how much has your car changed?
lewis - 15/7/11 at 07:06 AM
Hi all,just looking through some pics of when i bought my indy and compared them to how the car looks now,its quite a bit different! only had it a
year but already changed alot of the parts i was not happy with,so how much has your car changed since you bought/built it?
when i picked the car up
car on trailer
what it looks like at the moment
things i have changed to date
front indicators
all rear lights
steering column
steering wheel
carbon center panels
MK grille
alloy wheels refurb
aeroscreen fitted
full rollcage fitted
wing mirrors changed
boot top made & fitted
aero wiskers made & fitted
zetec blacktop waiting to be fitted
illegal front numberplate replaced with stick on
fix all the other bits that have broken/fallen off since driving it
[Edited on 15/7/11 by lewis]
lotusmadandy - 15/7/11 at 07:21 AM
My Indy has changed a lot since sva.
It now sports a full cage,digital dash,indicators have been changed as have the wheels.
The biggest change has been swapping from a pinto,to a 2.0 zetec (this is soon going to
be changed to an uprated 2.0 blacktop with megasquirt and a t3 turbo)
Oh and i swapped the steering wheel for an OMP fat lad item,with a flat bottom.It looks like the one
yours is sporting.
Andy
[Edited on 15/7/11 by lotusmadandy]
david_hornet27 - 15/7/11 at 07:24 AM
When I bought my Locost Seven in April this year it was black and white, crappy plastic bucket seats past their best, with 1.8 pinto, fake carbon
dash, sierra dials and failing AVO adjustable shocks and creaking bushes and a failed weld to the rear upper wishbone.
It is now black and white with yellow cycle wings, running an overbored 2.0 pinto (with a 2.0 Zetec waiting at the back of the garage), has a digital
Acewell dash supplied by Russbost on here (great service), new GAZ adjustable shocks, yellow leatherette dash, quickshift gear lever, pipercross air
filter, and the welds have all been checked and the dodgy one cut and repaired. Oh and now has nice new yellow bucket seats.
I've been a busy boy over the last couple of months and will be even busier over the winter. I imagine the car will have changed almost
completely by next summer.
It will always be evolving as I cannot seem to stop tinkering!
02GF74 - 15/7/11 at 07:34 AM
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Originally posted by lewis
Hi all,just looking through some pics of when i bought my indy and compared them to how the car looks now,its quite a bit different! when i picked the
car up
car on trailer
what it looks like at the moment
Only difference I can see is that it sits a lot lower.
lewis - 15/7/11 at 07:37 AM
seems to use more fuel now too for some reason
locoR1 - 15/7/11 at 08:07 AM
Not much left of my original car apart from the chassis and body panels, passed sva 2001 as a book built Locost with 1300 xflow
10 years on i think im happy with it the way it is Must be time for a change soon 
Newark 2002 already upgraded to 1700 xflow on webbers.
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Still looks about the same but now an R1 bec, no idea what year
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Now the big changes over the last 4 years or so, full cage new front suspension converted to de-dion with 3.38 lsd and turboed
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Humbug - 15/7/11 at 09:15 AM
Original car was SVAd in 2005.
Since then, I have changed:
* custom over-the-side exhaust manifold to Caterham 4 into 2 side exit manifold
* catted silencer to R1 carbon can
* f/g bonnet with huge ali scoop to raised nose, ali bonnet and L200 scoop
* original ST front and rear wings to locost items
* front and rear number plate location
* grill type
* various boot lids
* ali boot box to bigger plywood boot
* upright Mac#1 Lexan wind deflector screen to home made Lexan screen to f/g double bubble ("bra shape" aeroscreen to Caterham
windscreen
* centre and side mirrors (several times)
* no side screens to ali half doors to added Lexan windows to no windows to separate top half ex-Westfield side screens
* no hood to Caterham hood adapted to a half hood
* 5.25" black headlights to 7" Caterham chrome headlights
* hamburger lights on rear panel to Landy lights on rear wings
* fog light type and location
* Intatrim Voyager seats to Westfield sports seats and then to JK Composites
* Westfield 14" wheels to Caterham Minator 13" wheels
plus other stuff, finishing with changing the ST for an MX5 BBR Turbo in June this year
Iaing - 15/7/11 at 11:23 AM
quote:
Originally posted by lewis
Hi all,just looking through some pics of when i bought my indy and compared them to how the car looks now,its quite a bit different! only had it a
year but already changed alot of the parts i was not happy with,so how much has your car changed since you bought/built it?
