111s technical questions...
Discussion
I'm looking at a 111s at the moment but it's had a few things done to it that I'm a bit unsure about and was wondering if any of you kind people could enlighten me...
The rubber bush that holds the gear has been removed (it was preventing the reverse gear selection as it had worn). What's the impact of doing this, apart from increased whine from the gear box and is there any reason why it wasn't just straight replaced?
The car has the standard exhaust and from what I've read here it's pretty pants, most people seem to have replaced it with a sports exhaust, roughly how much does that cost.
Finally, I realise that the standard car is easier to upgrade than the 111s but what else can be done to increase the output of the engine (short of turbo charging it)?
I appreciate your help, hopefully I'll be a proud owner of an elise soon...very soon...Damit, it can't be soon enough!!!
The rubber bush that holds the gear has been removed (it was preventing the reverse gear selection as it had worn). What's the impact of doing this, apart from increased whine from the gear box and is there any reason why it wasn't just straight replaced?
The car has the standard exhaust and from what I've read here it's pretty pants, most people seem to have replaced it with a sports exhaust, roughly how much does that cost.
Finally, I realise that the standard car is easier to upgrade than the 111s but what else can be done to increase the output of the engine (short of turbo charging it)?
I appreciate your help, hopefully I'll be a proud owner of an elise soon...very soon...Damit, it can't be soon enough!!!
Armourfend can be anything from £400 - £1000 depending on whether its a full or partial kit, and whether its 'original' Armourfend or the 3M alternative
Sports exhaust vary - from £300 upwards depending on which one you go for (all are great...just sound/look slightly different)
Dunno about the rubber bush - I would have just bought a new one and popped it in
For performance upgrade that are realistically priced and of the utmost quality check out www.dvapower.com
HTH
bogie
Sports exhaust vary - from £300 upwards depending on which one you go for (all are great...just sound/look slightly different)
Dunno about the rubber bush - I would have just bought a new one and popped it in
For performance upgrade that are realistically priced and of the utmost quality check out www.dvapower.com
HTH
bogie
I don't even buy 'the standard engine is better for upgrades' line anymore. Unless you are going to very high (and dangerous to engine life) levels of tune, you are frankly probably better off with the vvc system. Even if you do decide to go to very high tune, they can just take out the VVC gubins and you are no worse off than you would have been, except you already have a better head to start work on (ok so it needs blanking etc.)
I presume you are talking S1 111S right?
regarding the gear thing, dunno which bush you are talking about, but the linkage can a bit out of fettle. Its adjustable though, so why someone would take a bush off I'm not sure. Doesn't sound ideal.
Agree with DanH on the VVC upgrade path, if the 143bhp isn't enough for you (and it's plenty enough for me!) then Dave Andrews can do conversions to 160 or 180bhp.
As for the rubber bush, I have the same mod on my 111S - the rubber melted for some reason one day and I lost fifth gear. Kelvedon motors replaced the rubber bushes with steel washers. It makes the gearchange a bit more notchy, but that's not such a bad thing.
As for the rubber bush, I have the same mod on my 111S - the rubber melted for some reason one day and I lost fifth gear. Kelvedon motors replaced the rubber bushes with steel washers. It makes the gearchange a bit more notchy, but that's not such a bad thing.
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