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andybond wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:49 pm

Fonzey wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:39 pm

Looking good Andy, looking forward to your placement/install for inspiration!

I shall document it , unless it looks poor. Then Ill hope you forget about it

That's cheating!

Looking good Andy, looking forward to your placement/install for inspiration!

Very cool, still makes GARW look like good value though even taking into account the 'support quirks' of dealing with a one-man band.

Hopefully AIM can sort out S1/S2 compatibility and they may be onto a winner.

I think the one in your photo is not a 680, the 680 would have its terminals either facing the side or the rear of the car but some bigger oddysees have a more "traditional" set of proportions which would suite the original mount a bit more as per those pics.

I think my only concern with using the original fixing is (I assume) you'd intend to put the battery flat on its back rather than upright. I know it's unlikely, but the potential for something touching/connecting the terminal posts would be a worry. I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds random ...

I think the Exige/Elise has got a lot more grip than people expect (certainly more than I did). Mid-engine layout will be much of this I suppose, where it tends to catch you out the first few times is a touch of understeer going into a tightening corner with a bit too much speed on a greasy road - t...

I think Andy's is a converted NA? It might be that all S's have it, my 2006 certainly does. Depending on ECU it can also be retrofitted by just adding the button as the wiring all exists in the handbrake tunnel. I considered adding it to my NA Elise but never really found myself wanting it. It's not...

My order is also in, cheers Dave

Just caught up with this from the start, what an ace build - looking forward to more progress!

Its bust now and not worth the cost to fix for the "benefit" That was my main point tbh - I do think mine is effective whilst it's working, but I know that eventually it will die - and when it does, I don't love it enough to bother fixing/replacing it unless it's a quick/easy fix. I'd rather shed t...