New(ish) car .. not really Lotus Content and a long wait..
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 9:39 pm
*edited to change images from Photobucker to Imgur so they hopefully work*
Before Christmas 2016 I was thinking about getting an Audi R8 V10 because I wanted something sensible that I could use and enjoy without every journey being "all about the car" but never really bit the bullet. I also had been through to MMC a few times to look at the conveyor belt of new Elise / Exige and Evora models but only really fancied the newer and more extreme looking Exiges and they seemed awfy pricey these days.
So, I seem to have headed off at a bit of a left-field tangent and put a deposit on a fairly bespoke commission build of a Lister Bell Lancia Stratos.
The Stratos was always the 1st WTF car I remember seeing on telly when watching rallying on telly and I am actually really excited.
The car will be a Group 4 replica with the full painted Alitalia livery of Car number 4 from the 1977 Tour de Corse. Engine will be a totally rebuilt and refreshed 3.2 litre Alfa Romeo V6 on Jenvey individual throttle bodies with an Emerald programmable ECU which I am told will allow me to have a couple of sensible maps for MOT and road use and a full-on pop/bang/crackle flame spitting rally mode for fun. Should be around 300bhp which is about 120bhp more than the original cars. It will be built LHD and will have the full Group 4 rally dashboard as per the original. No half measures
The bugging thing is the wait.... 12 months before anything even starts getting built!!
Anyhow.. no pics of the car but some pics of what it should (hopefully) exactly look like. Appreciate it might not be to everyones taste but if nothing else, it will stand out from the crowd (which may be good... or bad)
Dash is going to be the GP4 rally dash:
Before Christmas 2016 I was thinking about getting an Audi R8 V10 because I wanted something sensible that I could use and enjoy without every journey being "all about the car" but never really bit the bullet. I also had been through to MMC a few times to look at the conveyor belt of new Elise / Exige and Evora models but only really fancied the newer and more extreme looking Exiges and they seemed awfy pricey these days.
So, I seem to have headed off at a bit of a left-field tangent and put a deposit on a fairly bespoke commission build of a Lister Bell Lancia Stratos.
The Stratos was always the 1st WTF car I remember seeing on telly when watching rallying on telly and I am actually really excited.
The car will be a Group 4 replica with the full painted Alitalia livery of Car number 4 from the 1977 Tour de Corse. Engine will be a totally rebuilt and refreshed 3.2 litre Alfa Romeo V6 on Jenvey individual throttle bodies with an Emerald programmable ECU which I am told will allow me to have a couple of sensible maps for MOT and road use and a full-on pop/bang/crackle flame spitting rally mode for fun. Should be around 300bhp which is about 120bhp more than the original cars. It will be built LHD and will have the full Group 4 rally dashboard as per the original. No half measures
The bugging thing is the wait.... 12 months before anything even starts getting built!!
Anyhow.. no pics of the car but some pics of what it should (hopefully) exactly look like. Appreciate it might not be to everyones taste but if nothing else, it will stand out from the crowd (which may be good... or bad)
Dash is going to be the GP4 rally dash: