Fixing the LOTUS Exige S240 // The Upgrades Begin!

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We bought this rare supercharged Lotus Exige S240 without inspecting it and discovered that a few things were broken. So in this episode, we bring in some experts to inspect the car properly, fix anything broken and find out what mods have already done. While we're at it, we install an epic upgrade!
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@mightycarmods 3 года назад

You asked for them, so here they are... CHOPPED SOCKS! Various sizes and shipped to your door. mightycarmods.com/collections/clothing/products/chopped-socks

@RyanProsser0 3 года назад

For how many the time of this post is older than the video published time

@luise7157 3 года назад

Yeah this is giving me atom 4 vive

@luise7157 3 года назад

You guys remember the atom ridiculous small I think tube frame powerx by a built k20 making 3 something

@BalvanKolbasukhin 3 года назад

Is it posible to swap this 4 cilender engine to V6 2GE-FE? and chengee front to the morden one exige?

@maze2756 3 года назад

The nugget of all nuggets the SuperNugget

@jbgaud 3 года назад

A thing I do really with MCM: they always bring very interesting and professional people. And, by the quality of the show, allow us to share their knowledge. This is a rare gift on RU-vid.

@01gtbdaily30 3 года назад

And it’s all for free straight to our eye balls and ear holes

@jbgaud 3 года назад

@@01gtbdaily30 this is good show made by good people

@boingkster 3 года назад

@@jbgaud I agree. *hypnotoad blaring intensifies*

@Nick37376 3 года назад

Another thing I like about the MCM guys is they knew almost everything the two British chaps were talking about, no doubt, but out of respect for them, the guys let them say their bit. Huge respect 👍

@brandondeel3567 3 года назад

@@Nick37376 yes this! Most auto youtubers tend to talk over the professionals.

@devvynully 3 года назад

If a car comes with 2 factory technicians then it's probably a supercar.

@phillipkennedy508 3 года назад

🤣

@silverbullitt850 3 года назад

...Or a Lotus ;)

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Well, actually, our dealership is run by race engineers, so we sell or modify them plus spend most of our time at the track www.simplysportscars.com/en/about-ssc

@silverbullitt850 3 года назад

Yeah that wasn't a trolling comment. As a mechanical engineer I appreciate and respect that approach!

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

@@silverbullitt850 awesome :-)

@antonisp6629 3 года назад

this episode was different but in agood way. A different type of car A different type of "fixing" A different type of guests can't wait for the track attack

@schwags1969 3 года назад

I thought the same thing. Good one though.

@LogiForce86 3 года назад

Would love to see the guys come over and to help Marty and Moog give a newly bought nugget a make-over the Lotus way. Just how once in the UK they did a make-over for a Lada, and I think it was on good ol' Top Gear with the 3 stooges.

@wretchedexcess1654 3 года назад

Awesome guests and presentation. Very well done, gents!

@gummostump4217 3 года назад

I'm quite glad to see mcm shift away from japanese turbo nuggets. This is a solid shift into new territory to keep the channel from getting a bit stale.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

@@wretchedexcess1654 cheers :-)

@printedprops8730 3 года назад

"There is no rear view visibility because of the supercharger system" Good thing Lotus has their priorities straight

@nightshadow2478 3 года назад

“Engineers talking technical numbers” Moog- “it reved my pants off”

@arbitersbeanburrito6685 3 года назад

And just like that I like lotus

@Joonaskaa 3 года назад

Liked them before - am determined to get one now :D even if just an Elise or smnth

@arbitersbeanburrito6685 3 года назад

@@Joonaskaa I wish you the best of luck then

@Joonaskaa 3 года назад

@@arbitersbeanburrito6685 thank you, going to need a lot of it. but one day!

@lakeshoresubtleties 3 года назад

I'm more a fan because of the toyota powertrain, to be honest. I like that reliability.

@arbitersbeanburrito6685 3 года назад

@@lakeshoresubtleties yeah it's an interesting choice for a British manufacturer but u gotta have that Japanese reliability

@RCKrashandBurn 3 года назад

Moog: Buys a Lotus Lotus Marketing: Heavy breathing intensifies...

