The big Elise/Exige picture thread

[GTRene]

lovely, congrats, all original standard or some finetuning included.

[Edmundo2]

Thanks.

205bhp DVA VHPD with cams/vernier, itb, unequal length trumpets, large bore manifold, larini, etc.. Bilsteins, big brakes, alloy rad, sorted shift..

Car was resprayed metallic white/grey..

Otherwise standard..

Lots of fun and looking forward to getting it out in good weather on smooth, dry roads..

Edited by Edmundo2 on Thursday 7th December 22:13

[GTRene]

sounds good, a bit more poke and air through the system, although I believe they said at the time, standard it was a bit noisy/loud in the cabin? I guess it has now a little bit more and a bit more raw/nice?

have fun, although I guess not so much this year with the cold, but 2024

[Edmundo2]

Indeed...Its on Yokos and new to me so not going crazy at this time of year but will tale it out if the salts been washed away and the weather's not to bad..

[paul13]

Edmundo2 said:

I recently became the owner of an S1 Exige...

Very nice, I too would like an Exige S1, unfortunately it was a financial step too far from the Elise S1.

[fridaypassion]

I got this a couple of months back RGB with 12000 miles. Spent a bit of time sprucing her up and its currently having a LSD fitted. It has Ohlins and 2bular fitted. Pretty much I think peak Lotus. This and the S2 Cup 260 for me are the very best cars they ever made. My outgoing Cup 260 is in the classifieds!

[GTRene]

fridaypassion said:

I got this a couple of months back RGB with 12000 miles. Spent a bit of time sprucing her up and its currently having a LSD fitted. It has Ohlins and 2bular fitted. Pretty much I think peak Lotus. This and the S2 Cup 260 for me are the very best cars they ever made. My outgoing Cup 260 is in the classifieds!

Good to read, you have had some nice cars, say 458 or GT3 and so on, why is this the best ever made for you?

How many RGB 260 are there and also how many Cup 260?

[fridaypassion]

Production numbers I'm not too sure there are around 30 Exige RGB in the UK the number of Cups is really hard to pin down I would guess a similar amount overall.

The S2 Exige is just the perfect blend of light weight - great handling and for a modern 4 pot the engine has character. The RGB would be the last car to go if it came to it anyway!

[GTRene]

this special one came back online a Lotus V8 racecar, sadly no pictures of the engine bay. 36.5k euro pretty cool if it was a road car :-)

it says

>The vehicle has a V8 Audi engine and a long gearbox for circuit racing, a short gearbox for mountain and slalom racing, 1 set of slicks on the rim, 1 set of rain tires on the rim (NEW), various slicks
Ideal trackday car for hobby and professional drivers<




https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/lotus-v8-re...

[keo]

[GaryF]

keo said:

That looks fab

[Tickle]

It's a great looking car!

[keo]

Thanks! I like the side view. I found out about a little meet in derby and turned up late Saturday. I got sent that pic.

[Cryssys]

My birthday present to me, 111S Just looking at it makes me smile, driving it takes it to a whole new level...

Edited by Cryssys on Tuesday 18th June 00:14

[Mutton]

My K20 converted S1. It's been a great project getting it to where it is today but probably time to move it on.

[HorneyMX5]

[EX51GE R]

https://youtu.be/QKGVJtpJt0c?si=e9Ue6CfCO5ITYLE_

[GTRene]

you UK guys/gals seen this special one? ok not the prettiest maybe, but its a Lotus Exige prototype... with (I never heard of it) a Renault 16v engine etc for test, that German guy bought it long time ago, its RHD and he never got to it, so stil 1 hand car and 3400 miles.

Maybe get it back to the UK? its rare and strange a bit

also in the ad some documents who drove it and so on, a part of history?











https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/lotus-exige...

[fridaypassion]

That's very interesting never seen it before

[Tickle]

Love the OZ/Compomotive TH style wheels on it, reminds of the Elise prototype too from the 'Inside Story' documentary.



The Renault engine is interesting.