460hp Lotus Exige V6
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GFWilliams said:
Thanks for the feature Pistonheads! https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/lo...
Have another photo:
I've booked the car in with Hangar111 to have an LSD fitted in a couple of weeks time, thought it would be useful for winter slippery conditions...
Have another photo:
I've booked the car in with Hangar111 to have an LSD fitted in a couple of weeks time, thought it would be useful for winter slippery conditions...
GFWilliams said:
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It was in Norway somewhere, I'm not sure where!London last night
Pulse00 said:
I think these are my all time favourite photos... ever! I love the comic book-esk style!
Re the London one, what's terrifying is that the car looks modern and everything else has a degree of age to is, but I look at that bike and go "yeah - that's what bikes look like...". Nope. That was the 80's and 90's. D'oh.I have an S1 in the later metallic yellow Lotus did. Perhaps I can do a Shot with a Potato homage series?
And yes, waiting patiently on the above.
Yesterday at Silverstone was a lot of fun, way too much traffic to get a clean lap in though unfortunately. It turned out to be easier to piece together a lap of me being silly than it was to show a fast lap...
https://youtu.be/7bU3L3SLiSo
Friday at Donnington with the new LSD is going to be even more fun!
https://youtu.be/7bU3L3SLiSo
Friday at Donnington with the new LSD is going to be even more fun!
Bad news today for me, the gearbox is out of the car to fit the LSD so Hangar111 have checked the condition of it. Unfortunately they've come back to me reporting that 2/3/4th gear dog teeth are "moderately worn" and so are the synchros. So I'll be getting new gears and synchros fitted. They also said the standard diff was quite worn which isn't a big issue as the LSD is being fitted anyway, but a little concerning that there are so many issues. Good news though is that the Evora 400 clutch I had fitted when the 460 kit was fitted to the car is fine...
Quite a big bill unfortunately at nearly £3k for all the work which is frustrating after having some big bills on it last month for lots of new suspension bushes, servicing, setup, etc. Hopefully after this it'll be sorted for a while!
Quite a big bill unfortunately at nearly £3k for all the work which is frustrating after having some big bills on it last month for lots of new suspension bushes, servicing, setup, etc. Hopefully after this it'll be sorted for a while!
The hope is that by doing it now I don't have to touch the gearbox again for a while!
Early next year I'll fit a gearbox cooler to prevent further issues. This is the first time the gearbox has been apart, for all I know this wear could have been there the entire time I've owned the car. But if you're going to do something I guess do it properly!
Early next year I'll fit a gearbox cooler to prevent further issues. This is the first time the gearbox has been apart, for all I know this wear could have been there the entire time I've owned the car. But if you're going to do something I guess do it properly!
GFWilliams said:
The hope is that by doing it now I don't have to touch the gearbox again for a while!
Early next year I'll fit a gearbox cooler to prevent further issues. This is the first time the gearbox has been apart, for all I know this wear could have been there the entire time I've owned the car. But if you're going to do something I guess do it properly!
Excellent approach - good luck and please keep the photos and videos coming, they are all superb Early next year I'll fit a gearbox cooler to prevent further issues. This is the first time the gearbox has been apart, for all I know this wear could have been there the entire time I've owned the car. But if you're going to do something I guess do it properly!
GFWilliams said:
Got my Christmas tree today... Not sure why I took the Lotus really as I now have a C-Class estate, but it was more fun this way!
You need to do this now. https://www.facebook.com/carthrottle/videos/191584...
Nearing the end of the year now and it's been a brilliant one for me thanks to this car!
A couple of photos from the last week...
Running the old wheels at the moment to keep my forged wheels away from the salt. All suspension is protected using ACF50.
I was having a bit of a think about what 2018 holds for the car. I love a project and don't want this to be over, despite doing the majority of the things I want to do to it this year. Next year will be about refinement and improving some of the more subtle things about the car. Little things, but I hope that with some attention to detail it'll make a big difference.
The first thing I'll be addressing is the suspension. The 1 way Nitrons aren't giving me the control I'd like, so I'll be switching to 3 way Nitrons. The aim of this is to give me a car which, while capable on track when needed, will give me the ability to give a more compliant ride for the road. I drove the new 430 Cup with these dampers and it was brilliant, so I'm confident I'll be happy with the upgrade.
The next thing on my list is to make the interior a nicer place to be. I accept that it's a very sparse place to be, but with some changes I think I can make it an improvement on how it is at the moment. I currently have Tillett GRP B5 seats in the car and love them, but having seen and sat in the new B6 Screamer, it's a big improvement in comfort for me and gives me a chance to do something a bit interesting. So I've ordered a set of Tillett B6 Screamers in Carbon Fibre with some custom alcantara pads.
Here is a photo of the old (current) seats in the car:
This is a photo of a test fitting of the B6 Screamers in my car:
Then with some photoshop rendering to see what it would look like with quilted pads in place, some of the aluminium elements of the interior in black and the air conditioning panel in liquid yellow:
That'll be enough to keep me going for a while I think!
A couple of photos from the last week...
Running the old wheels at the moment to keep my forged wheels away from the salt. All suspension is protected using ACF50.
I was having a bit of a think about what 2018 holds for the car. I love a project and don't want this to be over, despite doing the majority of the things I want to do to it this year. Next year will be about refinement and improving some of the more subtle things about the car. Little things, but I hope that with some attention to detail it'll make a big difference.
The first thing I'll be addressing is the suspension. The 1 way Nitrons aren't giving me the control I'd like, so I'll be switching to 3 way Nitrons. The aim of this is to give me a car which, while capable on track when needed, will give me the ability to give a more compliant ride for the road. I drove the new 430 Cup with these dampers and it was brilliant, so I'm confident I'll be happy with the upgrade.
The next thing on my list is to make the interior a nicer place to be. I accept that it's a very sparse place to be, but with some changes I think I can make it an improvement on how it is at the moment. I currently have Tillett GRP B5 seats in the car and love them, but having seen and sat in the new B6 Screamer, it's a big improvement in comfort for me and gives me a chance to do something a bit interesting. So I've ordered a set of Tillett B6 Screamers in Carbon Fibre with some custom alcantara pads.
Here is a photo of the old (current) seats in the car:
This is a photo of a test fitting of the B6 Screamers in my car:
Then with some photoshop rendering to see what it would look like with quilted pads in place, some of the aluminium elements of the interior in black and the air conditioning panel in liquid yellow:
That'll be enough to keep me going for a while I think!
Edited by GFWilliams on Saturday 23 December 18:10
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