Ooof, 150mph down the bottom straight at Cadwell that is quickety-quick 
I hope youâre painting it a bright colour,âŚthe mirrors on the R300 are fookinâ tiny!!
Donât worry youâll hear it coming 
Great vid.
Dry Sump tank from AH Fabrications and Brown and Miller hoses (extremely light) arrived and have begun to be fitted on the LotusâŚ
Hopefully mapped next week or soon after.
Evo is also making progressâŚ
Front of cage painted black to avoid glareâŚ
Donât have to lift the boot to fill anymoreâŚ
New panel welded in and paintedâŚ
Paddleshift and power steering pump getting fitted to passenger sideâŚ
Suspension refreshed, new springs and about 20kg saved from tar removal!..
Drenth Sequential fitted, Geartronics will operateâŚ
Loom arrives next week which is the only hold up now so not long to go!!
Awesome, keep up the Evo updates.
Wow Chris Youâre all set for a bumper year fella!!!
I canât wait to see both cars next month they are both gonna both be exceptionally special.
Keep the updates coming on both cars.
Yeah looking good matey.
very special garage you have, a proper mixture of special built and bought motors
Cheers guys.
The idea behind racing the old Evo was that spares are so cheap, wings, bonnets etc but now its painted iâm feeling a bit precious about it!
I think we have broken the back of both builds now and the frustration of xmas seems a longtime ago now 
looking forward to getting them both finished and mapped.
With one month to go Chris, itâs time for an update on both carsâŚ
Both cars moving along nicely Ben, Lotus should be mapped next week, its just waiting on a few fittings to finish the dry sump plumbing and some heat shielding needs replacing and tank needs heat shield tooâŚ
Evo will have all its plumbing finished tomorrow, loom is delayed till Monday but steady progressâŚ
Wing brace has been lightened, dry sump tank will have to live at the back of the car as its a bit too vulnerable in the easier place of behind the front bumber cornersâŚ
Tilton contactless fly-by-wire throttle mount is the last piece needed for the paddle shift systemâŚ
Evo is provisionally booked in for a test day on March 9th and they reckon theyâll hit that date as long as loom arrives Monday, so looking good so far!
Both cars looking great Chris! You like your snake-like exhaust manifolds ehâŚ
Dave and I will be at Donny on Friday 18th if the earlier date does happen,âŚor if you fancy another outing
Exige looks amazing - whatâs the bar/cable tube running below the manifold and connecting both longerons?
Evo manifold is a work of art but Lotus one was already expanding with last engine so expect it to bite the dust before too long.
If we miss the 9th then we will be scrambling for track time so very possible, would be good to see you and Dave out on track instead of in the pit garage! will let you know buddy.
(Iâm told that it will be the first Evo to run a Syvecs S6+ and some coding needs to be done hence potential delay)
few small bits sorted, bumper finishedâŚ
Old dash had been chopped so much it was falling to bits, new dash getting built with custom vents in then it will be flockedâŚ
Cheers Steve, the original motorsport adjustable ARB, had bought an EP bar but it doesnât fit, I either stick with original or fit the Pilbeam version (if it fits). Dry sump lines inside heat shield sleeve just below means its getting even more crowded for a change of ARB.
PS Lotus on the Dyno Monday.
Love it, two very exciting cars in the pipe!
Yeah weâll defo be at Donny that Friday,âŚthen Anglesey the following Friday. Happy days
So what you aiming for on the dyno for both cars?
Youâre going to put some miles on that Cat this year!
Exige will be mapped with V Power and a 118/120 fuel as rules permit this in TA and other sprints we might do, hoping for 400+ with the more exotic.
Evo has to be mapped on MSA pump fuel only (fuel sampling kit is being fitted to system) so 500+ but not sure where, will depend where the mapper feels comfortable boost wise.
Thatâs the plan, I didnât buy it to look at it