.

 

[Alex_ice]

i done my RR today aswell
i dont know how to put pics on but if i email sum 1 with them
as for power differnce i will know till later today prob 2-3 hours lol

 

[Alex_ice]

the results are as follows!

defintly worth doing!!
more power all round with out even playing with the rollers

if u dont have a welder at home cut it in half and get the crappy cone out the middle and the fiberglass wool shit as on the pics above and take it to a body shop/ car garage and ask them to weld it back up for ya

BUT!! lol its got a LOT louder

 

[Mexicano]

Welded again...I will grind the weldings and paint it later...

My welding skills are not so good and it is not a "MIG" welder but how does it looks? at least no leaks!

 

[Alex_ice]

Mexicano:-

ur guna have such a shock to the sound of ur ped when u start it back up lol

 

[Mexicano]

Alex: doesn't matter...my neiborhoods hate me anyways!

 

[mhrlover]

 

[Mexicano]

I can tell you now....
noise level= loud as always
Performance incrase= a little bit more acceleration, top speed is the same
Worth doing it= YES!!!...It was fun.

 

[mhrlover]

maybe it was worth for you ,but for the most people ,

but its nice to experiment

 

[Folkert@MinaRally]

Imageshack images can't be linked on this forum. Don't ask me why though, probably too much bandwith?

Leo's are filled with restrictors and stuff. Even inside the expansion chamber itself.

 

[melf #50]

i.ve done this with a Handmade Works , but in that exhaust there was another pipe in de middle , like a catalizer , I took the parts out en tested is , it onhly made more noise but absolutely no powerincrease , it was worse....

Leovince exhausts are calculated to do it's job when it is in tact , when you take everything out the whole exhaust is not working as it should be.. the volume get's to big.

but in your exhaust there was no small pipe inside? that could explain why it worked with your exhaust en not mine , altough i sawed open several LV HM exhausts en in those pipes where also these catalizer like pipes. the old Handmade (first type)however has only the perforated metal sheed inside , the outside diameter was also a lot smaller.

[EDIT] , I remember now , the HM has these pipes inside , ZX has no pipe , there is the clue to wy you didn't discover a pipe inside while i did

i hope this adds something to this topic , that only ZX has no pipe ,maybe the S are also without pipe.

 

[scootertrog]

Mex,
Can that pipe be sand-blasted and re-laquered to look better?
What online shop did you find your scale?

scootertrog

 

[Mexicano]

scootertrog:

Yes...I'm sure you can sand blast it and use transparent lacquer if you want it, but I prefer flat black again....looks nice:

For the scale look at http://www.balances.com/pock.html

 

[scootertrog]

Thanks Mex! I'm gonna get that 10g mechanical scale, perfect for rollers.

 

[Mexicano]

scootertrog: It is a good choice! good luck with it.