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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Apr 29, 2019 19:49:45 GMT
Looking into getting an Elise ... soooooo .... here's pretty much everything that I own MX5 wise, there's a load more in the garage so I'll edit the list as I remember stuff / as stuff sells Coolant Reroute kit £40 Zoom Engineering carbon fibre side mirrors £250 Carbing 3 point strut brace £300 Flush / Fixed twin lo pro headlights - just been painted satin black £250 Runabout mirrors (3 mirrors, 2 with glass missing, 2 other round mirrors to use glass from) £75 Willans harness, blue 3 pt £20 NRG short hub £75 Aircon delete pipe £15 Axis Power Racing carbon rear panel £150 Silenced stainless decat 370mm £40 HKS rear bumper vent trim new £80 M's / K&N big air filter £40 Project M tow hooks - rear £25, front £30, pair £50 Mk1 1.8 engine & ancillaries with full service kit £150 Mk2 1.8 engine & ancillaries £200 Mk2 front number plate plinth £10 Mk1 / 2 fabric rain rail £20 Mk1 standard rad, as new £20 Mk1 starter £10 Mk2 alternator £20 Mk1 1.8 coil pack £20 Mk1 1.8 full wiring loom & ecu £50 Mk1 driver mirror, black £20 Mk1 boot, sanded back to metal, £10 Mk1 OEM S Special spoiler, £20 Mk1 manual window red / black door cards £20 Provisionally Sold Ohlins K one+ track suspension £600 Ratsback carbon fibre front lip spoiler £150 Runabout type 1 fuel filler cap £120 My Mk1 BRG Nickson Motorsport caged shell & panels with dropped floors, on as new Mk2 running gear £2000 Pair of Bride TTM- C seats £500 US custom Centre console £250 I'll add some pics although there's too much stuff, so feel free to ask for pics of any bits you're interested in          All collected from Hagley, West Midlands or I can look into posting stuff Russell |
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Post by wannabe on Apr 29, 2019 23:25:56 GMT
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Post by V6 on Apr 30, 2019 7:15:39 GMT
Don't do it! I had a brand new Elise 111R when they first came out. The MX5 mk1 is FAR more fun. You can get the five's rear canoe out at will and play with angles just for the hell of it. By contrast the Elise has the handling balance of a clumsy rear canoe heavy hammer in the wet  When it starts to let go... it doesn't want to stop. Buying a five was the best car move I ever made. The only thing I'd ever consider selling mine for is a Caterham, with proper front engined RWD natural balance... If I didn't mind going deaf, getting soaked, while never being able to go touring in it (no boot). |
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Apr 30, 2019 8:11:09 GMT
Don't do it! I had a brand new Elise 111R when they first came out. The MX5 mk1 is FAR more fun. You can get the five's rear canoe out at will and play with angles just for the hell of it. By contrast the Elise has the handling balance of a clumsy rear canoe heavy hammer in the wet When it starts to let go... it doesn't want to stop. Buying a five was the best car move I ever made. The only thing I'd ever consider selling mine for is a Caterham, with proper front engined RWD natural balance... If I didn't mind going deaf, getting soaked, while never being able to go touring in it (no boot). Interesting, you're the first person to complain about the Elise's handling in favour of a 5. It's just something I want to try, prices are on the rise and I can just afford one now. If I don't like it, I could buy 2 or 3 really nice MX5s with the money from selling it. I'll go into it with an open mind though, I know it's a much more focused car so there's no guarantee I'll get on with it Russell |
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Post by Fizbne on Apr 30, 2019 11:34:32 GMT
I feel like. I need some of this stuff. But I don't. God damn it. Got pics of the Kakimoto?  |
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Post by V6 on Apr 30, 2019 14:43:12 GMT
The Elise is deffo better for pulling women. I had a few giving it big eyes, even when my girlfriend was next to me. Amusing. I was thinking to myself... "Calm down, its a reasonably affordable plastic car filled with rattles"  Maybe you will love it more, but I honestly will never own another rear engined car again. Even if I won the lottery, my dream car would be FR. (Race spec Cobra please) |
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Post by cardo on Apr 30, 2019 19:11:45 GMT
Don't do it! I had a brand new Elise 111R when they first came out. The MX5 mk1 is FAR more fun. You can get the five's rear canoe out at will and play with angles just for the hell of it. By contrast the Elise has the handling balance of a clumsy rear canoe heavy hammer in the wet When it starts to let go... it doesn't want to stop. Buying a five was the best car move I ever made. The only thing I'd ever consider selling mine for is a Caterham, with proper front engined RWD natural balance... If I didn't mind going deaf, getting soaked, while never being able to go touring in it (no boot). Interesting, you're the first person to complain about the Elise's handling in favour of a 5. It's just something I want to try, prices are on the rise and I can just afford one now. If I don't like it, I could buy 2 or 3 really nice MX5s with the money from selling it. I'll go into it with an open mind though, I know it's a much more focused car so there's no guarantee I'll get on with it Russell I have to agree with V6...having lusted after an Elise since they first came out I eventually bought a very nice S1 Sport 135 a few years ago. Considering that it's the model that EVO rated as the sweet spot of all Elise's I was massively disappointed in it ☹️ I ended replacing all the bushes,dampers,springs,steering rack,ball joints in search of the elusive scalpel like handling and telepathic steering...I never found it.What I did find was that it was a noisy,rattly,leaky,rear canoe heavy,understeering pig of a thing that wasn't particularly fast. I thought that maybe it was just me that didn't get it but a friend had a mint 111R and also rated it as one of the most disappointing cars on road and track he's ever owned. There are plenty of people that love them though 😉 |
