tegwin
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| posted on 9/1/08 at 06:27 PM |
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Lotus wheel bolt pattern?
Just a quick question really..
Im looking at the possibility of using Elise uprights on my middi....
Does anyone know what bolt pattern they use on their hubs? Is it a standard ford size or something remotley usefull or will I be stuck with elise
wheels?
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StevieB
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| posted on 9/1/08 at 07:47 PM |
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Nothing wrong with Elise wheels - plus there are some really cool lightweight items available
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tegwin
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| posted on 9/1/08 at 10:20 PM |
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Nope..nothing wrong with them....
But the rears are not very wide....I cant find any much wider than standard anyway..
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JimSpencer
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| posted on 9/1/08 at 11:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Does anyone know what bolt pattern they use on their hubs?
Hi
Certainly early Elise is 4 stud 3.75 inch pcd.
And Yup that could be very handy as the wheels are really light as mentioned and 3.75 is common race car fit - so some interesting stuff about..
How much power are you planning where Elise rims arn't wide enough 
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 10/1/08 at 10:19 AM |
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Elise rears are wider than the fronts. I have an elise and 2 sets of wheels. They should be ideal for a midi. I recall the pcd for the S1 elise is
4x96.25. I think later Toyota engined elises changed to 4x100.
Some rovers have the same pcd like the bubble shaped rover 200s.
There is a good elise wheel archive on the msandsmuseum website which shows styles available.
I think there are 2 types of elise uprights. Early ones were made of aluminium and may have had a tendancy to break. Later S1 elises have steel.
If you need any more info please let me know.
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tegwin
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| posted on 10/1/08 at 04:25 PM |
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How much power....
Try 400 (Eventually).....
The standard engine is 200...so thats pretty much where im aiming to start.... Not convinced the standard rear wheels will be wide enough, but I need
to do some calculations and work it out...
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 11/1/08 at 11:29 AM |
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my elise has 190bhp on lotus 340r wheels. Maybe find out how much bhp is in some of the modified elises/exiges and see what rears they are using.
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