Russ Fellows Custom Exhaust

[charles charlie]

As many of you will know, I've had the pleasure of running one of Ben's lovely Titan exhausts for most of my GTR ownership.

Being easily bored, I decided to update my car starting with a new exhaust and I'd heard great things about Russ Fellows.

Russ is an artisan who spends his time making custom headers for Ginetta Race cars amongst other things so I popped over to his workshop a few weeks ago and we set about making a custom system for my car.

The Titan has been awesome but I wanted something a little bit quieter in the cabin so it was time for a change and Russ fitted the bill.

Last saturday Russ was ready to go so we met up at Vanquish Motorsport near me in Speke, Liverpool and set about swapping the systems over.

The system prior to install, utterly awesome craftsmanship. I have seen plenty of exhausts but this is a beautiful piece of engineering. Russ my friend, you are a genius and very, very talented.



Fitment was spectacularly good. I've watched a few zorsts being fitted and they generally require adjustments here and there but this was a peach



Centre section



and the back section





I must also say a huge thank you to Paul and Lee at Vanquish who are awesome guys.

Fitted me in at short notice, and are personally expert on R35s given Paul has a heavily modified/tracked/repaired one which actually lives full time at the Ring!

I've driven it this week and the cabin sound is much improved whilst retaining a deep howl outside.

I can recommend Russ and the guys at Vanquish for their superb service and attention to detail.

Thanks guys!

[alex_123_fra]

Very nice Charles. What sort of cost roughly is involved in this type of custom setup? Have you taken advantage of it fully with a custom remap following the fitting? If so, what sort of gains did you see over your previous setup?

Alex

[Zed Ed]

Lovely

DMG looks as good as ever

[andyg]

Looks too good to put on a car. Lol

[*MrB*]

That exhaust looks like a work of art

Are you going to test to see if there are any performance gains or losses?

[charles charlie]

Originally Posted by alex_123_fra

Very nice Charles. What sort of cost roughly is involved in this type of custom setup? Have you taken advantage of it fully with a custom remap following the fitting? If so, what sort of gains did you see over your previous setup?

Alex

I'd contact Russ directly (Google him) and discuss your requirements. Sufficed to say he's a lot cheaper than many out there and I challenge anyone to find a better piece of engineering at his prices.

My car has a custom tune so I logged with my AP after fitting and all is good. I'm back at Vanquish on Saturday to use their Dyno Dynamics rolling road to make sure and have a fettle with the tune if necessary.

You dont need a custom tune to run an exhaust such as this but it'll certainly help to free up some power regardless.

The flow dynamics of this exhaust look excellent and I have utmost respect for Russ's work. This isnt just welding some tubing together, Russ thinks alot about what he does and explained much of his thinking process with regards the position of bends etc.

Cant rate him highly enough.

[charles charlie]

Originally Posted by Zed Ed

Lovely

DMG looks as good as ever

Brown if you dont mind!

Arent you GTR-less at the moment buddy??

[sin]

Very nice pal, very nice.

P.S. Signature now needs changing.

[charles charlie]

Thanks Sin, forgot about that!

[tsj]

have you recorded how it sound? what a titan exhaust side? is to sell may be the PM

[charles charlie]

Sound outside is a little quieter than the Titan but loud on full chat.

Biggest difference is the drone in the cabin at 70-80 is much reduced.

My old Titan is already spoken for but if that changes I'll post in the relevant section.

[barry P.]

I have one of these systems on my car, excellent exhaust, ticks all the right boxes.

[mindlessoath]

wow that is an amazing work of art! he should sell that version and i also like to see a big hp version from him on the open market. just looks amazing.
its like that quote... "shut up and take my money"

[sin]

Originally Posted by mindlessoath

wow that is an amazing work of art! he should sell that version and i also like to see a big hp version from him on the open market. just looks amazing.
its like that quote... "shut up and take my money"

He does advertise them on his website.

I did send an email to the address on their website a good few months ago enquiring but got no response. So i looked elsewhere, maybe i should of picked up the phone and called but i thought if they cant be arsed why should i.

Really does look nice though.

[charles charlie]

That's a shame Sin but I'm not surprised as Russ is a one man band and is at home in his workshop. He has plenty of work and isn't out to build an empire of guys working for him. He's very content making bespoke stuff in his own time.