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the penguin
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The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by the penguin » Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:14 pm

Morning all,

As i have been here for a while now I figured i should do a write up on my S1 Elise i have owned since 2008.

I purchased the car from a member on SELOC in September 2008. The car was a fairly standard S1 with Nitron Racing Reds, upgraded toe links and a Hurricane Induction kit.

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The 1st trip i did with the car was to the Nurburgring so before I went i made a few changes

Swapped the racing reds out for NTR 42s as the reds would just clonk
Compomotive MO's with AD048s
Tillett B5 seats with Scroth Harnesses
I also found a original hard top for the car

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The car perform great to and from the ring and I managed 4 laps. although the seed was set that I needed more power after struggling to get past a Corsa VXR!

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The next mods to the lotus were
Braided brake lines
EBC Discs & Pads
Aluminium Radiator

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I didn't do much to the car after that did the usual trip to Le Mans a few times and generally used the car.

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I booked a track day (finally) at Brands Hatch car performed excellently however the lack of power had got to me and 120bhp wasn't going to cut it anymore.

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I considered tuning the K-Series but the draw of a Honda was too much and the Stark kit was purchased.

The car had done approx 40,000 miles from new and the Honda engine I sourced had a similar mileage

Spec is

Stark installation kit
K-Pro ECU
Remote oil filter
Hurricane induction kit
2bular exhaust
Honda Engine checked an installed

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Since i completed the conversion I went to Le Mans but other than that have hardly used the car due to working away. The car was stored at Analogue Automotive for a couple of years (Highly recommended) and nearly sold once.

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However since returning to the UK i had the car brought up to me as I'm now based in Aberdeen and it hasn't moved since June. Plans for next year are to get it back out and use it now i have access to the Scottish highlands on my door step. At some point i want to do the North Coast 500 also.

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Future plans for mods are Exige conversion and maybe a rebuild of the engine to get a little more power seems to be some good NA engines being built as I'm not a big fan of forced induction!

Thanks for reading hopefully see you on some Aberdeen runs next year
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C7Steve
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Re: The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by C7Steve » Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:23 pm

Nice write up and hopefully see you soon for a run together. :thumbsup

We have some amazing roads here on our doorstep.

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Re: The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by campbell » Tue Dec 27, 2016 3:27 pm

A Honda'd S1? Sacre bleu ;-)

Great write up. Good colour too :-)
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Post by j2 lot » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:18 pm

:withstupid
Looks great
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Re: The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by DJ » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:49 pm

Thanks for taking the time to put that together :thumbsup. Nice write up and appreciate the effort to document it all with photos too. Plenty of good roads near you now to get the best use out of all those upgrades. Something quite classic about the look of a silver S1. 8)
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Post by pshanks76 » Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:09 pm

Nice car and welcome to a great driving area:)

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Re: The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by Ferg » Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:30 pm

Great write up. Look forward to seeing you at an SE event sometime. :thumbsup

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Post by Corranga » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:51 pm

Great write up and welcome :)
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Post by Mikie711 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:56 pm

Welcome to Gods country, at least as far as the roads are concerned (maybe not the weather though). maybe see you about at some of the NE meets. Usually have a curry night or 2 as well as meeting up at the V8 breakfast at Fennel in Inverurie now and again. There is also the odd run but they are few and far between these days.
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Re: The Penguins S1 Honda

Post by tut » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:33 pm

Great write up, and we always appreciate a gallery of pics of members cars. We also have a lot of experience of Honda conversions on here so you will never go short of helpful advice.

However do not close your eyes to a S/C engine if you have not tried one, I have had both and if you are looking for more power above your standard setup it is only the realistic way to go as compared to rebuilding your engine at considerable cost without getting the same result.

Keep browsing if you want to join in on road runs and trackdays.

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Post by Sanjøy » Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:19 pm

I think my next Lotus will have to be a Honda S1.


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Post by ClarkyBoy » Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:01 pm

Nice!

and 10/10 for using the E-type as a table!
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