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Post by wannabe on Apr 30, 2019 23:19:43 GMT
Interesting, you're the first person to complain about the Elise's handling in favour of a 5. It's just something I want to try, prices are on the rise and I can just afford one now. If I don't like it, I could buy 2 or 3 really nice MX5s with the money from selling it. I'll go into it with an open mind though, I know it's a much more focused car so there's no guarantee I'll get on with it Russell I have to agree with V6...having lusted after an Elise since they first came out I eventually bought a very nice S1 Sport 135 a few years ago. Considering that it's the model that EVO rated as the sweet spot of all Elise's I was massively disappointed in it ☹️ I ended replacing all the bushes,dampers,springs,steering rack,ball joints in search of the elusive scalpel like handling and telepathic steering...I never found it.What I did find was that it was a noisy,rattly,leaky,rear canoe heavy,understeering pig of a thing that wasn't particularly fast. I thought that maybe it was just me that didn't get it but a friend had a mint 111R and also rated it as one of the most disappointing cars on road and track he's ever owned. There are plenty of people that love them though 😉 Part of me wonders if it's a driving technique thing. If they are seen as good to drive because one can steer in slightly and then use power and weight transfer to bring the back end round gently and get the car into line for the next straight, then that is fine - but it's not really a technique one can use on all roads at all times... Not least because it's a risky business in anything but the dry, but also because there is always the risk of someone coming the other way or some dashcam King of the Road sending your 10-degree slip angle into the fuzz as 'dangerous driving'! |
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on May 1, 2019 6:21:38 GMT
It may well be a driving technique thing, also down to what you're used to a bit. I'm from a kit car background so see the Elise as a luxury car because it's got a windscreen and doors, rather than coming from a normal car background and thinking it's rattly
It's a posh kit car really, it weighs 300kg less than an MX5 and most of that weight saving is in carpet, sound deadening and any other creature comforts that aren't making the car faster.
Test drive tomorrow, so we'll see if I like it. Also hopefully selling my V8 tomorrow!
Russell
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Post by cardo on May 1, 2019 6:49:24 GMT
It may well be a driving technique thing, also down to what you're used to a bit. I'm from a kit car background so see the Elise as a luxury car because it's got a windscreen and doors, rather than coming from a normal car background and thinking it's rattly It's a posh kit car really, it weighs 300kg less than an MX5 and most of that weight saving is in carpet, sound deadening and any other creature comforts that aren't making the car faster. Test drive tomorrow, so we'll see if I like it. Also hopefully selling my V8 tomorrow! Russell I sold my ex Academy Caterham race car to buy the Elise so it was a considerable step up in creature comforts 😂 Like you say,there's a different technique required to help "rotate" an Elise on track,mostly down to trail braking to keep load on the front end. i could never get it to click to be fair. I grew up with Mk1 and MK2 escorts so perhaps that's where my problem is! Hope you enjoy your test drive tomorrow 👍 |
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on May 2, 2019 23:20:53 GMT
First post updated with the bits I've sold, and a few more items that I've found have been added
Russell
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Post by melx5 on May 3, 2019 6:32:06 GMT
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on May 9, 2019 12:07:05 GMT
First post updated, open to offers on most stuff!
Russell
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Post by gbuk on May 10, 2019 22:17:40 GMT
Pleasure doing business as usual, forgot to have a look at the rear panel and didn't pick up the door cards, doh! I get the opposite of buyers remorse on the way back home, it's not the bits I buy I regret, it's what I shoulda/coulda bought as well  |
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Post by mx805 on May 22, 2019 17:50:01 GMT
Do you happen to be getting rid of that ITB setup? Interested.  |
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When it starts to let go... it doesn't want to stop. Buying a five was the best car move I ever made. The only thing I'd ever consider selling mine for is a Caterham, with proper front engined RWD natural balance... If I didn't mind going deaf, getting soaked, while never being able to go touring in it (no boot).
le sigh