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you will need to buy a sport 190 from the factory for £37K which is almost ready to race, they will then add in LSD, Cage, Fire system, racing tyres etc
if you want it to be any good for racing then it will be rubbish on the road or vice versa. Theres no point in putting in a load of weight with leather seats, air con, supercharger etc if you are going to race it.
Bennno
You might want to check that you can fit the TT supercharger with aircon. The elise engine bay isnt huge, there may not be room for both the blower and the aircon compressor.
As for top speed, without changing the gearing i think you'll find an elise will hit the redline in top somewhat before 165 mph.
sounds interesting though!
As for top speed, without changing the gearing i think you'll find an elise will hit the redline in top somewhat before 165 mph.
sounds interesting though!
Test drive an S2 111S (with 156bhp) and decide if you really need more power - it will come with leather and CD player with a light weight aircon unit costing an extra £1000. I'd consider not bothering with aircon - if it's hot take the roof off and drive at 60 - 70 - you'll soon cool down - also, when you come to sell it, think about who'll be buying it from you and if they'd really want it - apparently it does affect the acceleration too.
My personal preference was gunmetal grey with even darker wheels (I'll put a pic of my car on [url] www.geocities.com/onedsla/DSCN1132.JPG [/url] in a minute) but it looks equally as cool in black - I also saw an amazing looking red one that I liked a lot.
good luck shopping
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My personal preference was gunmetal grey with even darker wheels (I'll put a pic of my car on [url] www.geocities.com/onedsla/DSCN1132.JPG [/url] in a minute) but it looks equally as cool in black - I also saw an amazing looking red one that I liked a lot.
good luck shopping
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for 240hp+ go to www.prototyperacing.com
Joe will hook you up. I think you will be very impressed with the performance. How does 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds sound?
Joe will hook you up. I think you will be very impressed with the performance. How does 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds sound?
Judging from the list of things that you need in the car I think you need a different car. The whole point of the Elise design is that it's focussed on performance through lightweight. Why bother messing that up just cos it doesn't have all the comfort aids of a normal car. It's not a normal car, don't try to make it into one.
twin40s said: All those mods are going to be expensive!
Probably cheaper (and alot easier) to buy a Noble instead
It has 300bhp 165mph top speed etc, straight out of the box
This sounds about right. By the time you have costed up any interior mods you wanted to make, Supercharging, LSS kit, bigger brakes etc you are talking about serious sums of money.
IIRC there isnt a "production" 6 speed box available for the car (correct me if im wrong here). There is a Quaife sequential kit, however that was somewhere in the region of £6k + (Not cheap).
You would be better off buying a noble, or perhaps a tvr, your mod list for the elise runs to about £20k!
TheLemming said:
twin40s said: All those mods are going to be expensive!
Probably cheaper (and alot easier) to buy a Noble instead
It has 300bhp 165mph top speed etc, straight out of the box
This sounds about right. By the time you have costed up any interior mods you wanted to make, Supercharging, LSS kit, bigger brakes etc you are talking about serious sums of money.
IIRC there isnt a "production" 6 speed box available for the car (correct me if im wrong here). There is a Quaife sequential kit, however that was somewhere in the region of £6k + (Not cheap).
You would be better off buying a noble, or perhaps a tvr, your mod list for the elise runs to about £20k!
The Noble has a turning circle even bigger than a Delorean. Definitely a "try before you buy" proposition.
Anyone here got a Noble as a daily driver? Any issues with narrow streets or parking?
JonGwynne said: Would a Quaife gearbox do something about the Elise's sloppy gearchange?
Anyone got one? What do you think of it? How much did it cost?
Try the full Quick Shift and gear linkage kit from www.eliseparts.com makes all the difference, the rubberry feel dissappears and becomes a far more positive change.
I think Bonce had it fitted on his car too.
PC
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