Well... maybe not quite.
The Porsche 928 is going to Anaheim, Ca to get an engine upgrade, stroker crank reserved, bigger pistons Carillo rods, big bill blablabla... should result in
500 RW HP.Getting it there (and back) proves more than a headache, so if somebody has a brilliant thought: fire away.
Anyway: the 928 out of the garage, means there is place for another car (DO NOT tell the missus untill it is too late).
I was driving around and quess what I stumbled upon: a 1999 Lotus Elise Mk1. Little engine, looked like new. Quite fancy that, like the Mk1 over the others but I was a bit take abreath by the price: 24500 Eur /16.330 UKP.
Next to it was standing another Mk1 Elise -same mileage, same year- for 18.000 EUR (12.000 UKP). Couldn't immediately spot the differance until I looked at the steering wheel position which on the cheaper one was at the right, so a UK car...
Being somewhat reluctant to part with a big bag of pennies, I checked out some UK ads and found that a 1999 Lotus Elise trades for 6000 UKP-9000 UKP. Makes it quite nicer to buy and leaves more money for useless but unmissable upgrades.
All that of course leaves the steering wheel in the wrong place. So, one shot in the dark: are there any convertion kits? It shouldn't be that hard taking into account that the engine is in the back.
Yeah yeah, I know. It ain't senible but I am being sensible all day. one can die of being sensible I've heard ;-)
Thanks in advance for advice.
Tom De Moor