Since I was about 10 years old, I fell in love with the Lotus Elise! I absolutely loved this car and never got over it When I was 19 years old, I got the chance, to drive with one of those as the mother of a co-worker actually owned one. It was pure pleasure. So I started looking for Elises but just got my driving license so it was almost impossible to get the car insured.
It got a bit quiet about the Elise. In 2012 I moved to Munich and there I saw it again: one of my neighbours owns a british-racing-green Elise and now all the emotions came back I started looking for elises and bought this one:
Itās a 1998 Lotus Elise S1 with an engine conversion to the 111S engine (1.8 Liter Rover K Series, stock with 145 hp and VVC), another transmission with shorter gear ratios and a Nitron Street chassis with adjustable suspension. It also got some custom exhaust which sounds quite nice and a carbon air intake which is build properly and leads to the left air intake.
Wellā¦ it drives fantastic, it sounds awesome and has just run about 47.000 miles - put it straight: I LOVE it I also did a couple of laps on the Nordschleife already and hopefully I can add many laps this year
Iām also jealous of the first gen Elises. An Elise is my #1 dream car, I really hope I can own one some day. Problem being Iām 6ā5 and I doubt Iād fitā¦
That might be an issueā¦ Iām 6ā3 and I do fit, but I needed a wheel spacerā¦ It really depends on the ratio between legs and body and so on
Where is that? US? Australia? Thatās really pretty expensive. Wowā¦
Well, a few. It has a hurricane carbon air intake (which is properly tunneled to the opening at the doors) a sports exhaust with 100 cell catalytic converter and Nitron Street coilovers.
//Edit: just saw you asked about modifications to the engine, sorry! Well, no. Unfortunately the engine also broke 2 weeks ago during a lap on the Nordschleife. Currently looking for an engine replacement. After that Iām planning to rebuild my old engine with some improved parts
Well, a few. It has a hurricane carbon air intake (which is properly tunneled to the opening at the doors) a sports exhaust with 100 cell catalytic converter and Nitron Street coilovers.
//Edit: just saw you asked about modifications to the engine, sorry! Well, no. Unfortunately the engine also broke 2 weeks ago during a lap on the Nordschleife. Currently looking for an engine replacement. After that Iām planning to rebuild my old engine with some improved parts [/quote]
All mods are interesting. Thatās a shame, what went in the engine, not cooling system related was it?
For some reason it started burning oil on the way to the 'Ring. Just checked oil level before leaving and everything was fine. During the 4th lap in Hatzenbach it ran dry. Not sure yet about the reason why it did so. Compression on 2 cylinders is bad (one too high, one too low) and at least the crank bearings are broken. Would be too much effort for now to investigate on the real issue, so Iām getting a replacement engine first. The next mod will be an oil pressure gauge
When I was 19 years old, I got the chance, to drive with one of those as the mother of a co-worker actually owned one. It was pure pleasure. So I started looking for Elises but just got my driving license so it was almost impossible to get the car insured.
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Thatās a shame, what went in the engine, not cooling system related was it?