Hi Everyone,
This weekend myself and my partner decided to have a look for a fun weekend car with the aim of teaching her basic mechanics and engine modification and then having it as a track car.
We looked at an S1 Elise with an Exige motorsport kit on it first, which turned out to be an absolute dog, but then found this on Pistonheads at 10:30, and bought it by 12:30!
My first opinions are that it is completely gutless in a straight line, and the engine response is terrible, but my god its fun on country roads!! I've not been able to stop grinning every time I drive it on the lanes! Hooked!
I'm looking to resolve the straight line potency with a supercharger kit, OBDTuner ecu, and some engine and peripheral fettling in the future.
Daytime job I'm a Powertrain design/development engineer for JLR's Engineered To Order division (ETO) and am responsible for the R-S powertrains (550PS+ V8's mostly ). I'll be linking with Tom (Fezzasus) on some future performance upgrades
Other cars I have in the fleet are:
Looking forward to becoming an active member on the forum. Are there many of you based in the midlands, Warwick way?
James