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sell a manifold for the R1 engine but it is not really designed and constructed with the same level of detail that Richard took. As it is pre-made, you don't also have the same flexibility in placing the engine and silencer. Richard went to Custom Fabrications to get his manifold custom made as a 4-2-1 design . The specification of his/my exhaust manifold is:
| The manifold is going to be one of the easiest places to gain (or lose) power, so I considered it an area where cost cutting should be avoided. |
The manifold fits to the engine using special compression washers/gaskets which are made of copper and are 44mm in diameter. These cost £3.23 each + VAT from Orwell Motorcycles (part no. 4FM-14613-00). The engine comes with 8 studs and a custom bracket was fabricated to bolt the manifold to the engine using the these studs and their associated 8mm nuts. The nuts are torqued up to 20Nm (14lb-ft).
With hindsight: I should have spent a lot more time worrying about the emissions before my SVA test. The R1 exhaust and catalyst is simply not going to get this engine through the emissions test and I ended up borrowing a much larger catalyst.
used a standard R1 silencer which was very effective and met SVA and trackday requirements. He cut the link pipe off and had an adapter made by Competition Fabrications to adapt the 65mm inlet down to the 2" manifold. This is very neat as it fits into the silencer and allows it to sit as far forward on the manifold as possible. R1 silencers are made of titanium, which is expensive to have welded and requires special welding rods to weld it to a stainless steel exhaust system. The 2002 model I have has a small catalyst in it. Compared to bespoke exhausts available it is heavy.
With hindsight: I should have spent a lot more time worrying about noise levels before my SVA test. I had a noise meter but not enough time to check it. This is one thing that you can do little about on the actual day of the test.
The R1 exhaust doesn't have a tail pipe that takes it outside of the bodywork so this has to be added. The R1 silencer has two concentric outlet pipes at 42mm and 60mm diameter. The inside pipe is not easily accessible so I'm going to have to fit a fat tail pipe, which will need to be radiused at the end for the SVA test. The R1 exhaust weighs 4525g.
Messing about with an R1 can is a waste of time as the tail pipe caused me no end of issues, before finally failing completely. Spend a bit more money and get a decent exhaust that will fit nicely. This new exhaust weighs 2445g.
. These cost about a quid from Halfords and other auto stores.
It is important that the mounting design results in compression forces on the bobbin and not sheer forces. Bobbins are not designed to work with high sheer forces or under tension, and will fail prematurely. It's amazing how many people mount exhausts without bearing this in mind. The silencer has a suitable mounting tab on it already. The bobbin is 34mm in diameter and 22mm high, with 5/16" UNF studs on each end. Make sure they come with the required nuts or you will have to source them seperately.
I'm going to have to fabricate a suitable mount for the bobbin but I notice that The Kit Car Workshop sell one.
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