@mrsiravarice 3 года назад

This will be great for them and their aftermarket community.

@stevemulcahy5014 3 года назад

It’ll go great with all my Ryobi tools...

@AndreiKucharavy 3 года назад

I mean... 12 years car with an manufacturer's plug-n-play upgrade? I like them for that part alone.

@stevemulcahy5014 3 года назад

@@AndreiKucharavy that alone was brilliant.

@zyeborm 3 года назад

@@AndreiKucharavy yeah, anybody else would go out of their way to make them incompatible

@Ddraculafactory 3 года назад

These guys are SO excited to talk about this car, I love their passion

@OhMyKMPR 3 года назад

You're absolutely right! These guys are amazing. Incredibly passionate, knowledgeable and professional. Would love to see them around for other episodes!

@ljilhk 3 года назад

your hair is nice bro

@Jobjoossen 3 года назад

That moment your sponsors are FANBOYING on you ....priceless

@nafismalik9621 3 года назад

You know when a man has a torch, he isn't joking around. Edit: Thanks everyone! Never gotten so many likes for a comment before.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

100% Richie has experience in Formula 1, A1 GP & other international motorsport series.

@nafismalik9621 3 года назад

@@SimplySportsCars Yeah you can tell from how he speaks, he definitely has knowledge and experience!

@FOURTEENmm 3 года назад

Moog: lotus are for IT nerds Also Moog: hacks furbys to make weird ass noises as a hobby

@mightycarmods 3 года назад

You have a point

@efnick96 3 года назад

I love how professional those 2 guys are. You can see it from the way they talk about it. Also I love the smile of Moog when he saw the dash screen. That moment was true happiness

@jfan4reva 3 года назад

Moog - (Quietly) "Thank you." And I thought I felt good when I fixed my sticky mouse buttons earlier this evening....

@Kaiceratops27 3 года назад

@@jfan4reva that was the most honest "thank you". no fake for the camera stuff here.

@zedlicious 3 года назад

Well, you won’t get better blokes than Lee and Richie. Having known them for over 10 years can vouch for their customer service, going above and beyond and the commitment to the a lotus community through dedicated track days and targa support. It truly is a car dealership run by motorsport engineers! Great to see them on MCM

@tojiroh 3 года назад

Good people come together. :-)

@officialcatchingair1932 3 года назад

As a person from England they are very English from what I saw ‘nice bit of kit’ said every English male ever well i think my dad and grandad and there friends and he said it so.......

@pwolsey42 3 года назад

Have to agree Lee, Ritchie and the rest of the SSC team are the main reason I’m such a Lotus tragic. I’ve bought and sold multiple times with them and done the track days and targa events. They make owning a Lotus a real pleasure even for non-mechanically inclined owners like myself.

@willem2099 3 года назад

THey made me want to buy a lotus just by this video. The part which got to me the most is their reaction when their car got called a super car.

@Tubby3307 3 года назад

Targa Tasmania is awesome, just saying 😎

@Its_motion_media 3 года назад

"I put some chromies on my last project car that weighed more than that"

@kablouserful 3 года назад

the mechanics must be thinking "jesus christ, its one of those ricer guys"

@gunthead7043 3 года назад

"No seriously"

@MarkMash17 3 года назад

Laughed

@MrPropanePete 3 года назад

I've always enjoyed MCM and over the years you can see the boys quietly evolving onto another level as they become more experienced. I really enjoyed this video, and to have two Brit Lotus specialists along explaining the car was exceptionally interesting. I think bringing the Lotus into the garage is a good move and look forward to watching the shenanigan's the lads are going to get up to with this car...

@willecutlip 3 года назад

The "Moog installs a better supercharger" countdown clocks starts.....NOW!!

@SynthetikCreation 3 года назад

Quick, stop the clock!

@thatsnotright7260 3 года назад

He wasn’t lying,, he knows literally NOTHING about this car 😂😂😂

@mightycarmods 3 года назад

Yup - nothing! Good blokes to learn from though.

@wisico640 3 года назад

@@mightycarmods & we can learn with you! :)

@spunkmire2664 3 года назад

@@mightycarmods one of the best things about this channel is that it promotes learning

@mrcasperjensen 3 года назад

Never meet anyone who knows it all about every car..

