A quick note to say hello as I have just bought a “maxxed” Elise i.e. ‘show’ without the ‘go’. It has a Motorsport body, Exige wheels and the Dynamics suspension kit but no engine modifications beyond CRP and filter.
(Should be a picture above - never tried to add one before!)
I bought it because I wanted to do some trackdays, having owned an Elise a number of years ago, and with a view to doing some kind of engine upgrade in a while if I get on ok with the car.
Is the kind of forum where I can get general advice even though the car is not an Exige?
And now you’ll realise that you’re spoilt for options.
I looked at that car and thought that If I didn’t have mine already that was the car I would be buying.
It was very cheap and now you just need to add �7-�10K and you’ll have a real monster.
Cheap: VHPD from some of the chaps here doing the next upgrades
or, if DIY, a DVA head with a 1.9 bottom end. A chap called Simon Erland (who loves K’s) is helping out a few of us to build some nice K’s.
Expensive: Honda engine. But normally aspirated, for the purists.
Most powerful (and not so expensive): Bernards Audi TT turbo conversion. The one.
Thanks All, pleased to hear that it’s not a purist forum!
On the note of purism, is there a classic or definitive thread which explores the Audi vs Honda vs Duratec debate? If there is, I guess Mike will have contributed!!
On a more serious note, we were going to have a group test although all seems to have gone quiet. I’m still up for it though if somebody wants to resurect the idea.
Out of the three I think the Duratec is the least viable option though.