Honda S2000 Powerd Bmw E30

[evo98]

No the E30 wont be at kirkistown again. Took deposit for it an its getting moved to London next week.

Here is the for sale add for the Lotus. What yous think?

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/60248/2003-lotus-elise

 

[Gibbo]

Is a tasty bit of kit! Looks plenty of fun anyway, would you be planning to race?

 

[svensktoppen]

There is a reason why the Atoms are all low miles

Get one bought!

 

[svensktoppen]

That Lotus is a full-on race car if that is what you want, forget driving it on the road. Will be a beast round any race track for sure.

Serious money for it

 

[evo98]

Trackdays, rallysport association anyhow. Prob would race that thou, may as well make good of my race licence i got! Only used it once with the E30, another waste of £££ lol

 

[Gibbo]

You could have a V8 M3, pretty well sorted for track use for that £££ and still be road useable!

 

[evo98]

That Lotus is a full-on race car if that is what you want, forget driving it on the road. Will be a beast round any race track for sure.

Serious money for it

Serious money spent on it too. Wouldnt like to price up that engine work an gearbox with flat shift alone.

Anyhow! To me the atom is in front. Lets just see how things pan out. Need a lottery win now

 

[Gibbo]

Serious money spent on it too. Wouldnt like to price up that engine work an gearbox with flat shift alone.

Anyhow! To me the atom is in front. Lets just see how things pan out. Need a lottery win now

We all need the lotto win lol - GT3 RS's for everyone [emoji23]

 

[garyhoker]

been followng this thread since build. you sure had your problems but you over came.. sad to see it go.. but you had ur fun and headaches....super build best of luck on your new venture what ever it is...

 

[StephenDc2]

Sad to see the Bonda go but you can replace it with something better!

The Lotus is a serious bit of kit but I have to agree that if spending that sort of money you could have a track ready V8 M3 with paddle shift, loads of comfort compared to the lotus and you could drive it on the weekends and to and from the track if you wanted

 

[dddrrift]

the e30 turned heads.... i wouldn't look twice at a lotus to be honest, racey version or not, just my opinion!

 

[svensktoppen]

The last thing Tony needs is a big lardy M3 boat

 

[Woodcutter]

Has to be an Atom, it's obvious you have your heart set on one. Anything else you buy and you'll forever say to yourself "I should've bought the Atom."

If it's financially feasible in any way, you have to do it!

 

[Graham]

The lotus won't be as forgiving in the handling department with your driving style @evo98

I see a pair of charged k20 atom's getting the absolute DEATH at nutts corner reasonably often and they can fair stick the pace and are a good big sliding thing !

 

[Derekm]

For some its all about turning heads, but I would say for Evo98 its probably more more about how the thing goes and how it drives that matters most......and you wont get better for that than the likes of Atom or Lotus! I remember considering an Atom and it would be some fun on the occasional warm dry days you could use it. If its for racing only i guess it doesnt matter so much but for any use on the road its appeal would be limited esp over here with our lovely weather.

 

[SMcP114]

There's as much chance of Tony buying a TDCI Mondeo as an M3.

It'll be an Atom, guaranteed.

 

[evo98]

No cant see it being a v8 m3 even, sure the bonda would roast one of them round a track.
Wonder what a charged Atom would do kirkistown in? My guess is 61 seconds or less maybe if set up properly on slicks. I know that wee grey lotus can do 62 seconds an i had the Bonda down to 63.5

 

[Gibbo]

I don't think there is anything to touch the Atom performance wise, you've been on about an Atom for a good wile now, its an itch that needs scratched!

Pretty sure it would do a sub minute, if you can keep it in a relatively straight line!

 

[Derekm]

Yeah I would expect a supercharged Atom to get around Kirkistown in around the 60-61 sec mark. Sure it would have @ 490bhp/tonne! My big heavy Exige will do it in @ 65.5 secs and it only has @316bhp/tonne. Atom has a big weight advantage!

 

[StephenDc2]

Agreed... If its just for the track then an Atom or Lotus but it does seem like you have your mind set on the Atom and anything with a K20 and hardly any weight that handles properly ticks all the boxes for me.

Being able to see exactly where you are putting the front wheels would be a very handy feature on the atom and I would say that being open you would really get a sense of the speed that you are doing!!

 

[evo98]

Well said @StephenDc2 bound to be like a go kart We both know what the K20s are capable off, love them.

Thanks for the replys lads. I shall be in touch on this thread should anything else pop up.

 

[Derekm]

You have probably thought about this but what about a Radical SR1or SR3?
Proper full on race car experience and would say SR3 would be quicker still than a Supercharged Atom round a track. Prob bit more money though.

 

[evo98]

You have probably thought about this but what about a Radical SR1or SR3?
Proper full on race car experience and would say SR3 would be quicker still than a Supercharged Atom round a track. Prob bit more money though.

No don't think id want one of them mate, not that clued into my bike engines an with an atom I know how reliable the Honda engine is. Im not sure on how a radical would behave on a road either, don't even like the look of them tbh but im sure they are unbelievable on a track an would out perform an atom on the bends. I don't mind a bit of sliding about either

 

[svensktoppen]

Nobody drives a Radical on the road, lol

I know they make a "road version" these days, but nobody drives one. Nobody

Weapons on track though, and far from all of them bike engined.

 

[IL]

The way you should look at a bike engine is -

- Super light engine and box in one.

- Sequential as standard.

Busa almost puts out the same as a k20 and weighs half the weight. You can get it lower in the car and they are cheap to replace