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Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:37 pm
by davla
I was thinking of experimenting with an expansion pipe for a change and saw this one on eBay, has anyone had any experience of them?
Set-up is a stage 4 tuned 200cc aluminium kit from AF with a Jetex on a Pacemaker gearbox.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lambretta-S3- ... 1438.l2649

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:24 pm
by a.lo
sorry, not seen one of them, not quite a Scoot Rs clone Pm. but strange it states for a TS1/ Imola yet shows two stubs for a standard port?

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:08 pm
by rossclark
a.lo wrote:sorry, not seen one of them, not quite a Scoot Rs clone Pm. but strange it states for a TS1/ Imola yet shows two stubs for a standard port?


Just the ebay equivalent of clickbait - it'll turn up in those searches.

Surprised it doesn't say 'mod / vespa' too...

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:07 am
by davla
a.lo wrote:sorry, not seen one of them, not quite a Scoot Rs clone Pm. but strange it states for a TS1/ Imola yet shows two stubs for a standard port?


Emailed them and it Comes with standard and TS1 manifold

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:36 am
by CHRIS in MARGATE
Good feedback on Ebay. Looks OK. And you have opportunity to reclaim from PayPal if not up to the mark.
Not everything has to cost over £300 to be good value.
Take a leap of faith.

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:43 am
by davla
CHRIS in MARGATE wrote:Good feedback on Ebay. Looks OK. And you have opportunity to reclaim from PayPal if not up to the mark.
Not everything has to cost over £300 to be good value.
Take a leap of faith.


There are a few different variations, these have a mild steel manifold and the SPAQ have stainless. What's the best? Ive heard that mild steel gives better head dispersement compared to stainless?

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:35 pm
by Scooterdude
They don't look half bad, although the downpipe looks a bit quirky were it narrows down but definitely worth a try

Re: Anyone tried one of these expansion pipes?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:14 pm
by modster79
I agree, it looks half decent, good price compared to the magority of pipes. If you invest please provide some feedback when fitted and running, I'd be interested to know how it performs.