500bhp lotus S1 Exige build...

[EX51GE R]

lower front steady mount....

[Dave Hedgehog]

another epic build

[EX51GE R]

Darren has been busy this weekend









he's started on the gear linkage now, which will be billet too



rough mock up....



Finished article in solid works...

[St. Anger]

[EX51GE R]

Gearbox linkage finished, im sure darren will have these anodised too..

[scotty_d]

This is by a long shot mt favorite build thread on any forum i have been on. The attention to detail and the precision of Engineering detail is highly commendable. This will be an Incredible car when finished. Keep up the Good work OP and please keep the updates coming.

Cheers Scotty

[justin220]

Looks awesome!

Strange question maybe, but is it the project itself, or the actual finished project which you are more excited by?

Reason I ask is I always see a lot of kit car adverts which say 'self built' but are then sold with around 1k miles on it.. And they are selling for another project...

[EX51GE R]

justin220 said:

Looks awesome!

Strange question maybe, but is it the project itself, or the actual finished project which you are more excited by?

Reason I ask is I always see a lot of kit car adverts which say 'self built' but are then sold with around 1k miles on it.. And they are selling for another project...

Not a strange question at all and one i have asked myself time and again! I have said to darren after this rebuild thats it, no more! I don't mind routine tinkering and if req'd some fettling over the winter, i know there are a few bits darren would like to do but time at the moment is an issue, he is so very busy with real paying work for TTS that he struggles to find the time for the Lotus.
With regards to selling it after it's finished, that is not an option, Darren has put so many hours into this that i fear he may never talk to me again if i sold it! It owes me no money when it's finished so no worries there either, we just want a full TD season to enjoy it!

Marc.

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Darren likes Red!....

[Ponk]

Wow. That is all.

[BBS-LM]

EX51GE R said:

lower front steady mount....

That nice.

[joehirth]

Just a quick question, is your bed made from billet aluminium too?

[tim2100]

Incredible!

[5potTurbo]

joehirth said:

Just a quick question, is your bed made from billet aluminium too?

Probably!

Superb work.

[EX51GE R]

joehirth said:

Just a quick question, is your bed made from billet aluminium too?

No, but it might be red !

[EX51GE R]

making the final push to actually put this car back together now.

Have been beavering away on the engine mount kit and its now done and 5 sets sat on the shelf. enjoy the photos













oh and the gear link kit for the s2 toyota shifter conversion

[Harrytsg]

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Got a fair bit done this weekend, new fuel tank arrived from pro Alloy (thanks wayne), engine in for the final time on fully finished mounts, got all the uprights finished and on, brakes on, exhaust mounts cut off and repositioned due to a change in engine position...





Still a mountain of jobs to get through though, the list seems never ending !

[Beedub]

ohhhh wow........ awesome thing..... well done.

[Embryonic]

I love this. Can't wait to see it finished.