the lotus/caterham/locost 7 thread

[ranger240]

share your opinions and insight on the best street legal go kart ever






^^ turbo hayabusa dax 7 ^^


any nissan powered 7s out there?

[driftsilvias13]

I currently own an Exige and would love to have one of those in the future. I am interested in seeing the different setups that people run.

[exitspeed]

I'm personally not a fan of the Caterham styling. It looks old to me. I know it's supposed to, but I'm just not fond of it.

The KTM Crossbow does it for me though.It's just so damn cool looking.

[ronmcdon]

I would be horrified to drive either car on public roads where I live in Los Angeles.
The roads just aren't optimal for a caterham or a lotus.

If I lived in Germany, or some part of Europe w/ better roads & more alert drivers then it would be a fun car to scoot around in.
If it were a track/autoX only car, it would be great.
They're fun toys, but maybe not the most practical.
It's so easy to hit road debris & do some major suspension/frame damage, I would imagine.

[HyperTek]

theres a guy on fiberglassforums building a body for his






Fiberglass Forums

[BustedS13]

fiberglass always winds up in the wrong hands. dear god.

[udon!]

ive seen a rotary powered one:





kind of a thread jack, but has anyone ever heard of a lotus europa?
ive seen some for sale for about $2,000







there was a speedhunters article that featured a rotary powered europa located in japan:











/threadjack

[yota man]

Damn the car exitspeed posted looks like an ariel atom on roids!

[ranger240]

nah that europa looks cool.. plus a lightweight rotory would be perfect for that chassis

europas are certainly underpriced relative to other classic lotui(?), theyre kinda crappy though. if its a clean nice condition europa for 2 grand (which it probably isnt),
get it why not... thats 240 money for something way cooler.

edit:

id love to see a europa with a hacked up rear end.. something that doesnt look like a delivery van... a more fastback style rear end would do wonders for the look of that car

[illvialuver]

I would be so down for one of these, But I think I would have to grow a brndck mustache and wear a newsboy hat. Seriously thought, these are cool as hell to me. I would really like to have one of those they look like a blast.

[ranger240]

bummmmmmmmmmmmp.. someone out there make an sr lotus 7 and wreck everything

[axiomatik]

There are SR lotus 7's. I read a magazine article a few years ago (Automobile) on Lotus 7's. It was some big meet/drive of 20 or 30 7's, and the magazine mentioned and pictured a few of them with SR's.

[victorw210]

my friends dad has a lotus europa in his garage that hes been "planning" on getting running,looks cool and feels cool to sit in