2007 Lotus Exige S - Page 5

**scheides** · 03-10-2013

You left the detachable steering wheel on the roof in the last pic just to show off--ricer! :P

What did those ducts feed before, just general air to the engine bay? Any other detriment to cutting off that original airflow? I guess all that air will still get to the engine bay, jus will go through the intercooler first.

Also where does air get expelled from the engine bay? You'd think that positive pressure behind the intercooler would become an issue at some point.

**Halon** · 03-10-2013

titties!

evotuner · 03-10-2013

Looks very nice

C3L1CA · 03-10-2013

Looks saweeet!

**asshanson** · 03-10-2013

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Originally Posted by scheides

You left the detachable steering wheel on the roof in the last pic just to show off--ricer! :P

What did those ducts feed before, just general air to the engine bay? Any other detriment to cutting off that original airflow? I guess all that air will still get to the engine bay, jus will go through the intercooler first.

Also where does air get expelled from the engine bay? You'd think that positive pressure behind the intercooler would become an issue at some point.

Ha, I actually had that out to remove the seat, I almost cropped it out of the picture.

Yea the side scoops just provided air to the engine bay. I directed about 50% of that to the intercooler, so yea the overall flow might suffer a bit, but the upside is I removed the rear panel so air can basically just flow out the back of the car. I'll post up a pic of mine installed next week, but here is basically what it will look like:

Knoxville · 03-10-2013

Excited to see this ride on the cruise

TkrPerformance · 03-10-2013

very nice

**Murlo26** · 03-10-2013

I am loving this thread...good work!

**4seasons69** · 03-11-2013

This is the first time I've gotten to dig through your thread. I just love these cars! Looks awesome!

A//// Guy · 03-11-2013

Nice work!

311evo · 03-11-2013

Okay okay fine.... I guess I'll trade you straight up..

turbotalon1g · 03-11-2013

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Originally Posted by 311evo

Okay okay fine.... I guess I'll trade you straight up..

He can't trade you, he is trading me for my race car.

**asshanson** · 04-06-2013

Got most of the interior finished up tonight, but I ran out of carpet. I need about a 20x40" section to finish behind the passenger seat. Here is what I started with, an awkward shaped piece of fiberglass:

I cut a couple thin pieces of foam to make it mostly flat

Then cut out the 2" thick piece of high density foam that really seems to absorb sound well:

Behind the seat belt you can see foam facing the other direction, there were huge empty pockets back there with some holes straight to the engine bay, I bet a lot of noise was coming from there so I filled them with foam too:

Here is the driver side carpet installed, sorry it was dark out and couldn't get a really good pic:

turbotalon1g · 04-07-2013

Looks awesome!!

TkrPerformance · 04-07-2013

Looks great

**scheides** · 04-07-2013

Nice little bunk you're building back there! Just park on a steep hill and cuddle up for the night!

**asshanson** · 04-07-2013

Finished the carpet today, lucky Menards had the exact same carpet in stock. Here is the finished product with harness bar installed. You can the see anti sub belts mounted through the floor on the passenger side.

And seats back in.

turbotalon1g · 04-07-2013

Will be ready for rides soon?

**Murlo26** · 04-07-2013

Nice! I'm in Des Moines now, ill pm you tomorrow, need a ride for sure

**asshanson** · 04-08-2013

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Originally Posted by Murlo26

Nice! I'm in Des Moines now, ill pm you tomorrow, need a ride for sure

Cool, just let me know, I should be able to get the undertray and other stuff buttoned up soon to go for a quick drive.

I painted the console with plastidip tonight, turned out pretty good. The only thing I don't like about it is it leaves fingerprints and dirt marks really easy. Compare to how I received the car, I think it's a ton nicer.

New carbon wing!