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JD from this board mentioned in one of his posts that he had spoken to someone from dimmit at the festival of speed, who had mentioned that someone on their list was considering turbocharging their car. Dimmit said that they were going to do it for him. 400hp was the quoted power. This intrigued me.
I was curious, so I called Dimmit today and spoke with that technician. As I suspected the only stock element of the car would be the block. They had planned on ordering in a block and building it up from there and having it ready. This is if an only if the future owner decided to go turbo, he may not. They dont have a real finite idea of what they would do.... which as I understand it, is why they've been calling around to see whats "out there" on the market. I suspect even though this client may be a "money is no object" person that still doesnt help much if there is nothing out there to work with. "From scratch" projects require R&D and time. He said that he just quoted 400hp because this particular client said "go for it"...it doesnt mean that he has any idea yet what he thinks can be done.
One such place this tech called was Lotus USA. He said he called yesterday and spoke with someone at Lotus USA ( he said the name but Ive forgotten) lRob someone maybe? Last name started with an S. Anyhoo...Lotus USA is tossing around the idea of a supercharger or turbocharger..not in the near future, but a strong possibility none the less.
Im intrigued. If I have the cash laying around I think I have decided to work on my own custom kit, much like I did with my miata. Im going to start calling up my contacts at garret and Electromotive and see what balls I can get rolling. To design a manifold/piping/ etc I will need the car obviously. I also need to decide on what rods and pistons I will use, as well as what C/R strikes my fancy. As I said in one of my posts a month ago, 400hp is a real possibility and while I dont think you need 400hp Elise, Im enjoy having cars with more power than they need,and being the first to do something. I had a blast trying to be the first person to make 300hp to the wheels on a miata..and the elise is all the more fun. This could be real a REAL hoot.
Stay tuned....
Cheers
Jennifer
I was curious, so I called Dimmit today and spoke with that technician. As I suspected the only stock element of the car would be the block. They had planned on ordering in a block and building it up from there and having it ready. This is if an only if the future owner decided to go turbo, he may not. They dont have a real finite idea of what they would do.... which as I understand it, is why they've been calling around to see whats "out there" on the market. I suspect even though this client may be a "money is no object" person that still doesnt help much if there is nothing out there to work with. "From scratch" projects require R&D and time. He said that he just quoted 400hp because this particular client said "go for it"...it doesnt mean that he has any idea yet what he thinks can be done.
One such place this tech called was Lotus USA. He said he called yesterday and spoke with someone at Lotus USA ( he said the name but Ive forgotten) lRob someone maybe? Last name started with an S. Anyhoo...Lotus USA is tossing around the idea of a supercharger or turbocharger..not in the near future, but a strong possibility none the less.
Im intrigued. If I have the cash laying around I think I have decided to work on my own custom kit, much like I did with my miata. Im going to start calling up my contacts at garret and Electromotive and see what balls I can get rolling. To design a manifold/piping/ etc I will need the car obviously. I also need to decide on what rods and pistons I will use, as well as what C/R strikes my fancy. As I said in one of my posts a month ago, 400hp is a real possibility and while I dont think you need 400hp Elise, Im enjoy having cars with more power than they need,and being the first to do something. I had a blast trying to be the first person to make 300hp to the wheels on a miata..and the elise is all the more fun. This could be real a REAL hoot.
Stay tuned....
Cheers
Jennifer