@wobblysauce 3 года назад

Most times having someone that knows nothing is better than someone that knows a bit, as it is easier to teach one without the prior knowledge.

@osga21 3 года назад

This is without a doubt, the best looking car you've ever had. I like this style of Lotus (Elise, Exige) so much that i think they're better looking than the vast majority of exotics.

@veritasiumaequitasius3530 3 года назад

Once you to got an ultralight vehicle, you'll never go back to a 6000-lb pig even if it has 500+ hp. HP doesn't carry you through corners.

@LynxEng 3 года назад

Yeah, looks badass and I think THE nicest looking car EVER

@michelle778 3 года назад

there is that FairLady though!

@SavedbyHim 3 года назад

In black yes...

@christianbuczko1481 3 года назад

@@veritasiumaequitasius3530 this lotus can take a honda k swap turbo quite easily, so 500hp is very easy. Basically, with a bit of work, this car could destroy most supercars.

@bekimfazli4195 3 года назад

I just wanna hear what turbo yoda has to say about the lotus

@seanhamilton4175 3 года назад

I think he'd appreciate the engineering behind it but I can't imagine him driving one

@bekimfazli4195 3 года назад

@@seanhamilton4175 I say we get an episode of turbo yoda driving it

@MiGujack3 3 года назад

He will probably like it since it has a Toyota engine.

@AapjeLf 3 года назад

He will put a turbo in front of the supercharger! All the boost!

@seanhamilton4175 3 года назад

@@bekimfazli4195 Road trip from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast!

@CompSciGuy2 3 года назад

You know that when two guys in Lotus shirts turn up, that everything is going to be ok :). The enthusiasm that Lee and Richie show is incredible.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Cheers :-) The guys have been around Lotus for a long, long time. Race engineers who ended up running a Lotus dealership in Sydney & even won some racing categories along the way www.simplysportscars.com/en/about-ssc

@Diptera_Larvae 3 года назад

Ahh I know that feeling, when you are talking to an expert and they just rattle off a whole bunch of stuff and you just keep saying “okay” like you are going to remember the huge list they just gave you without writing it down.

@johnventers5128 3 года назад

LUCKY it's all filmed then ay! ;)

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Lucky its a video and you can pause and play it back :-)

@Chrisgroot19 3 года назад

The IT nerd woke instantly when handed the dashboard :')

@jblyon2 3 года назад

It really says something about Lotus that they developed that for a car old enough to be long abandoned by every other manufacturer

@ImBarryScottCSS 3 года назад

@@jblyon2 They didn't, AIM developed it as an aftermarket part but it was so damn popular that Lotus basically saw a way to cash in and put their badge on it. I love Lotus and have owned many but after sales support is awful, parts on backorder for literally years, poor dealer network. In this community we look after each other, the factory does very little, particularly now with the new owners.

@ludanca11 3 года назад

Ah man, I just love it when I see someone comes in and just knows his shit about something.

@DanHillman 3 года назад

Yeah right, the indicator fix was so small but something only someone who knows their stuff would know. Sits down and fixes it straight away. Ha!

@cjbarnes2010 3 года назад

Lotus prices have just increased by 25% MCM influencing the car market hard lately

@siejaiz 3 года назад

Nah, those cars don't depreciate even before Moog got one.

@doublesnotroubles 3 года назад

@@siejaiz could pick up an elise for 30k the last couple years. Which is pretty cheap for what it is

@grlmgor 3 года назад

He may even it got it cheaper then Marty Subaru cause of the broken dashboard.

@CouchMan88 3 года назад

I was just looking online watching this wondering what do these Lotus go for used.

@zogworth 3 года назад

Covid tax is insane. Just want to buy an a simple older car and there is nothing reasonable under £2k

@matthewmccarthy9283 3 года назад

"It's a Lotus Exige, We've Extablished that." I will say, as an engineer in the automotive world, I enjoyed listening to what these guys had to say.

@ExperienceAwesome 3 года назад

Do you have any bits of advice for a mechanical engineering student trying to break into the job market?

