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will this fit?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:17 pm
by GregR
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elise-S2-190-Spor ... dZViewItem
what do we reckon? If I can pick up these bad boys for sub £100 it'll be a good deal, but will they fit the humble Greg-mobile?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:20 pm
by jj
I dont know if it would fit or not, but it looks like it could be purchased at a bargain basement price....
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:24 pm
by GregR
that's what I thought mate... almost too good an opportunity to miss
whare are the Shugs/robins/macs/Richs when you need 'em....
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:26 pm
by Shug
GregR wrote:that's what I thought mate... almost too good an opportunity to miss
whare are the Shugs/robins/macs/Richs when you need 'em....
He's talking out of his ar$ehole when he says that's off a 190. 190's have a 4-2-1 (Janspeed, I think) That's a bog standard mild steel clagged up piece of shyte....
Flame the fcuker....
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:29 pm
by GregR
well I've popped the question, so I'll see what he says.
When all's said and done, if that would fit my car and I could get for much cheapness, Doesn't seem like too bad a deal ...
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:32 pm
by Shug
GregR wrote:well I've popped the question, so I'll see what he says.
When all's said and done, if that would fit my car and I could get for much cheapness, Doesn't seem like too bad a deal ...
Yeah - if you get it cheap then it's all cool (although you don't actually need the top section, it's always worth having a spare)
Don't like people misadvertising though....
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:38 pm
by GregR
h'okay, I've got my stoopid head on today, but I thought I'd need an S2 exhaust manifold to fit the S2 flexi? I presumed they'd changed the fittings or summit.
I'll see if I can get the lot for £60 and see where that gets me
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:53 pm
by Shug
GregR wrote:h'okay, I've got my stoopid head on today, but I thought I'd need an S2 exhaust manifold to fit the S2 flexi? I presumed they'd changed the fittings or summit.
I'll see if I can get the lot for £60 and see where that gets me
Ah so - yeah, the S2 bit threw me... Not 100% sure about that, but better to get both and be safe.
Also still sure they couldn't get 190bhp out of that, so the advert is false...
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:58 pm
by GregR
wesponse weceived:-
"It is mild steel and it definately came of a S2 sport 190"
My understanding was that the S2 Sport 190 was a pretty limited edition jobbie. Begs the question what he's doing removing the manifold et al
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:02 pm
by jj
The answer is in his ad. Begins with H!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:03 pm
by MacK
It may have come of a 190, but it might not be an original 190 bit
Is the flexi and the routine from the manifold the same on an S1 as S2?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:04 pm
by GregR
jke11y wrote:The answer is in his ad. Begins with H!
still seems weird to me to do a 10k engine conversion for £30 odd extra BHP JJ
/suspicious
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:06 pm
by jj
Not if his original K series went bang. Not of course that a 190brake K series variant is likely to do that
. Maybe his H is SC, in which case fair play!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:07 pm
by MacK
GregR wrote:still seems weird to me to do a 10k engine conversion for £30 odd extra BHP JJ
/suspicious
Maybe he wants a reliable engine..
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:12 pm
by Shug
GregR wrote:jke11y wrote:The answer is in his ad. Begins with H!
still seems weird to me to do a 10k engine conversion for £30 odd extra BHP JJ
/suspicious
There's a little more to it than that... Lots more torque and better gearbox make it a lot quicker - plus a standard unopened engine, not a highly strung race engine.
That said - the 190 could NOT have had a mild steel standard zorst. At worst it was a Janspeed 4-2-1. To make the power (which the S2s did, by all accounts) I don't know how the standard zorst could have coped.
If he took it off a S2 190 car, he's already sold the 190 exhaust manifold... Or has bought a dud of a car....