Is this a great ‘replacement’ for an Exige S1??? 
Anyone familiar with them???
Pete. 
Nothing is a great replacement for an S1 Pete , you should know that.
Saw a Noble today… a real minter with only 3K on the clock for Exige S1 money!!!
I had an interesting internal rational conversation!!! 
I must admit they look cool and always liked them but never got one as the ford engines i hear not that reliable.
But now done few track days, i’ve passed to many of them on track, lost respect for them now, not as good as i first thought, i am running 350bhp in my S1 tho
[quote=markymark]I must admit they look cool and always liked them but never got one as the ford engines i hear not that reliable.
But now done few track days, i’ve passed to many of them on track, lost respect for them now, not as good as i first thought, i am running 350bhp in my S1 tho [/quote]
Big Respect!
Having seen the chassis after a few years use there is no way I would have one.
MrD has just acquired one.
http://www.exiges.com/ubbz/ubbz/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=121867#Post121867
What did you see???!!!
Think they look great… but SOooo much bigger than the Exige! So surprised they apparantly handle so well!
BTW, in the link there is a mention that the S1 Honda SC cars get to 100mph is circa 8 seconds! Can this really be true? Always reckoned sub 10 sec was super fast!
Deffo on the look out for the ‘Exige’ though!
Pete.
Yep… I believe an SC Honda will be around that… certainly a good bit under 10 secs
See thats why you need an Audi, 8 seconds to 100 is for girls!!!
Speak to John at JSRacing Pete. In a previous life he used to work with Nobles a lot so has a lot of experience with them and their owners.
Yeah, Plans were some kind of offical Noble service centre while John was there, so it might be worth you giving him a call.
John looked after several Noble race cars as well.
If I recall he absolutely loves them and would love to work on them lots more and meet lots more Noble owners…or I could have got that completely and utterly wrong
Yeah right!! Owners arne’t so bad, cars are dire though!! Specially now they are getting on a bit!
May have Ford engines, but they’re no Mondeo when it comes to fixing them. Lots of bespoke parts and some VERY labour intensive jobs.
If you think that Lotus scrimped a bit on their fixings, have a look under a Noble and count the rivets and screws that hold the undertray/floors on!
Yeah maybe I was projecting my own Noble Owner experiences there