@matthewmccarthy9283 3 года назад

@@ExperienceAwesome Don't be afraid if your first job isn't in the automotive field. Mine wasn't but I made the most of it and learned all I could. More importantly, I was able to express what I learned into interviews. Learning how to handle interviews well is a crucial skill. Finally, if you can get any internship experience while you're in school, that will make landing your first job significantly easier.

@ExperienceAwesome 3 года назад

@@matthewmccarthy9283 Thanks so much man!

@Dev_skoll 3 года назад

See lotus is so driver-orientated, and the fact they support their older vehicles. I am sold on the brand. Wow

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Yep. A new car warranty even includes coverage for track use. It's all about driving & you still get 'em in manual :-)

@RustyDroid 3 года назад

Them and Porsche

@gwot 3 года назад

they probably didn't do it on purpose, they just wanted to keep using the same wiring to cut cost, I see that as a win win.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

@@gwot not really. It was designed so that it could be plug and play to make it an easy retro fit that didn't require making changes to the existing connections to maximise simplicity & reduce any potential complications.

@gwot 3 года назад

@@SimplySportsCars and you know that for a fact that it was deliberately done this way, for that purpose and wasn't just as a bonus?

@AndrewCherry458 3 года назад

That norfolk/oz accent 🤣

@edkerridge71 3 года назад

I couldn’t place it but think youre right

@antwonefernandez7554 3 года назад

😬

@PiousMoltar 3 года назад

Yeah those accents were really scrambling my brain. I think they've lived in Aus for a while. I'm from Norfolk / Suffolk myself and have always thought my accent is closer to an Aussie accent than most Brits. I've even been mistaken for an Aussie once, and it was a running joke that a friend of mine, from Essex, had an Aussie accent. We were living in Middlesbrough at the time, the locals thought she sounded Australian, honestly I can kind of see where they were coming from, she didn't have that stereotypical Essex / East London accent, I'm guessing she was from deeper inside Essex, maybe closer to Suffolk.

@pearcomputers 3 года назад

well that's Norfolk n good :P . 1 mean, that'll never do :D time to gobble up some supercars on the Track :D

@hoilst 3 года назад

They each only got 10 fingers, so you know they're not from the Island...

@flubba86 3 года назад

"The owners are a little bit _special_". Tech: **giggling** _yeah_

@JMDrives 3 года назад

James May liked Lotus cars too

@insomniacbritgaming1632 3 года назад

@@JMDrives Lotus cars are amazing? Especially the Toyota powdered ones...

@JMDrives 3 года назад

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 Uhm.. I'm just sticking the term "special" with James May and Lotus. And it's a fact. I love Lotuses, who doesn't? Saw only 3 of them in the past 8 years., and those I saw were Exiges.

@irespectfullyrefuse 3 года назад

Wow the quality of this content is on point my friends! Also, these guests are gold, it's so interesting hearing actual experts talk about this car. Love it!

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Thanks Charles, our team has been modifying, racing and doing track days with Lotus in Australia for over 20 years :-)

@irespectfullyrefuse 3 года назад

@@SimplySportsCars Cheers my friends! I might be looking at used Lotus right now hahaha! What have you done!

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

@@irespectfullyrefuse we are sorry (not really) check out all the track days and driving events we do in Australia www.simplysportscars.com/en/events

@fir3ball343 3 года назад

That was awesome how easy it was for them to fix it up and they brought that amazing dash. Moog deserves it after years of wrenching on nuggets to land a rare beauty like this.

@Mich43lab 3 года назад

Omg these guys are freaking awesome I wish they could come over and review my motorcycle. Also You know you have a good mechanic guy when he pulls out a random flash light from his pocket. You know it's getting serious.

@boheyo 3 года назад

Fun Fact: every car where a supercharger blocks most of the rear window is good.

@gochi6542 3 года назад

I certainly wouldn’t be complaining that’s for sure. 😂

@abc-bm8pl 3 года назад

But not front window?

@boheyo 3 года назад

@@abc-bm8pl Typically good as well but sometimes it's too hard to see the road.

