Useful Elise Links

Main Sites

• Robert Collingridge's Elise Site
  One of the best Elise sites out there - extremely comprehensive and informative.

• The Lotus Elise BBS
  The most active and interesting discussion forum.

• Club Lotus and Club Lotus, Hertfordshire
  The independent Lotus Club and my local region.

• 1st Lotus Driving School
  The most cost-effective performance upgrade - driver training! (highly recommended)

• Lotus Cars Ltd
  The official Lotus site.

• alt.cars.lotus newsgroup (HTTP or NNTP)
  Pretty quiet these days

Performace Upgrade Suppliers

• EliseParts
  Purveyors of high quality perfomance upgrades and tat galore

• LAD Motorsport
  2 stages of tune available including the infamous 160bhp version.

• Brodie-Brittain Racing (BBR-GTi)
  Six conversions available from a modest 140bhp in conjuction with Bell & Colvill to 220 and 300bhp turbocharged beasts.

• Dave Andrew's Article on the K-Series engine
  The K-series upgrade bible! An extremely interesting discussion about the miriad of normally aspirated tuning possibilities and potential of this engine.

• K&N Filters Europe
  A few more horses and you don't have to buy new filters at service any more.

• Racelogic
  Provide electronic tuning by ignition timing and supply the extremely expensive Blitz air filter.

• Quaife
  Gear kits, close ration gearboxes, sequential gerboxes, differentials - and all for the Elise!

• Magnecor
  Ignition leads, race wires, HT leads. Whatever you call them, there's a goldmine of information here.

• Quorn Engine Developments
  A comprehensive catalogue of high-performance engine bits including exhaust and suspension upgrades.

• Raceline Performance Engineering
  Comprehensive information and reasoning on their 150bhp tuning kit.

• Piper Cams
  The household name of long duration camshafts.

• Moto-build Racing
  The usual collection of staged tuning options including a supercharged version.

• Jenvey Throttle Bodies
  There's a direct-to-head throttle body for the K-series as discussed in Dave Andrew's article, above.

• Turbo Technics
  Supercharged conversions for the standard and 111S Elise.

• Brooke Kensington
  A selection of typical Elise tuning parts including a 160bhp kit.

Liam Crilly © 13-Oct-2001