Didn't the P6 engines have the rope gaskets? But yeah, some sort of hybrid engine is they way to go.
I've converted mine to SUs (previously Strombergs) and have had them tuned for the K&N's and stainless steel exhuast (which does sound great BTW)
Eventually I'll get to the engine and some sort of 4 barrel will be going on there. I've got a decent engine in the garage for me to play with, so it's just a case of finding the time and money. But that probably wont happen until after the wedding next year.
For now the car looks supremely cool, sounds great and still has enough power/torque to make decent progress.
No. They used a "rope seal" as a rear crank seal. Mine never gave any bother. Some can leak though.
I tried that. (K&N) and all it did was lose power at low to mid revs with no gain at the top. The dyno tells me it was slower. It FELT faster because of the lack of low down though. I finished up with the air box back on, no filter, the end (narrow part) cut off and a 3 inch flexi plastic pipe (see pic) taking cold air and small birds and stuff from the inner wing/wheel arch area. That gave the best of all worlds with carefully filed needles and a lighter spring in the slides.And a better advance curve and electronic ignition.
That's kind of the route I had in mind although maybe without the gas at first. Should be able to fit in without too much cutting up apparently - just battery tray relocation and that kind of thing.
Only one problem. Someone is selling an absolutely mint Capper Laser and its bloody good money and I'm REALLY tempted. On the plus side, the missus went to Rotorstock this weekend and went drag racing in her FTO. And she'd like to do it but doing it in whatever I build. I did tell her about this Laser though and if I interpret the conversation right, I think I've just been given permission to get that AND build a drag racer.
Take the best of both worlds: make/buy a Lotus 7 or a S1 Elise. I would push for an ELise because it's just instant joy, no hassle, pure fun hooliganism. Keep the missus (and you) fit too as acces requires some elegance in and out.
Lucky me has both cars with "mental" engines as an Elise. I tend to drive (and trash) the Elise far harder than the others: Lisa takes it with a smile and asks for more ;-)
Pretty certain that your missus would not feel misplaced in an Elise and hey: we can both put pennies together for that TTS Rotrex supercharger upgrade as corner speed is suffiscient but in pure straight lines the Porkers tend to let the horses speak.
In my humble experience for women cars tend to fall into 2 categories: the ones they love to bits (and give silly names) and the one they just snif at. The Elise as the new Mini are squarly into category 1 :-) Tom De Moor
Surely it's better to start with a car you know, rather than some unknown rotbox, where you end up fixing all the same stuff you've spent a fortune fixing on the one you've just sold?
I think he should've kept the tidy one, which I must admit, was very clean and shiny when I saw it. No rot, no scratches etc - I think it deserved a Cosworth engine transplant or something hehe!
Yea for easy tuning they can't be beaten, as it's just the Asta/Zafira GSi engine. Less understeery than a standard S2 Elise as well, although still too understeery. But again, a full geometry setup by a specialist gets rid of all that. I assume your mates is running non-standard wheels? The usual upgrade is to go for Elise style 16s up front, 17s at the back as it gives a much wider range of tyres to choose from. There is only one tyre available to the OEM spec of the fronts, but once you've gone to a 16 there is loads.
I'd personally not go for anything as hardcore as Toyo R888 Cups, a la M3 CSL/Exige, as I'd want the possibility of track days in the rain, and just general drives in the rain! Remember that supercharged ClioV6 that's on YouTube? That's turbo'd instead now (stuck at 400bhp as the heads can't flow any more or something, so it's having that sorted with 500bhp the target), running R888 Cups as usual, and when he was doing a lo-boost, break-in diagnostics run thing - laptop on the seat recording stuff, hit a puddle at 35-40mph and just aquaplaned into a the verge on the other side of the road! He said he literally had no control at all, it just picked up and slid across the road. I wouldn't want that kinda wet weather performance heh.
Might be a reason why I don't get this one. I'm sort of umming and ahhing about it as it's a 2L again.
Might just wait until I get back from holiday in a few weeks and start looking then. Going to look at this one still though because if it turns out to be a mint one, I'll probably get it.
If you spent 2 years and =A31000's on a car, getting it to a really good=20 standard, could you then bring yourself to rip it all out and take an=20 angle grinder to it?
Basically that's what I was faced with.
--=20 Conor
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't=20 looking good either. - Scott Adams
Well the one I'm going to look at this week is better than mine was and has some of the modifications I'm planning on doing already done and its cheaper than I sold mine for as well.
The thing is that I have no emotional involvement or time put into getting it where it is now so ripping bits out of it won't be as hard to do as it would've been with the other.
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