@unknownhacker5254 3 года назад

Man this episode was so good. Loving the content guys. Love the engineers

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Cheers. check out some of the stuff we do in Australia www.simplysportscars.com/en/gallery-blog

@Rockhopper1 3 года назад

I live close to Lotus, and it makes me warm and tingly when I see something bring so much joy to someone on the other side of the planet.

@zedlicious 3 года назад

There are many of us Lotus fans down here. Only difference is sometimes we have to drive 600ks to a track day 😂

@randomesteven3935 3 года назад

Man. This particular gen of Exige is my favorite in terms of design. I may not know much about Lotus but iirc, this gen was also one of the last of the lightweights isn't it?

@xkimopye 3 года назад

Yep, I’m from Australia and am seriously considering buying an Exige. I was originally after an s2000, but I think I’m leaning towards the Exige. The idea of a car being lightweight is exactly what I love in a performance car. I know how you feel, it’s great to see people around the world who appreciate Holdens

@wasptim 3 года назад

2 miles for me to Lotus Cars!

@formysindesigns 3 года назад

Me toooo

@FPClarks 3 года назад

"Every single issue" Oh hoho to be a new lotus owner again.

@xkimopye 3 года назад

Was there a lot of issues? I am seriously considering an Exige. Would you recommend owning one?

@FPClarks 3 года назад

@@xkimopye More issues than a "normal" car but thats part of the fun of owning a Lotus. I love mine I have had 2. I would recommend you test drive one first though and make sure you can get in and out of it lol.

@wiskunst 3 года назад

@@xkimopye it´s a great car! Go for it. I own a exige s british GT edition. Also 240hp

@xkimopye 3 года назад

Ok that’s really good to know, it seems from all the RU-vid videos everyone is real happy with their lotus. The getting in and out of thing won’t be a problem, it’s actually part of why I love them. But yes I do need to at least ride in one first to make sure that is the car I am really after. Having the dream car is my four year goal and I think the exige might be the one.

@AlicanteTrailCam 3 года назад

@@xkimopye I ran an Elise as a daily driver for 18 months (I'm in the UK) and put 25k onto it. It was 6 years old when I got it. Nothing broke, service costs were the same as a Toyota, so cheap. It had a bit of an appetite for rear tyres and that was it. I'd definitely buy another.

@thomasmaagaard 3 года назад

16:52 *Several Australian guys babbling* Captions: "Music"

@nyeale1213 3 года назад

Do you know what the music is called ?

@dawsy20069 3 года назад

Two are British one is Australian.

@nyeale1213 3 года назад

@@dawsy20069 ? I’m talking about the music

@robinhadley 3 года назад

What a night tonight,that was a Bad Obsession and an MCM video all in one go 👌🏻

@acebeatsjack 3 года назад

I love how those guys are genuinely from the UK, can just make out their accents, but they’ve been in straya for so long that they’ve got auzzie accents

@PiousMoltar 3 года назад

I think they're from Norfolk (where Lotus is based) so they already sound slightly off to most Brits. Add in a bit of an Aussie twang and even to me, a person from Norfolk, they sound almost full-on Aussie. Yet MCM even replied to a comment themselves saying they sounded "super British" to them. It's fascinating really.

@captain-chunk 3 года назад

@@PiousMoltar I would’ve put both their English accents as South Central - South East rather than Norfolk, there wasn’t the “auw” sound in the O’s you’d associate with the Norfolk area. You could definitely hear that Lee had been in Australia a long time though :)

@jayonefive234 3 года назад

theres no aussie accent in them

@mjmci3 3 года назад

I am an Aussie and can confirm what Jimmy Jay said - these guys sound 100% British to us. No question or doubt. 😂

@guy9742 3 года назад

@@mjmci3 they don't sound British at all to me, very Aussie sounding to a Brit.

@AnusMcFly 3 года назад

The coolest car you've ever had on mcm. I love these things.

@JustinPR612 3 года назад

Agreed

@martin1649 3 года назад

come on. supergramps is also really cool, common car with uncommon mods.

@AnusMcFly 3 года назад

@@martin1649 absolutely it is. The 240 is also ridiculous. I've just had a hard on for these since I used to regularly race one when I was riding to work on my old yzf750sp back in the day.

