Scottish Elises

Hi

After selling my old track clio s couple of years ago I recently started to miss doing track days , so a few weeks ago I took my Porsche 996 out on track and found it fast but not overly fun as I was worried about smashing up a 50K car.
I also didnt think it suited Knockhill very well as its fairly heavy but piled on speed on the straights , so would be very hard on brakes /tyres and the car in general.

So last week I decided to make a change and ended up selling the Porsche to a dealer down south taking a Loutus exige s in px.

Any way enough of the chat and onto pictures

Old track clio



Bye bye to the beetle





New toy














Short term plans for the lotus are

1.Fit a baffled sump ready for track
2.Raise the nose slightly(speed bumps) and get geo /corner weight done.
3.Adjust drivers door window for a better seal
4.Few little interior add ons
5. Re instate some sort of boot space/box
6. Re fit an oil cooler positioned in the driver side duct.
7. Spare set of wheels with AD08's for road use

Long term plans

Gearbox cooler ,pump,temp switch

Get custom longer rear wishbones and driveshafts made to loose the spacers on the rear.

Looks like a lot of work been done on that car. Should be pretty potent.

Why is there spacers on the rear wheels? Is it down to the offset? Would correct offset wheels work rather than the expense of custom wishbones/driveshafts?

Lovely weapon. Welcome along!

Looks interesting

Welcome.

Stu

BigD wrote:Looks like a lot of work been done on that car. Should be pretty potent.

Why is there spacers on the rear wheels? Is it down to the offset? Would correct offset wheels work rather than the expense of custom wishbones/driveshafts?

The GT3 clams are around 100mm wider at the rear , I did think about custom wheels but looking at around £2000+ a set.

I will probably have 2 sets of wheels one with AO48, and a road set with AD08's so , I think wishbones will work out cheaper plus wheels are available off the shelf if one gets damaged.

The spacers are bolt to hub style so not overly concerned about there security, but they will side load the wheel bearings long term.

Neil A wrote:

BigD wrote:Looks like a lot of work been done on that car. Should be pretty potent.

Why is there spacers on the rear wheels? Is it down to the offset? Would correct offset wheels work rather than the expense of custom wishbones/driveshafts?

The GT3 clams are around 100mm wider at the rear , I did think about custom wheels but looking at around £2000+ a set.

I will probably have 2 sets of wheels one with AO48, and a road set with AD08's so , I think wishbones will work out cheaper plus wheels are available off the shelf if one gets damaged.

The spacers are bolt to hub style so not overly concerned about there security, but they will side load the wheel bearings long term.

Got you, I missed the fact it was a wider clam.

You can see how much wider the rear is in these pics , where the standard car doesn't have the vents at the rear of the arch.

That looks cool, I love the GT3 kit..!

Looks mega. Also scottish registered from the SN plate.

Is the R129 in the background yours?

: That looks like a weapon! Congrats on the new car.

jj wrote:Looks mega. Also scottish registered from the SN plate.

Is the R129 in the background yours?

Nope that's a picture the garage I got the car from sent me. I got the car the day before I went offshore so haven't got any of my own pictures yet only drove it 10 miles, so looking forward to getting home next week.

Hi. Where are you based?

I'm from Leven

Lovely looking car