Tonight I drove home in my Elise 111S (a 2002 Rover VVC engine Elise). It has had a fairly hard life before me, but was cheap and should make a very nice basis of a track car and daily drive combo.
I have missed having my own Elise since I had to sell my early Elise S2 4 years ago, and also wanted something with the potential to do some racing. Plans are varied and after buying this I need to sell some of the others or get some money in before I can progress too many of them, but there will be some tidying up and a few upgrades as I can. If I can get the money together to prep the car then maybe even next years Lotus on Track series.
start off list:
- Patch up front clam
- Get it on the ramp and inspect it - steering on centre feel is missing
- Replace front 2-piston AP brakes with bigger 4-pots that I already have.
- Start getting the handling back to how it should be with new parts
- Sell off wheels and replace with my forged Volks (already have form old elise, just need tyres)
- take out stereo and what little extra weight it has that isnt needed.
I am going to try and leave the engine alone as it is only a k-series and get extra performance from upgrading the handling even further and taking out weight. The car has no ABS or airbags, but does come with AC (which will stay in place).
Now I really must get that damn RX7 finished and find myself a trackday to give this toy a real test. There must be something at snetterton or brands hatch soon.
Anyone want to make an offer on a V8 RX7, Nissan PS13, Yamaha R1, Jaguar XJ8, BMW 523i Touring or a Volvo B20 rally engine?