@jeeves_uk 3 года назад

Id say the Super Turbo is cooler

@AnusMcFly 3 года назад

@@jeeves_uk Yeah I mean that's what's cool about automotive culture and humans in general. We all like different shit. The no concessions to comfort approach of Lotus is what appeals to me.

@ioanekoroivuki543 3 года назад

Love how the one guy pulled out his torch and just started looking at the car. Their eyes were just constantly checking out the car and they knew everything about it! Even let out a few interesting facts, such as the old Vauxhall Astra side mirrors, while they were at it. I'd be a very confident buyer if these two were around.

@FreeFinca Год назад

Hazards switch and stalks are from a Vauxhall Astra and the mirrors are from an Austin Metro.

@harrybalm1738 3 года назад

Love lotus have had 2 and now have a Corolla with the 2zz. In the uk we say Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious

@BlatentlyFakeName 3 года назад

Maybe 20 years ago...

@cabe_bedlam 3 года назад

Holy smokes, a bolt-on kit that actually just bolted on?

@rooboty7137 3 года назад

lol

@formdoggie5 3 года назад

The rarest thing in the history of car modding

@BlatentlyFakeName 3 года назад

From the actual manufacturer, for a 12 years old car :D

@viperidaenz1 3 года назад

"This is like an MR2? Radiator at the front and ..... corolla engine in the back"

@insomniacbritgaming1632 3 года назад

Heavily modified Corrolla engine. Ha

@Doubtfull1988 3 года назад

An actual sports car, simple engineering is the best engineering.

@86surge90 3 года назад

"it's all just glued together"...typical Colin Chapman design smh jk lol

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Still one of the stiffest chassis available on any sports car in the world, 20 years after they first designed it :-)

@BlatentlyFakeName 3 года назад

The glue is actually much stronger than welding as it's a far bigger contact area. It also won't ever rust.

@richardrahadi 3 года назад

Brits, Aussies, and cars, literally the best combination ever

@guruzini1971 3 года назад

you ever had peanut butter and chocolate?

@kimmyrask7368 3 года назад

Yup, so nice without the americans!

@unclereyofficial 3 года назад

blokes on blokes

@meanman6992 3 года назад

This American disagrees, there needs to be an American and Japanese person whose a track car person as well. Then it would be the best combination ever.

@meanman6992 3 года назад

@@kimmyrask7368 That's uncalled for.

@Scrubworks 3 года назад

I absolutely love that one of the best driver's cars ever made has wing mirrors from a Metro.

@rasz 3 года назад

Citroën CX mirrors landed on TVR Griffith, Chimaera, Lotus Esprit, Aston Martin V8 Virage, DB7, and Jaguar XJ220

@Jaffroman87 3 года назад

The henessey venom uses the mirrors from the vauxhall/open corsa vxr.

@ChrisMisMYhandle 3 года назад

more than one. ^^

@BobMonkeypimp 3 года назад

The McLaren F1 has off the shelf rear lights that are usually fitted to buses.

@markrainford1219 3 года назад

The upside, spares dirt cheap.

@TimHoppen 3 года назад

I'm a software developer and I LOVE the idea of driving a Lotus, so yeah, there's some truth in the stereotype.

@BySixa 3 года назад

Me too and i also love this idea hahahah must be some truth

@sjrsjr123 3 года назад

Also this 😏

@negativeindustrial 3 года назад

It’s the same with Engineers. I’m irrationally drawn to it in a way only my MR2T can stave. I dare not even look at them.

@WV_Exige 3 года назад

Same here. SQL and Software Dev with an 07 exige s!

@visker81 3 года назад

im a java dev and i somehow cant afford a lotus on the side... guess i need to start freelancing

@MitchDore 3 года назад

Bringing love to the Lotus community!! Let's go!

@justin3131ify 3 года назад

When the boy's tell Moogs that a pod will increase the supercharger whine... You mean the honk right? Bring back the honk!!!

