Turn your Elise or Vx220 into a Gt40

[Lordbenny]

Just found this Elise/VX220 rebody....ok, so it's not a V8 but....I like it.

|http://thumbsnap.com/y0xYwjcF[/url]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C651156#[url]

[mwstewart]

That looks awesome! The only issue is the wheezy 4cyl engine...

[98elise]

The elise platform is very small. No matter how nice it looks, it will be about 3/4 scale

[GroundEffect]

98elise said:

The elise platform is very small. No matter how nice it looks, it will be about 3/4 scale

GT40s aren't exactly big.

[Troubleatmill]

It is a novel way to make your Elise less valuable.

[Pistom]

Why would anyone do that to even an Elise let alone a VX.

[My Evil Twin]

Pistom said:

Why would anyone do that to even a VX, let alone an Elise.

Fixed that for you

[RobDickinson]

Kinda thinking this could be an enforced change for VX's ? Someone must start an online petition..

[DeanoX]

98elise said:

The elise platform is very small. No matter how nice it looks, it will be about 3/4 scale

Think you've had reality distorted by the lardy standards of most new stuff.

Wheelbase Elise = 2,300mm, GT40 = 2,413
Width Elise = 1,719 mm, GT40 = 1,778

Seems pretty close to me ....

[Samjeev]

Pistom said:

Why would anyone do that to even an Elise let alone a VX.

Agreed. Even an S1 elise looks better and it would completely ruin any car on the elise platform.
Nice way to devalue your car though and be faced with a lovely bill if you get in to an accident.

[Theophany]

DeanoX said:

Think you've had reality distorted by the lardy standards of most new stuff.

Wheelbase Elise = 2,300mm, GT40 = 2,413
Width Elise = 1,719 mm, GT40 = 1,778

Seems pretty close to me ....

But how tall is this creation - if it's less than 40" tall it's not a GT40.

[Europa1]

mwstewart said:

That looks awesome! The only issue is the wheezy 4cyl engine...

It depends on what the donor car was - if a VX220 Turbo, it'll be plenty rapid enough

[kambites]

Theophany said:

But how tall is this creation - if it's less than 40" tall it's not a GT40.

If the height is scaled down proportionally to the wheelbase, it'll be a GT38ish.

IMO if they were going to do it at all, they should have made it a full-size clone, building a longer rear-subframe to extend the wheelbase by the required 10cm. That would also have given buyers the option of installing a longitudinal engine.

Edited by kambites on Monday 1st February 09:28

[Barchettaman]

I think that looks absolutely awesome, and generally I'm not really a fan of these lookalike rebodied classics. It maybe looks a little high compared to the original, but the proportions are great nonetheless (to my eyes anyway)

A great way to breathe some life into a Cat D VX220!

[k-ink]

I agree with using up cat D VXs. However to tear up an Elise would be criminal. Mk1 Elise are stunning and need saving.

[james_gt3rs]

k-ink said:

I agree with using up cat D VXs. However to tear up an Elise would be criminal. Mk1 Elise are stunning and need saving.

CatD VX220s are no different to normal ones, usually just a new crashbox installed, so they don't need "using up", plus the fact they are twice as rare as an S1, and many times more than S2.

[kambites]

james_gt3rs said:

CatD VX220s are no different to normal ones, usually just a new crashbox installed, so they don't need "using up", plus the fact they are twice as rare as an S1, and many times more than S2.

I assume he meant "cat-D" as opposed to "cat-D repaired".

[anonymous-user]

mwstewart said:

That looks awesome! The only issue is the wheezy 4cyl engine...

no problem for porsche.

[AyBee]

Not sure why you'd do it to an Elise/VX220 that is in good condition, but you can pretty much write-off these cars with front and rear clam damage these days so maybe an interesting alternative if you fancied buying a crash damaged one from an insurance company.

[kambites]

When I did just enough damage to my front clam for it to need replacing rather than repairing, the whole bill came to over £7k and that was without a hire car while it was being fixed.