Re: New member looking for advice
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:23 pm
The graph says 103mph, an earlier run at 5800rpm was 109mph. It really is worth the money if your mechanical sympathy will allow, it's provided a noticeable difference in torque and runs much smoother. I'll post the graph tomorrow when I have a scanner.
Haha I dare not tot up the total list, you'll make me sad . However the rough costs are below:
Suspension and wheel bearings - ?900
Tyres - ?200
ARB - ?200
Radiator and fan - ?250
Clutch parts - ?100
Rolling road - ?130
Plus some labour costs for some of the above jobs.
I paid ?16,200 for it, with +2 prices the way they are it's difficult to tell if it's a good buy or not (probably not ). Some ropey cars are being advertised for ?20k+, some very clean examples owned by enthusiasts for considerably less. Given my recent experience the best advice I have for new buyers is to recruit an experienced member here into looking at one, the so-called Lotus specialist missed my one not having an ARB!
Is it story time for your car then?
Haha I dare not tot up the total list, you'll make me sad . However the rough costs are below:
Suspension and wheel bearings - ?900
Tyres - ?200
ARB - ?200
Radiator and fan - ?250
Clutch parts - ?100
Rolling road - ?130
Plus some labour costs for some of the above jobs.
I paid ?16,200 for it, with +2 prices the way they are it's difficult to tell if it's a good buy or not (probably not ). Some ropey cars are being advertised for ?20k+, some very clean examples owned by enthusiasts for considerably less. Given my recent experience the best advice I have for new buyers is to recruit an experienced member here into looking at one, the so-called Lotus specialist missed my one not having an ARB!
Is it story time for your car then?