@jonwatkins8141 3 года назад

Yesssssss, staying up late boozing during lockdown in Wales and finding a new MCM episode.......WIN. Just sold my poor mans Elise (MR2 Roadster), splaffing all over your Exige :)

@jimhartland1939 3 года назад

I'm doing the same as

@AdamKreuziger 3 года назад

Cymru am byth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@nimmen 3 года назад

cheers

@Ben-hf7fg 3 года назад

🍻

@DashCamSerbia 3 года назад

Same. Only I go to bed early, to get early to work. And not really boozing, becuse I am driving. And I drive a Dacia Sandero. OK, not the same at all...

@stupot205 3 года назад

Took me a minute to place the accents but I sussed it - it’s “British person who’s been living in Australia for a few years” Cool video, loving the Lotus!

@SurgeDashcam 3 года назад

Yeah there was definitely a strong mix of both British and Australian accents in there. Very interesting to hear but I guess they do have a fair few similarities.

@realMaverickBuckley 3 года назад

@@SurgeDashcam Yup. Aussie Accent was a development from the South Eastern English(Kent, London) and the North Eastern English (Lincolnshire). So you get the 'Alriggghhht maaaayyte' with the 'Get out the baaath and drive ya caaaah'

@spookazz 3 года назад

u guys r singlehandedly gonna make secondhand lotus prices go up 🤣 (hands pun lol)

@Johnny_Blaze1 3 года назад

Hennessey venom gt is based off a lotus nuff said 😈

@strongboy7289 3 года назад

Wow the new dash digital display looks Maaaaaaaad. The guys were awesome what a bonus to have some Lotus experts on hand. Great vid guys!

@sergiogomezorias 3 года назад

Alternative title: 3 car nerds nerd out about an MR2 on steroids🤣

@E_tiBEAMERBOY 3 года назад

Welllll its a yota engineeeee so yes steroids😂😭

@insomniacbritgaming1632 3 года назад

Nope... the Elise originally came with a Rover engine.

@blazervol3357 3 года назад

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 dude... Everybody knows they originally came with sr20det engines. Rover engines would've blown a premium before racing.

@insomniacbritgaming1632 3 года назад

@@blazervol3357 sure... no.. They've never used SR20 motors... first gen Elise used a Rover 1.8 if memory serves

@blazervol3357 3 года назад

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 lotus spent over 100 grand under the hood of their cars on the sr20.

@EritoKaio 3 года назад

Ive always loved the Exige, and yes i am a IT nerd.

@chrisvinicombe9947 3 года назад

These boys are experts at emptying wallets 😂

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

and making cars go fast :-P

@BlueXonar 3 года назад

Hi Moog, I absolutely 100% recommend fitting a cold air intake to this. Whatever you are imagining the difference is going to be vs. the standard airbox, triple it. The induction noise on these Toyota 2ZZ engines is incredible. It will be loud. The switch from low to high cam lobe at 6000~RPM is accentuated, and the supercharger noise becomes almost obnoxious. You also stand to pick up a small handful of HP unlike with some other cars, because the standard Toyota airbox is quite restrictive. I have a video on my channel of a European Toyota Corolla T-Sport with a cold air intake doing an acceleration run (I believe it was the first car these engines found their way into in about 2001) - No supercharger, but you get an idea of the noise available. And then remember this noise is going to be coming from right behind your left ear! 😎

@ISpinUWin 3 года назад

It’s so common to watch RU-vid videos with “experts “thar are just people spouting their opinion who don’t really know what they’re talking about. These two guests know their stuff. Wish they were on my side of the earth. ;) Take this from a fellow S240 owner, you must take that car to the track, that is where it really shines!!

@simocreations 3 года назад

They’ve lost their British accents pretty much 😂

@mightycarmods 3 года назад

Really? They sounded super British to us.

@zogworth 3 года назад

@@mightycarmods you can definitely tell British but a lot of Aussie intonation and twang.

@TheMijman 3 года назад

@@mightycarmods Wouldn't say they've lost them at all. But they've definitely gained an Aussie twang. Though one more than the other.

@robinhadley 3 года назад

Still sound like Brits to me 🤔

@andygrant3468 3 года назад

@@mightycarmods Yes they have an Aussie twang that sounds really strange

@binhonz 3 года назад

BOM: let's go budget and turn this 850 pound nugget into a race car. MCM: Moog buys a Lotus...