when i picked the car up
car on trailer
what it looks like at the moment
things i have changed to date
front indicators
all rear lights
steering column
steering wheel
carbon center panels
MK grille
alloy wheels refurb
aeroscreen fitted
full rollcage fitted
wing mirrors changed
boot top made & fitted
aero wiskers made & fitted
zetec blacktop waiting to be fitted
illegal front numberplate replaced with stick on
fix all the other bits that have broken/fallen off since driving it
[Edited on 15/7/11 by lewis]
How did you find retrofitting the cage? What's involved? Its something im keen to do to mine
Iain
gaz_gaz - 15/7/11 at 01:25 PM
quote:
Originally posted by locoR1
Not much left of my original car apart from the chassis and body panels, passed sva 2001 as a book built Locost with 1300 xflow
10 years on i think im happy with it the way it is Must be time for a change soon
Newark 2002 already upgraded to 1700 xflow on webbers.
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Still looks about the same but now an R1 bec, no idea what year
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Now the big changes over the last 4 years or so, full cage new front suspension converted to de-dion with 3.38 lsd and turboed
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what wheels are those in the last picture?
its ok, i remember now
[Edited on 15/7/11 by gaz_gaz]
scutter - 15/7/11 at 05:47 PM
I think i've got the nose, scuttle and bonnet left on mine!
Pre sva 09
Right now
back from powdercoating
old can
scoop
New dash
That'll be 2 engine swaps, 3 axles, 2 gearboxes, seats, new chassis, wiring loom, 2 rear lights, 3 sets of front wishbones, new dash, 2 exhausts,
3 silencers and 2 sets of wheels.
Just about getting there now!
Oh the number plate and chassis number are still the same!
ATB Dan.
[Edited on 15/7/11 by scutter]
deltron63 - 15/7/11 at 06:32 PM
quiet a bit
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i cant remember how to upload the pics
[Edited on 15/7/11 by deltron63]
lewis - 15/7/11 at 07:24 PM
See this thread mate. http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=154954
quote:
Originally posted by Iaing
quote:
Originally posted by lewis
Hi all,just looking through some pics of when i bought my indy and compared them to how the car looks now,its quite a bit different! only had it a
year but already changed alot of the parts i was not happy with,so how much has your car changed since you bought/built it?
when i picked the car up
car on trailer
what it looks like at the moment
things i have changed to date
front indicators
all rear lights
steering column
steering wheel
carbon center panels
MK grille
alloy wheels refurb
aeroscreen fitted
full rollcage fitted
wing mirrors changed
boot top made & fitted
aero wiskers made & fitted
zetec blacktop waiting to be fitted
illegal front numberplate replaced with stick on
fix all the other bits that have broken/fallen off since driving it
[Edited on 15/7/11 by lewis]
How did you find retrofitting the cage? What's involved? Its something im keen to do to mine
Iain
beaver34 - 15/7/11 at 08:01 PM
was,
now,
although i did you it in lhd spec for a year then took it apart
ragindave - 18/7/11 at 11:19 AM
Was
Now
Going backwards at the moment.
sprouts-car - 18/7/11 at 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by lewis
Hi all,just looking through some pics of when i bought my indy and compared them to how the car looks now,its quite a bit different! when i picked the
car up
car on trailer
what it looks like at the moment
Only difference I can see is that it sits a lot lower.
Wheelbase seems to be a little longer too.
mad-butcher - 18/7/11 at 06:08 PM
Mine might be going thru a slight change in bodywork etc from my avatar to a GT1/Spire
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