2007 Lotus Exige S
 

A couple weeks ago I bought a 2007 Lotus Exige S from a guy in Pennsylvania, and it arrived in Iowa about a week ago. The current owner didn't drive it more than 100 miles in the past year, so it needs some tune up maintenance. I was going to bring it up on the cruise but about 30 miles from home it started to misfire, it felt and sounded like a spark plug or coil went bad, but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. It has been mostly converted to a stripped track car so I got it on the cheap, it just needs some TLC to be more daily driveable.

The car has 8600 miles, and performance modifications include:
Moroso baffled oil pan
Aluminum flywheel
Smaller SC pulley
Charlie X ECU
Cup Car air cleaner
Pro Alloy Race Tank (baffled and 14 gallons instead of standard 10.5)
Bosch 044 fuel pump and adj. regulator
Momo steering wheel
TR Motorsports F1 wheels - 16" and 17" (10.5 lbs front, 12 lbs rear)
Lexan windshield

There is no carpet in the cabin or trunk, no radio, no speakers, and the plastic trim behind the seats has been removed, leaving pretty much a metal shell in the car and trunk. My plan is to install dynamat under and behind the seats, and then cover it in black carpet as well as make some floormats. The center console also doesn't have a shifter boot and has been cut off in front of the e-brake, so i'm going to replace it with a new OEM one. I plan to install a radio with flip out screen and attach a rearview camera (no rearview mirror, hard to backup). And lastly, I'm going to be installing an OEM harness bar and 5 point belts, the seats are already cut for the submarine belt.

Here are a few pics, the car was super dirty and probably hadn't been washed in over a year. After a couple washes, scrubbing off the tar, claybar, paint cleaner/polish, and wax, it looks a lot better and the red looks a lot darker. I'll get some after polish pics when I get home on Sunday. For appearance mods the only thing I have planned for now is painting the wheels all black and window tint.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...side_dirty.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...otus_front.jpg
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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...interior_2.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...interior_1.jpg

New center console, will probably paint black:
http://www.kurtbecker.me/forsale/centertrim.jpg

Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
 

Wish we could have seen it, good luck with it!

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^ agreed! cant wait for a ride

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Wow, looking good man. Cant wait to see this thing in person

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Excellent... I've been waiting for this thread :D

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looks good. get the red 5 point in it asap

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wow, very nice. I still remember how small these were when i sat in one. Definitely a road-legal go kart

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Cant wait to see it!

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Right at the top of my Must Own Someday car list, nice pickup! Mind if I ask how much you got it for? I am all over the map for getting my next car, was set on a 996tt but learning more I don't like their AWD setup and the 997tt are still $60k+. I am looking at a winter vehicle and something fun in he summer now. Keep us posted on what you think of it!

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Very nice. Several guys in our local Lotus club have the Elise and Exige's and love them. They really are a street legal race car. You should have a lot of fun with that, sadly I'll be leaving the Lotus fold for a while as the new owner of my Esprit is picking it up. Have to start saving for a V8 Esprit instead. :D

Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
 

Yay, sweet looking ride, I like that its already prepped for power/fun :)

Can't wait to see what you do and I for sure want a ride.

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Cool, can't wait to see what you end up doing with it.

Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
 

Very nice.

Sounds like you are trying to make a race car more of a street car though.

You have to let us know how u like this compared to the vette, but that things looks awesome and fun just sitting there, kinda like a hot slut.

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Are you going to shave the hood? I think it makes it look 10x sexier now that you showed us that pic.

What are you thinking for power mods or keeping it the way it is?

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It's already supercharged.

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Sweet car! Sorry to hear it having some issues, was hoping to see it at the cruise!

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Awesome pickup Andrew! Can't wait to see this thing in person!

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Wish you could have brought it up, I can't wait to see it in action. I guess that means I'll have to come to more Marshalltown events next year. :)

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Congrats! Can't wait to hear your reviews.

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Nice! That thing has got to be fun to drive.

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Dude!! Awesome ride. What kind of power does a setup like this make anyways? What are some of the next steps you can/will/should do to it?

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That thing looks fun. Should be a blast to autox or cruise in.

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I want to take a ride in it, so that it can rip my face off.

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I don't know, I kind of like my face attached. I will pass on riding in said face-ripping machine.

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I want that feeling of being harnessed down and my insides pushing against my bones from the forces of the turns and intense braking.

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That is what she said!

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Awesome pick up! You always seem to build/buy really cool project cars

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It's usually what I do. :cool:

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Nice car man! Glad you finally found one! How do you like it so far?

Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
 

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I really like driving it so far, but I haven't even come close to pushing it yet, both straightline and in the corners. I really like the manual steering rack, so responsive.

For power, these made something like 180-190 at the wheels stock. It has a smaller pulley, tune, and some other small stuff and is probably making in the 240whp range. I would like to get this up close to 300whp (max recommended on stock motor/trans) but will need a bigger intercooler and even smaller boost pulley. Also the roof scoop doesn't provide much airflow, so new intercooler ducting from the side vents will be necessary. Maybe this winter.

Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
 

Nice pick up. 300 whp would be nuts in that car. Hope to see it on spring cruise.

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Glad to see your an owner of one, after all that shoutbox convincing me and Pat were doing.

Gotta be a fun little car forsure!

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So when's the k24 swap? :D

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That's awesome, hope to see it soon.

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I'd just drive the wheels off it and leave the power until you do some events, I bet it scares you around corners.

Like, i need to find a rolling chassis.

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Come to a MAC Test N Tune next year and you can ride along with me (and I assume any of the other Evo guys that are there too). I usually put down better raw times than the Exige S that's a regular at events, and Toothy and Matt D. usually put down better raw times than most everyone.

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Brandon and Matt would put down better times than most in a Diesel Jetta wagon...

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lol, I'd love to but I feel bad wasting timed runs for people.

ugh, i need to make more money.

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At a Test and Tune event? Nobody cares.

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I've only been to regular auto-x's, I'm a noob at that shit.