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Its been awhile since being on here! and I haven't seen a lot of you in blooming ages1 Back in March last year I decided to bite the bullet and go head first into an engine swap in my S1, Covid helped this somewhat by stopping my boys football/rugby training and matches giving me week day nights and weekends. First I needed to source an engine, after Alan and Alex having there cars to ponder over I was initially looking at a K20A2 EP3 engine, but finding one under 100k was near on impossible unless it was re built and costing a small fortune! So I decided to look at the slightly

Just as an update I have managed to sort out what goes where just got a few parameters to alter and should all be running fully. Quick teaser below

Blinking Well Done Rich you should feel very proud of yourself I will upgrade my donation as promised you deserve it

Hello, I’ve been a member on here since 2003 back when I had a S1 Sport 135 Elise. I attended a couple of meets, one being a trip to Rhyl where we all got caught speeding from a hidden camera van that North Wales were so keen on back then! Anyway I was in my early 20s back then and needed the money for other things so sold the Elise after about 2.5 years of ownership. I always said I’d have another though so now the grownup things like a house, wedding and child are covered I’ve just bought a new Cup 250. I was looking at a factory order Final Edition but they were coming out j

Done. Good luck with it!

50km is amazing! I think i'd find 50km on a bike hard enough, let alone with just my legs. Great cause too. I had cancer a few years ago (that's why i had to sell my previous exige and abandon fun for a year or so) and Cancer Research do a stellar job.

In my mind, that’s a phenomenal distance to run. Best of luck in the run and the fundraising

Hi Rich. We’ve never met but I’ve made a small donation to this very worthy cause. The very best of luck Karl

Had a great run today, little traffic and a beautiful morning. Good mix of cars concluded with the best breakfast sandwich for 50miles Big thanks to Ray for organising. Here are a few of my pictures...

Thanks guys it was a lot of fun and some hair pulling at times but really happy with the result and she for sure goes!

I had one of these fitted this week. Not sure if you have the same surround.

Yes, Jimmy was the previous owner. Car’s great fun. Managed to finally stretch its legs at Donington in the week and it did not disappoint!

Roll on the Milf evenings... looks amazing mate...

Sure did thanks Luke

This is great news! Well done Jode!

Worst car dealer experience I ever had was in Porsche Nottingham. Never been in a Porsche dealer since. Lotus hits that spot for exciting road cars the are liveable with for some sacrifice. I guess it comes down to how you feel about that sacrifice. The Cayman S I drove was certainly a very impressive road car, but I opted for a more exciting drive and bought an Elise. So at some point, you’ll want to swap....but why? If your fed up with the noise and entry/exit, want to tour Europe, you’ll need something duller to drive and more comfortably (Porsche/MacLaren/Ferrari). If you wa

Have heard other owners being unhappy with the support they’ve had from Porsche after being multiple owners previously. That is one thing I have to say Lotus support seems to be good with. Thanks for the insight tho, interesting to hear it was no quicker on track [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The GT3 proved too expensive to track regularly, but was no quicker than the Exige. Also at the time I had a falling out with Porsche over the original GT4 allocations. Purchased 2 new GT3's from them and was allocated a first gen GT4 unfortunately I was gazumped by someone who spent more with them.

Wow! I can only imagine how much effort and work has gone in to the conversion but I'm sure it's totally worthwhile. Hope to see & hear it on a run in the not too distant.

Immense mate

911 GTS!. I came from a 997 GT3 to an original Exige V6, then Exige V6 CR. Briefly had a 2020 GT4, dealer made me an offer too good to miss before taking delivery lol. I'll end up back in a 911 at some point, they just tick so many boxes.

I do think the 570s might be the next step, but the running costs of a macca are a worry. A 911 GTS/Turbo is also on the bucket list. A friend has acquired an AMG GTR which is an interesting if rather lary drive. My car aspirations are likely to be kept in check by our next house move 🙃

You need to upgrade to a 250 Cup Elise, I will do you a massive favour and take the 410 off you in pex and I won't even ask for too much money!

Nice pics as usual Scott Weather is looking ok for Sunday, chilly first thing but dry and maybe even a hint of sunshine!

Looks like a beautiful petrol station. Love the Reg!

Welcome from another ex-111R owner (now Elise Heritage Edition - see below). Picture of your new car looks fantastic. Looking forward to seeing it.

Can’t wait to get it and drive an exige. not had chance yet🥴 really wanted to try all 3 together Elise exige and evora but the exige was what I really wanted so in for a penny 😬 would probably be in one already had the world not got all messed up. so not really sure what to expect 🤯 but I loved my Elise that first drive should be interesting 🤪