the lotus/caterham/locost 7 thread

[ranger240]

share your opinions and insight on the best street legal go kart ever

http://www.autocar.co.uk/csfiles/blogs/whyilove/WindowsLiveWriter/WelcomebackAbarth_BA7D/Caterham2.jpg

http://www.daxcars.co.uk/rush/images/Image13.jpg

http://www.daxcars.co.uk/rush/reviews/images/kitcar_4.jpg
^^ turbo hayabusa dax 7 ^^


any nissan powered 7s out there?

[driftsilvias13]

I currently own an Exige and would love to have one of those in the future. I am interested in seeing the different setups that people run.

[exitspeed]

I'm personally not a fan of the Caterham styling. It looks old to me. I know it's supposed to, but I'm just not fond of it.

The KTM Crossbow does it for me though.It's just so damn cool looking.
http://www.autospies.com/images/users/GOFAST/_E6Y9299.jpg
http://www.automotorsport.se/bigpix/2007/KTMbil_bak_stor.jpg

[ronmcdon]

I would be horrified to drive either car on public roads where I live in Los Angeles.
The roads just aren't optimal for a caterham or a lotus.

If I lived in Germany, or some part of Europe w/ better roads & more alert drivers then it would be a fun car to scoot around in.
If it were a track/autoX only car, it would be great.
They're fun toys, but maybe not the most practical.
It's so easy to hit road debris & do some major suspension/frame damage, I would imagine.

[HyperTek]

theres a guy on fiberglassforums building a body for his
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/GURUDAN/Clubbie11.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/GURUDAN/IMG_10161.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/GURUDAN/0031.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/GURUDAN/IMG_12011.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/GURUDAN/Zero-one5.jpg

Fiberglass Forums (http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=9983)

[BustedS13]

fiberglass always winds up in the wrong hands. dear god.

[udon!]

ive seen a rotary powered one:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/418824963_c4e631370b.jpg?v=0




kind of a thread jack, but has anyone ever heard of a lotus europa?
ive seen some for sale for about $2,000

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z91jiu5aV5U/Sb4FruVMoOI/AAAAAAAAIuo/PHdJ0P_SECQ/s400/lotus-europa-1965-1.jpg





there was a speedhunters article that featured a rotary powered europa located in japan:

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/Brabus%20Bullit/IMG_6032.jpg

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/Brabus%20Bullit/IMG_6027.jpg

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/Brabus%20Bullit/IMG_6029.jpg

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/Brabus%20Bullit/IMG_6031.jpg

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/Brabus%20Bullit/IMG_6033.jpg

/threadjack

[yota man]

Damn the car exitspeed posted looks like an ariel atom on roids!

[ranger240]

nah that europa looks cool.. plus a lightweight rotory would be perfect for that chassis

europas are certainly underpriced relative to other classic lotui(?), theyre kinda crappy though. if its a clean nice condition europa for 2 grand (which it probably isnt),
get it why not... thats 240 money for something way cooler.

edit:

id love to see a europa with a hacked up rear end.. something that doesnt look like a delivery van... a more fastback style rear end would do wonders for the look of that car

[illvialuver]

I would be so down for one of these, But I think I would have to grow a brndck mustache and wear a newsboy hat. Seriously thought, these are cool as hell to me. I would really like to have one of those they look like a blast.

[ranger240]

bummmmmmmmmmmmp.. someone out there make an sr lotus 7 and wreck everything

[axiomatik]

There are SR lotus 7's. I read a magazine article a few years ago (Automobile) on Lotus 7's. It was some big meet/drive of 20 or 30 7's, and the magazine mentioned and pictured a few of them with SR's.

[victorw210]

my friends dad has a lotus europa in his garage that hes been "planning" on getting running,looks cool and feels cool to sit in