S2000 Powertrain: 1965 Lotus 7 Replica
I wonder if someone looked at the Honda S2000 and said “this car is too heavy and too safe…I’m going to fix that.” A few hundred yards of welding rod and a few bent pieces of aluminum later this next beast emerged from the shed. With 240 horsepower from the 9000 rpm screaming Honda VTEC engine and the curb weight of a wicker basket, this thing should fly. Find this 1965 Lotus 7 Replica offered for $9,750 in Dublin, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
From the seller:
1965 Lotus 7 Replica
condition: excellent
cylinders: 4 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 40
paint color: silver
size: compact
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: convertible
For sale is one Lotus 7 replica. This is not a kit car but hand built from scratch. Designed and built similar to the Lotus 7 style and following the designs as shown in the following books:
“Build Your Own Sports Car For As Little As ₤250 – and Race It” by Ron Champion
“How To build a Cheap Sports Car” by Keith Tanner
“Build Your Own Sports Car On a Budget” by Chris GibbsThe design is somewhat based upon the McSorley 442E sketches but has many different elements. Basically the chassis is 4” longer, 4” wider and 2” taller than a typical Lotus 7.
The donor engine, transmission and differential are from a 2006 Honda S2000. The stock 2.2 liter engine produces 237 HP @ 7800 RPM. The S2000 front and rear uprights are used as well as the brake discs, and cylinders.
The chassis is constructed from 1” and ¾” square mild steel tubing with all joints TIG welded. Cowl and nose are fiberglass, all other siding and fenders are aluminum.
The car also has the following features:
• Variable Valve Timing (VVT)
• S2000 stock ECU
• Sealed aluminum fabricated fuel tank with a stock fuel pump mounted in the tank. (~11.5 gals.)
• Aluminum front and rear fenders
• Powder-coated chassis and miscellaneous brackets
• Ceramic-coated header and exhaust pipe
• 6 speed transmission
• Limited slip differential
• Shortened steering rack (Mazda Miata), manual steering
• Cobra-style seats with 5 point harnesses
Registered and licensed in the State of California, under SB100 (smog exempt).
The car is essentially complete and drivable, but still needs paint of the fiberglass parts and/or polishing of the aluminum panels. This would make a great car for someone who would like to learn the intimate details of how a car functions and is constructed.
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After reading this I clicked the link, fully expecting it to already be sold.
Was not disappoint. This would eat their lunch at the local gymkhana unless perhaps they bring an Ariel Atom and then it’s a toss up.
Have a look at this Atom for sale not far from me. This is the personal car of the shop owner, Neville, and will likely be perfect down to the last droplet of threadlock. I’m neither an Audi nor newer car person, but if I were in the market for something newer than usual, I’d basically just go straight over there and grab whatever looked good that day.
https://www.pickwickperformance.co.uk/used/cars/ariel-atom-35-r-sequential-10078/
I would have figured out a way to buy it if it hadn’t sold instantly. Dublin is literally just over the hill. Well I’m in Brooklyn today but I’ll be back there tomorrow.
I bought that book and never got further along than buying some steel tube and a welder.
That’s the perfect power train too.
From the looks of it seller under priced it. That’s a great powertrain for this sort of build.
Ok, definitely need to tweak my Craigslist filters as this was a “shut up and take my money” car at that price no matter how id have to explain it to wifey. Damn.
I think this might be click-bait, that car is worth a lot more, maybe 2x that… I see this a lot in Austin. Now that theses shit-head refugees from Commiefornia have come here to ruin TX after fucking their own state up.
Don’t act like TX isn’t doing its fair share in exporting shitheads to ruin other states as well. 😀
Hey now, CA and TX…can’t we all just agree that Florida is the worst?
Trolling Doctordel. Doctordel, to the aluminium courtesy telephone please.
I didn’t realize people were fleeing Texas due to crime, taxes, and tyrannical government oppression. News to me. We have about 115 people move to Austin EVERY day, and 100 of them are commie state refugees. The sad thing is, more than half of them are too indoctrinated to get with the program here and will vote demoncrap.
Nobody here wants to hear your juvenile political BS. Go to reddit and bug them.
I’m here for cars and jokes, keep your dumb politics to yourself unless it’s car related.
Oh, you mean this –
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