Decisions??

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:12 pm

i'm only jestin. I love caterhams, i just wish i fitted properly.

dlogan · Post by **dlogan** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:38 am

Post by **simon** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:55 am

JohnnyR6 wrote: If i go ahead i'll be doing most of the work (if not all) myself so costs shouldn't be too high.

I doubt it if you plan to Honda it. AFAIK you need to make a lot of changes to fit it and the kits have been developed over a few years now by the various people doing them. I don't think any of them will sell you a kit to fit yourself and I've not heard of anyone doing it themselves.

jj · Post by jj » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:57 am

DIY kit here - I am sure SELOC would yield more info as well.

http://www.suninternational-usa.com/

garyk220 · Post by **garyk220** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:08 pm

At the risk of being banned from SE

you could also consider a VX Turbo. You can pick up a decent one for 14-15k. That would get you a newer car ('03 or '04) and leave 5k for mods compared with an early S1 plus 10k for an engine swap.

I've got 255lbft from a remap and exhaust mod, and plan a turbo swap and remap over the winter to get 300+lbft.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:01 pm

Was just about to say that

Post by ed » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:08 pm

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:30 pm

If I remember rightly, there was one guy on SELOC who did a Honda DIY...it blew up

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:00 pm

Gareth wrote:If I remember rightly, there was one guy on SELOC who did a Honda DIY...it blew up

Was that the one that blew up at Spa? IIRC it didnt have a baffled sump, its highly reccommended to fit one if you plan any high G corner circuits as oil starvation is a known problem on the K20's.

It runs fine on a standard CTR but several CTR owners with upgraded suspension and slick tyres have had problems due to this and I would think the problem would be even greater in an Elise.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:32 pm

dlogan wrote:Johnny,
A weekend track toy?
See my avatar
Dave

And mine

400bhp/tonne (actually 408 if you exclude my fat ar$e

) and as quick as a 220bhp Liz IN THE DRY

Post by **simon** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:50 pm

Gareth wrote:If I remember rightly, there was one guy on SELOC who did a Honda DIY...it blew up

I reckon if you've got the money to effectively develop your own build then fair enough. Otherwise, I can't see any reason not to go with one of the existing ones such as the Blink/Sinclairs ones that Tut and 4mil have. The support that they've both had appears, from what I know, to have been excellent.

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:49 am

Or me.

Dan@JPS

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:29 am

How about this: ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/105015.htm

Blow those piddly Honda's to the weeds...

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:05 am

He has now dropped the price from £30K, to offers over £20K, which is a giveaway.

tut

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:58 am

Ali

Just had this e-mail from Tony.

"Hi tut,

Yes its still for sale at the moment, got several viewings on it next week.If your intrested let me know? We will be rebuilding N1 TUT over the winter as a race car which I will race in the new Elise cup series next year.

Will be upgrading the Audi engine to about 360bhp and I have to put a new full body on the car as they won't allow carbon panels in the regs. Also going AP 4 pots all round, nitron 3 ways, full cage, motorsport uprights ete etc.

The car will be awesome when its finished!

Regards
Tony"