This car "was" owned by a distant relation of a friend of mine. You should be very careful of changing things on the suspension of the Elise or adding wider wheels to the front of a standard car.
This is his story:
This is his story:
Well, I am sure most of you will probably say I had this coming, and you are probably right. This is what happened to me on my way home after playing golf Saturday morning. Of course I was going too fast, but the main culprit was a change I made to the car two days prior. The car was already setup to handle very neutral, meaning no under-steer or over-steer. Well, in an unending quest for improvement, I had a larger diameter rear anti-sway bar installed, which was supposed to induce a "little" over-steer. Well, as I was coming home, speeding a bit through this turn on Baseline (about a mile from home), the tail snapped around too fast for me to catch, and the car hit the curb and barrel rolled 3 times before coming to rest upside down on this guy's front lawn. I guess I am lucky because I was not hurt, I didn't hit any other cars, or any pedestrians on the street or anyone living at that house. Live and learn. Golf is bad!! But seriously, I guess I need to slow it down a bit or get it out of my system by taking it to the track. Also, I guess I need to learn to leave something that is well enough alone. Here are some pictures of what I did to my poor baby.
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