500bhp lotus S1 Exige build...

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All the bits back off the car to go off for Xylan coating or anodising, plus with thanks to seriously lotus for putting in a special order for a litebox battery, only weighs 2kg!

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Lots going on now, reassembly of the engine bits, built up the shifter again and one set of wheels refurbed and shod with some road tyres & a very expensive lightweight battery...

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Darren just casually knocking uo billet exhaust hangers and a new oil filter take off, plus the striker pins on the toll cage have never worked properly never aligned very well so a new design for those...

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So this weekend has been very exciting! First crank of the engine, all good, lots of parts having final fit, exhaust is almost done but Darren won't let me share until its finished.

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Well the journey has been seemingly endless but finally it lives once more! MOT tomorrow....

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Alitech shifter V2 is finished and in place, exhaust is done, just needs waterpump swapped and seats in and it's off for mapping tomorrow!

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Pretty happy with that

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The boys pulled out all the stops to get it back and screwed together for it's first track outing since 2016! Took it to anglesey, unfortunately i couldn't make it but the car made it back in one piece, only casualty being a broken SC impeller which obviously stopped play, will be adding some finishing touches to the map with a live session and fitting the dash panels before the next TD at silverstone in november...

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No clue as yet, haven't had a chance to talk to Darren.

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Had to make new brackets for the dash, they are all glued in OK, so dash can go back together, and cill protection stickers along with no step stickers fitted, followed be a spin up the circuit....

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There's always another piece of the puzzle, Darren is sorting the billet bits (of course) Pro Alloy will make the tank and put it all together, plus had the manifold heat proofed...

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mwstewart said:

Great work/project. Did you go for Inconel?

it's the stainless manifold wrapped by Thermo met