Should I consider anything else? Early mid life crisis....

[MrLizard]

Jonathan27 said:

Nissan GT-R!

having done quite a bit of track work in one I wasnt a fan, fantastic road car, not really a track tool

Cant sway the mrs to the caterham

Have got a nice email from the CEO of Zenoscars who is suggesting waiting til End of July where some chosen press will be given a test drive (hopefully mr harris)

just having a look at the mevabusa! :S

[TheJimi]

OlberJ said:

Still waiting for the invite to come feature it

It's not even finished yet! When it is, we'll be in touch, fret not

[OlberJ]

I need a pre-build pic or 2 for a teaser post and a damn good look at the thing!

We'll do a video when it's finished.

[TheJimi]

I'll give you his email address and you can contact him directly. Standby for incoming....

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 18th June 13:57

[AshVX220]

MrLizard said:

having done quite a bit of track work in one I wasnt a fan, fantastic road car, not really a track tool

Cant sway the mrs to the caterham

Have got a nice email from the CEO of Zenoscars who is suggesting waiting til End of July where some chosen press will be given a test drive (hopefully mr harris)

just having a look at the mevabusa! :S

Just looked at the Zenos website having never heard of them before, it looks bloody lovely!!

[anonymous-user]

I'd buy this

Narrow tyres and 150 bhp will be plenty of fun on a track, probably more fun than grippy wide tryes and twice the power, plus its gorgeous, and red, and italian and it has a twin cam on carbs....

[MrLizard]

For those people interested I ordered my Zenos E10 on Friday last week after a great tour of the facility and a long conversation with the owner.

Really excited but have to wait until March/April!

[RenesisEvo]

Congratulations OP, I do look forward to hearing all about it.

[MrLizard]

Well, a small update - I actually ordered the E10S with the Ford Ecoboost 2L from the new Focus ST, which makes the car come in at 700kg and 250bhp

I was invited to Millbrook to see the unveiling and drive the E10 and be driven in the E10S - fantastic day put on by the guys at Zenos, no expense spared with an auto test track set out for people to drive and a stationary car for people to walk about and sit in as well as being driven by a lunatic on the Alpine circuit in the S which at one point made a pigeon disintegrate.

They wanted to exaggerate the fact that the cars are still in prototype and that feedback from end users was a key part. Which was great as people had a few suggestions - though i hasten to add not 'that' many.

Both cars performed almost flawlessly, the S having only been started 3 days before the event for the first time, it didn't miss a beat all day and essentially spent the day having its neck rung. The standard car suffered a temporary technical gremlin that the guys jumped on and fixed in a few minutes.

For a prototype to be so far along is great and the feedback on the carbon fibre cockpit and the layout of the car was getting a lot of praise.

http://www.zenoscars.com/products/zenos-e10s/ some info on the S

Ended the day with being given some framed copies of original sketches and build numbers which was a nice touch and will add a photo of my finished car to the end when complete

Happy customer cant wait for it to be done!

[KarlMac]

Remember seeing this at Festival of Speed 2013 and thinking it was the car Caterham should have been building

Good work OP.

[grumpy]

That's one nice looking car, from the pictures anyway. I could manage without a roof but not without a 'screen. I've not read the thread but if it's a track day car who cares.

[MrLizard]

grumpy said:

That's one nice looking car, from the pictures anyway. I could manage without a roof but not without a 'screen. I've not read the thread but if it's a track day car who cares.

Windscreen is an option, it is a road legal track car really so on the track not so important but on the road i guess a windscreen could be of some use.

[RemaL]

MrLizard said:

grumpy said:

That's one nice looking car, from the pictures anyway. I could manage without a roof but not without a 'screen. I've not read the thread but if it's a track day car who cares.

Windscreen is an option, it is a road legal track car really so on the track not so important but on the road i guess a windscreen could be of some use.

Have just put a screen on my kit car after 10 years of without a screen, I wish I added it much earlier. No need for a helmet if it rains or for long journeys and does make a difference with fatigue due to less wind blast

And I must say lovely looking car

[Pixel-Snapper]

What a fantastic choice to be different MrLizard.

What colour are you going for my I ask?

Please do keep the thread updated if you can.

love a bit of british engineering.

[Tickle]

Tickle said:

http://www.zenoscars.com/zenos-range/e10/

Looks good, not sure on your time-scale to buy and the actual release date for the E10 though.

I hope I helped you with the decision

Look forward to seeing a write-up in readers cars when it lands.

[MrLizard]

Tickle said:

I hope I helped you with the decision

Look forward to seeing a write-up in readers cars when it lands.

I tend to live by the motto of 'never follow' in a lot of what i do which has worked to my advantage and disadvantage in life, still a small risk but having met the Chairman and CEO etc and seen the funding that has been generated i feel it is acceptable.

i will keep the thread updated for sure, spoke to them briefly about ECU and tuning and weights today, suffice to say that it is still prototype and things could get a little better

Your commission is in the post Tickle.

[KarlMac]

MrLizard said:

I tend to live by the motto of 'never follow' in a lot of what i do which has worked to my advantage and disadvantage in life, still a small risk but having met the Chairman and CEO etc and seen the funding that has been generated i feel it is acceptable.

i will keep the thread updated for sure, spoke to them briefly about ECU and tuning and weights today, suffice to say that it is still prototype and things could get a little better

Your commission is in the post Tickle.

Collins Performance have done some interesting stuff with the Ecoboost engine. Might be worth a phone call.

Also, would the mountune upgrades be available?

[MrLizard]

KarlMac said:

Collins Performance have done some interesting stuff with the Ecoboost engine. Might be worth a phone call.

Also, would the mountune upgrades be available?

I was thinking the same lines, suffice to say that they have to use a branded ECU that has been developed with the car and as I have always dealt with Abbey Motorsport I am hoping they might be able to help when the time comes

Syvecs (which I use on my race car) are doing an ECU for the 2L ecoboost so that might be an option, 300ish should be easily achievable which, and I appreciate this isn't everything, would take it to similar BHP/per ton to the mp12c

Because of the ECU I suspect mountune wont be an option (?)- maybe someone with more knowledge could comment on that tho...

[Pesty]

Never heard of zenos. Looks fabulous, well done.

The E11 and 12 look interesting.

[MrLizard]

Pesty said:

Never heard of zenos. Looks fabulous, well done.

The E11 and 12 look interesting.

Unfortunately due to changes of plans with job and a slight change of the deal on the Zeno I have backed out of this, though hope to get back into one in the future. However I have now ordered an Atom - waiting on delivery somewhere near Christmas