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The car is currently at the SEMA conference in Las Vegas, and will be hitting the track for the Global Time Attack race series in 2012.
The vehicle entered our shop with the wheels (ADV.1) and paint (BASF/JMI Motoring) already applied. We started with a full custom exhaust setup for the car, starting with brand-new custom long-tube headers and a resonated midsection. The rear section has electric cutouts, which go between muffled and unmuffled modes. The exhaust pipes dump into a custom diffuser assembly, taking a stylistic (and functional) key from Formula 1 cars and their exhaust-blown diffusers. The rest of the work includes a Varis carbon-fiber GT wing, Weistec Stage 1+ M156 supercharger kit, Aquamist/Howerton Engineering HFS3 water-methanol system, custom-mounted switches for the WOT Box and electric exhaust cutouts, and a new viewing window in the trunk to help showcase the exhaust system at SEMA.
The video doesn't capture the dyno sounds as well as we'd like it to, but that's only because the deep bass notes in the exhaust were too much for the Bode microphone on our HD camera. The interior and exterior/fireball shots are the most accurate representations of the Black Series' exhaust note. No matter where it's being driven, you can hear the overrun, which we feel is one of the best characteristics of an exhaust system such as this.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDpiP0EYrI[/YT]
Parte de los chiches
Escape original y a medida
Working
So there you have it. Not only did we eschew the long-standing notion that exhaust tips had to be just that — old-fashioned plain metal tips — but we also managed to bring in some extra functionality with it. Essentially, an EBD just uses what the car is already producing (exhaust gas) to have some sort of beneficial attribute above what it normally does. These last three pictures will show the parts of the car that you don’t normally see in a regular picture. First, we have the engine bay. The M156 should be well north of 600 bhp with the Weistec Stage 1+ supercharger kit, and it’s helping to stay cool with an Aquamist HFS3 water-methanol injection kit, supplied by Howerton Engineering.
Next, we have our Silence To Violence switch. The toggle on the right controls the electric cutouts in the exhaust system; with the cutouts open, the mufflers are bypassed and the unmuffled exhaust is let straight into the EBD. Both settings empty into the EBD, so loud or not, you’ll still be producing downforce. The switch on the left controls the WOT Box, which we’ve installed for one reason and one reason only — violence. It’s not a normal 2-step like you get with a WOT Box; instead, we’ve wired it to dump fuel into the exhaust, which in an overrun situation will cause a fireball like none you’ve ever experienced. Your humble narrator first heard the WOT Box fireball inside the office as the Black Series was being road-tested. It’s not your typical fireball; this sounds more like a rifle shot happening five feet from your face. It’s that singular POP you hear in the Black Series feature video. Why would we create a switch that wastes fuel for the sake of mind-blowing fireballs? Because we can. CAFE standards quake in our presence.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CHjjBTGCxs&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
Hermoso!!
The vehicle entered our shop with the wheels (ADV.1) and paint (BASF/JMI Motoring) already applied. We started with a full custom exhaust setup for the car, starting with brand-new custom long-tube headers and a resonated midsection. The rear section has electric cutouts, which go between muffled and unmuffled modes. The exhaust pipes dump into a custom diffuser assembly, taking a stylistic (and functional) key from Formula 1 cars and their exhaust-blown diffusers. The rest of the work includes a Varis carbon-fiber GT wing, Weistec Stage 1+ M156 supercharger kit, Aquamist/Howerton Engineering HFS3 water-methanol system, custom-mounted switches for the WOT Box and electric exhaust cutouts, and a new viewing window in the trunk to help showcase the exhaust system at SEMA.
The video doesn't capture the dyno sounds as well as we'd like it to, but that's only because the deep bass notes in the exhaust were too much for the Bode microphone on our HD camera. The interior and exterior/fireball shots are the most accurate representations of the Black Series' exhaust note. No matter where it's being driven, you can hear the overrun, which we feel is one of the best characteristics of an exhaust system such as this.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDpiP0EYrI[/YT]
Parte de los chiches
Escape original y a medida
Working
So there you have it. Not only did we eschew the long-standing notion that exhaust tips had to be just that — old-fashioned plain metal tips — but we also managed to bring in some extra functionality with it. Essentially, an EBD just uses what the car is already producing (exhaust gas) to have some sort of beneficial attribute above what it normally does. These last three pictures will show the parts of the car that you don’t normally see in a regular picture. First, we have the engine bay. The M156 should be well north of 600 bhp with the Weistec Stage 1+ supercharger kit, and it’s helping to stay cool with an Aquamist HFS3 water-methanol injection kit, supplied by Howerton Engineering.
Next, we have our Silence To Violence switch. The toggle on the right controls the electric cutouts in the exhaust system; with the cutouts open, the mufflers are bypassed and the unmuffled exhaust is let straight into the EBD. Both settings empty into the EBD, so loud or not, you’ll still be producing downforce. The switch on the left controls the WOT Box, which we’ve installed for one reason and one reason only — violence. It’s not a normal 2-step like you get with a WOT Box; instead, we’ve wired it to dump fuel into the exhaust, which in an overrun situation will cause a fireball like none you’ve ever experienced. Your humble narrator first heard the WOT Box fireball inside the office as the Black Series was being road-tested. It’s not your typical fireball; this sounds more like a rifle shot happening five feet from your face. It’s that singular POP you hear in the Black Series feature video. Why would we create a switch that wastes fuel for the sake of mind-blowing fireballs? Because we can. CAFE standards quake in our presence.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CHjjBTGCxs&feature=player_embedded[/YT]
Hermoso!!
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