S2 Exige S

[Neil A]

This may be a little jumbled up as copy and paste from another site I use



Last week I said bye bye to the beetle

With offshore work being so unpredictable at the moment I decided to be sensible and free up some cash so sold what will probably be the fastest and best car I will ever own

Did take something fun in px though



2006 exige s withe supercharge Toyota engine
Power
288bhp - RSTuning
Pro alloy charge cooler
Pro alloy triple pass rad
TRD air intake
550cc injectors
260 cup fuel pump
2.9" charger pulley
2ubular manifold
2ubular 3" exhaust

Gearbox
Exedy clutch
LSD
Rebuilt box
Jubu 3rd 4th gears

Bodywork
Carbon front splitter
Alloy rear diffuser
Carbon rear wing
260 cup roof
Carbon GT3 clams -5" wider than a exige
Led lights
Lotus green respray

Interior
Alcantara momo wheel
Probax seats
alcantara door inserts
Carbon dipped side/dash panels - will be getting flocked

Chassis
Nitron shocks
powdercoated , rebuilt wishbones
AP292 front discs
Pagid RS14 pads
Braided lines
pro race 1.2 wheels
16 x 7 front 195 AO48 tyres
17 x 9 rear 255 AO48 tyres[

[Neil A]

Few parts started to arrive for the car , and had a bit of time now I'm home from work to start going through the car .
Looks to have a lot of nice parts but also a few bodges so will take a little bit more work than I thought.
I have got some oil temp and pressure gauges , may use the temp one for the gearbox to start with to get an idea of how hot the box actually gets.

Unfortunately due to a mix up at the dvla the V5 got lost , so have now had to re apply, this has also meant i can't road tax the car

Did get my road wheels mounted up and adjusted the ride height up as it was set at 105 front /115 rear when loaded with 75kg in each seat.

[Neil A]

So today the car came to bits, and is now in the rebuild stage complete with now having a boot/storage space .

Looks good with the roof off.



Rear spoiler,roof and rear clam removed





Rear storage box is now ready to fit, front is covered in a double layer of heat barrier with around 2" of clearance from the manifold. Still have access to the battery and have air flow either side to allow heat to escape through the rear vents.

[Neil A]

Oil cooler is now fitted in the nearside rear , I will monitor temps and if needed vent the arch liner to increase flow.



Gauges now fitted and wired



Ive also added extra bracing to the front splitter as it was flexing above 80mph and actually hitting the road, I also had to modify a front tow post to work with the gt3 clam.



Ive still to make two little trim pieces for the side of the boot box, but atlas now have somewhere to put stuff if going for a run or to a track day.





Also tracked down an under tray so will get that fitted at the end of the week , also got a digital temp gauge to fit to the gearbox to see how hot its getting before I decide if I'm going to fit a cooler and pump.

Another big thanks to wheelcoat for the 2 day turn around on my wheels even though I said no rush lol

[pete]

Nice

[C7Steve]

Steve.

[Neil A]

sadly since I've bought the car the weather has been poor So not had much use out of it, in a way it's a good things meant I got on and did most of the jobs I had planned to do over the next 6 months.

I still plan long term to get wider rear wishbones made for the rear to let me run without rear spacers but for now I'm going to enjoy the car as much as possible. I will say it is very loud and wouldn't like to go for a long trip,in it but that wasn't what I bought the car for.

[mwmackenzie]

That's freaking gorgeous!

[Scotty C]

i like that apart from the Massove spoiler and splitter.

[a4drk]

Agree with Scotty. Front splitter is ok, but the rear spoiler is far too big.
Wonder if the 2010 spoiler would fit in the same holes .......


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[Neil A]

The pictures make it look even bigger than it is , it is huge but think its fitting with the rest of the car and is the same as the GT3 race cars were fitted with

[Kinger]

Looks great, looking forward to seeing it at KH on the 25th March

[SAJ]

The pictures make it look even bigger than it is , it is huge but think its fitting with the rest of the car and is the same as the GT3 race cars were fitted with

Looks good to me

[Neil A]

Did my first tacky yesterday in this car , thanks to John for sorting the day and for the photos. Sorry for my driving on the day going to take a while to build confidence to push the car harder Im use to fwd.

Sadly never got around to putting my go pro in the car .

Was good fun but the car definitely needs the roll bars as the springs are a bit soft causing roll in the corners.



Rolly







Hard on the brakes at end of the straight chasing the GT3, this will explain the worn splitter

[Scotty C]

that front splitter will be costing you 5-10 mph on the straight.