Thinking about a track/fun spec S1 Elise...Help!

[smee]

tod you man it's a bucket
Knew you'd get better advice on here than my garbled comments.

[Dominic]

Knew you'd get better advice on here than my garbled comments.

Ian,... You asked advice from the man who bought a green one???!!!!???

Looks good... IMHO

[I-Mac]

Well sadly the guy has not replied to my millions of questions email.

Looks like I won't be getting it

[I-Mac]

Oh...... Just got a mail back..... A deal could be done

[smee]

Hey Iain I like you avatar

[campbell]

Yet another encyclopaedic thread on how to acquire and care for an S1 - epic!

One or two others here have actively competed S1s in hillclimbs, sprints or the LoT series - Mikie, Andy G, McKean - so might be worth targeting them for opinions too. But Robin has been official or acting Chief Engineer for at least a couple of 'em so he has probably told you more than they can remember in any case!

I guess anyone looking at competing any car on the "club circuit" is going to have a reasonable level of skill or confidence in self-maintaining, in which case an S1 is not an impossible proposition - the main area of concern is probably the obsolescence of a couple of key suspension type parts as Robin has pointed out. Find a way to get or make a stock of those and you could be on to a winner.

Alternatively, there is maybe a reason there are so many Se7ens involved in this sector...

Keep us up to date on progress?

Campbell

PS - Robin has increasinbly become unofficial Chief Engineer for my now-92k mile S1, which has had an active but generally non-abusive life...so he has also seen what happens to S1s that are not tracked to death too, and some of the issues listed are common to all I think. C'est la vie...

[I-Mac]

Cheers Campbell,

Sadly the guy has not replied to my mail, so perhaps my search will have to continue

The advice on here is great

Iain

[Dominic]

It's been put on PH now; http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2242448.htm

[I-Mac]

Dom - yeah that's the one...

Anyone here a corrosion expert on S1's ???

Do these look OK?





Is it the bonding agent that corrodes? I am not mechanically inept (honest!) but really dont know much about these Alloy tubs. Are they extruded and bonded? Is the problem with the bonding agent/glue?

Any info gratefully recieved as I really like the car.

[BiggestNizzy]

looks better than mine. was in it yesterday after being layed up all winter and there is a thick layer of powder on it.

Anyone know where I can get a new floor ? or por-15 ?

[ironside]

You can get POR-15 here: http://www.frost.co.uk/

[BiggestNizzy]

You can get POR-15 here: http://www.frost.co.uk/

Anyone know how much I will need ?

apologies for thead hijak

[tut]

That corrosion is very light compared to what many of us had.

Most of it looks like scuffs/abrasions.

tut

[I-Mac]

Cheers Guys

Is it the Alloy that corrodes then? or the bonding agent?

[Dominic]

AFAIK it's the alloy. The bonding agent should be good for years.... (although I do have a vague recollection of hearing that it may well go off after 20 years... )