A very unusual Lotus

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My new project offers considerable advantages over the stock Elise/Exige:

I have fitted a paddle shift(!):
[image]http://images32.fotki.com/v1062/filegfoq/1f777/1/1248627/5582842/6.jpg[/image]

However, I can also use the 6-speed box with the conventional gear lever and clutch should the fancy take me. I can switch between the two modes by using the switch visible just ahead of the gear lever.

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The spec is so perfect that I can use it in winter without any issues. Furthermore, I am running on great tyres that have virtually no wear, no matter how hard I push the car. The fuel consumption is almost non-existent. The brakes don’t wear and, in fact, servicing is altogether really no longer an issue.

I find it a very practical fun car and have already had more fun and more cockpit hours on track this winter with it than with my Exige Cup Bemani over the past two years.

In contrast to my Exige Cup, this one doesn’t even have a passenger seat � in fact, I decided to take a really radical approach and do away with the passenger side altogether

[image]http://images31.fotki.com/v1042/file5eBp/1f777/1/1248627/5582842/DSCF1337rerot87_5crplevtndWEB.jpg[/image] [image]http://images31.fotki.com/v1052/fileLOkD/1f777/1/1248627/5582842/DSCF1273rot89_25crplevtndWEB.jpg[/image]

Based on a Logitech G25 wheel for PS2/PS3/PC

I took the standard pedal box apart
[image]http://www.gamerscockpit.com.au/images/cockpit_details/logitech/g25_pedals_big.jpg[/image]

Cut down and modded the pedals to match the Exige size and shape. Mounting them correctly in a 1:1 scale copy of the Exige’s footwell was the hardest part, but I’m very happy with the result. [image]http://images31.fotki.com/v1041/filePWzi/1f777/1/1248627/5582842/3.jpg[/image]

When it all goes horribly wrong, I don’t write-off the car or have to pay huge repair bills. I can just press the re-start button

Don’t knock it 'till you’ve tried it!

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lmao, that rocks

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Just love the wire wool carpet - can they make toupes out of it?

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To be honest Mr P, I don’t think anybody will do you a toupe for “that” area, sorry…

David

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Just love the wire wool carpet - can they make toupes out of it?

Couldn’t find an off-the-shelf aftermarket cockpit floormat that was long enough for the Lotus footwell, so used a proprietary doormat which I thought should be fairly tough. Must admit I was a bit dismayed to see this hair-ball after a couple of days of intensive track action.

May have to scrounge an old floormat from my Lotus dealer (who generously provided the seat, gearchange shroud, sill and wheel all free of charge with much amusement at my crazy idea).