Business booms for exhaust experts Janspeed
The recent Autosport International Show at the NEC in Birmingham turned out to be an event of both exhilaration and frustration for performance experts Janspeed.
The Salisbury-based specialist had a full team of engineers and consultants on its stand in the trade section of the show and orders are now coming in as a result.
“It’s really frustrating doing what we do because much of it is secret and we can never talk about it,” said Janspeed managing director Mark Vaughan.
“There were cars and performance mods at the show which everyone marvelled at and I had to do my ‘divorced Dad’ bit and stand at the back looking proud while being really pleased at what our creations are achieving for our clients.
“One of the problems facing the tuning and aftermarket industry, and manufacturers who offer things like modified exhausts for their cars to increase performance, is that tighter German regulations make it very difficult to take non-standard cars to places like the Nurburgring to put them through their paces.
“The German authorities are now being quite strict, I’m told, which is causing owners to think twice about taking their cars to the circuit. As a result, we are working hard to gain TUV approval for our parts and this will allow owners to once more take full pleasure from their cars.”
Janspeed’s engineering and commercial team had lengthy discussions during Autosport International regarding OEM, sports and after-market exhaust systems from manifolds and after-treatment right through to silencer design, development, validation and manufacture. Since the show, the discussions have been taking shape as orders for development work on existing and new models.
“We displayed a number of recent projects, cementing our ability to offer a full service supplier approach to exhaust system projects with an engineering-led approach that delivers projects to manufacture from initial concept,” added Mark.
“Cost and lead-time in the manufacture of prototype parts can be dramatically reduced as we are able to carry out design and development using CAD and CAE tools for exhausts and engine modifications such as cylinder head development.
“While much of what we create is secret, people visiting our stand somehow were able to tell us what we had been doing. It’s fair to say they could hear some of it in the live arena, too.
“The result is that our business is now getting a great performance boost of its own to accelerate us away from the recession.”
