AN AUTOMATIC ELISE???
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CAN IT BE DONE - my mum wants a elise S1 / S2 for the summer but CANT feel her feet / legs ! she loves my car and drove nothing but sports cars wen younger and now possibly wants another!
Are there any auto gearboxes available? Anyone know of anything like this been done - it realy is so that she can just have 2 big pedals which will her to happy and control the car in town as she cant use a clutch!
Thanks, ps this is a serious post, i know the manual is more fun to drive - but better driving an elise which is auto than a bmw convertible or sabb!
Are there any auto gearboxes available? Anyone know of anything like this been done - it realy is so that she can just have 2 big pedals which will her to happy and control the car in town as she cant use a clutch!
Thanks, ps this is a serious post, i know the manual is more fun to drive - but better driving an elise which is auto than a bmw convertible or sabb!
In addition to the difficulties of the auto box, have you investigated how the hand controls would be fitted? I have to admit that I don't know too much about it but wouldn't a hand operated brake be a bit heavy on a non-servo system? Then there is the issue of getting in and out?
Plenty of auto MX-5s about and a damned sight more convenient than an Elise would be by the sounds of it.
Plenty of auto MX-5s about and a damned sight more convenient than an Elise would be by the sounds of it.
na, she dnt need handcontrol or anything like that! just her spinal cord was cut in a operation resulting in the nevers been cut so she cant feel her feet. She can still push the pedals tho, just not sensitively! she can get in a out of my s2 and drive it ok ........on open roads, just the clutch is the problem! also the lack of servo doesnt realy mattr
maybe you can install something like this to make it easyer?
http://www.sector111.com/handler.cfm?cat_id=20216&...
and someone said this:
[quote] It would not take a lot of engineering to put a Celica GTS auto trans in an Elise.
[/quote]
but I don't know.
good luck.
http://www.sector111.com/handler.cfm?cat_id=20216&...
and someone said this:
[quote] It would not take a lot of engineering to put a Celica GTS auto trans in an Elise.
[/quote]
but I don't know.
good luck.
Edited by GTRene on Thursday 7th February 22:10
As has been said, a rover auto box ought to be possible.
Fitting a remote servo wouldnt be difficult for the brakes either, plenty of choice there.
LuK (the German clutch company) also produce a small servo for clutches to make cars easier to drive for people with disabilities, they are commonly available in Europe but are only available to registered mobility vehicle manufacturers in the UK. A friend of mine fitted one to an old car with a heavy clutch and it did a great job, if you want to source one e-mail me & I'll try to get some details.
Regards
Jez
Fitting a remote servo wouldnt be difficult for the brakes either, plenty of choice there.
LuK (the German clutch company) also produce a small servo for clutches to make cars easier to drive for people with disabilities, they are commonly available in Europe but are only available to registered mobility vehicle manufacturers in the UK. A friend of mine fitted one to an old car with a heavy clutch and it did a great job, if you want to source one e-mail me & I'll try to get some details.
Regards
Jez
- if indeed it is serious thread advise your mum that a Merc SLK will be a more appropriate purchase 
jamiebae said:
I'm pretty sure there was an auto (Steprtonic) MGF which could be used as a donor vehicle if she really really wants an automatic Elise.
Several of those were done in Germany by the same company who later made the Esthi.CVT box from the MGF and fit it to the Elise. Can be drive in full automatic or emulating a sequential/flappy-paddle gearbox.
Bye, Arno.
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