@user-wl3lm2un5e 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂if ykyk

@lazar2175 3 года назад

I've thought that no one would mention the similarities of BOM and MCM. At least marty isn't obsessed with brackets. But a collaboration might be cool.

@AttilaThebung 3 года назад

@@lazar2175 a collaboration between MCM and BOM would be freakin awesome. Binky v MCM Mini shootout?

@user-wl3lm2un5e 3 года назад

@@lazar2175 after the collaboration we will see moog and marty drink tea when something goes wrong 😂😂

@TehRuiAlv3z 3 года назад

Posted 17 seconds ago. Damn, I caught this fast

@phillipwood9833 3 года назад

I've watched this for years being an inveterate fettler, I love this episode but it is so far removed from the early days with Marty and Moog doing engine swaps and mods on Marty's Mum's driveway. BUT the best of all is neither of them have lost their enthusiasm and wonder of all things engine driven. Albeit 4 wheels or 2..

@MindBlowerWTF 3 года назад

RU-vid changed - if they would do like a series of old style videos back to back I can imagine them getting low views, because only people that are subbed for a long time would watch all of them and others would just jump on some other channels where someone does something to a supercar or whatever.

@ybok7704 3 года назад

If Marty gets an MRS and they 2zz swap and have a challenge series, I’ll actually freak out

@DucatiChris10 3 года назад

That new dash is awesome mon!! Can't believe that's a genuine lotus upgrade. Excited about this build. Hope you go balls to the wall crazy and mod everything to make this a track weapon

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Yep, best of all it will automatically detect when you are at a race track & switch display to do timing, data logging and more. Check it out www.simplysportscars.com/en/gallery-blog/lotus-approved-digital-dashboard-aim-mx2e-for-sale

@Julian-do7bv 3 года назад

Love how he fixed the signals in 2 secs haha

@thedreadedgman 3 года назад

Astra parts...

@Picklescarchannel 3 года назад

Love this car, got me looking on Auto trader at V6 Exiges over here in the UK! Interested so see what you do with this one :)

@rizin2213 3 года назад

I can't wait 2 years of owning my 05 Elise I'm now learning a lot from a guy in the UK. We are going for 1/4 mile times but hey still fun. Nice thing smaller turbo on my Honda k24 and reversing suspension tuning I can still go run a circuit. This cars weight makes this fun plus the type of car odd for straight line!

@speedmastermarine 3 года назад

Great work guys! You can purchase the AiM MXe dash display from the link below! We use it on one of our track cars! www.oppenheimengineering.com/product-page/aim-mx2e-lotus-elise-exige-dash

@sledfreak17 3 года назад

Amazing! Thanks for that info, will check out the website!

@nedyahyakcam 3 года назад

Never been this early for an MCM video before. And I'm in the middle of a house move

@emmanuellehuu8818 3 года назад

Same

@justthetip9228 3 года назад

Hayden mackay cool stories bros

@WezleyB 3 года назад

I've tried to move a house before... They are really heavy...

@wraithcadmus 3 года назад

Remember, first night is pizza so you don't have to unpack plates or cutlery.

@wolfwarren6376 3 года назад

Congrats bro

@popuptoaster 3 года назад

Always loved Lotus, would love a Europa but being 6'6" I'm not getting into pretty much any Lotus ever. 😂

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Have you seen the Evora 400 which is a larger cockpit and more traditional entry / exit

@insomniacbritgaming1632 3 года назад

The Evora would be a good shot... or an Esprit

@tolga1cool 3 года назад

I have wanted a lotus for as long as I can remember. Seeing a Elise as a kid was what made me love cars! Good stuff

@lobster90hm 3 года назад

Great. Just great. Thanks for nothing Moog. Now I need a Lotus Exige!!! What are you guys trying to do to me? 😂😂😂

@jettamaster3297 3 года назад

Budget DIY. I love that these guys went from modifying scrap Golfs by whizzing on it to fixing a boned Lotus "supercar" dash with Genuine Lotus Parts... with two engineers :)

@cullenbird8886 3 года назад

“I put some chromies on my last project that weighed more than that” bruhhhhhh hahahaha

@Phos9 3 года назад

That toe link kit is slightly absolutely necessary, was at a track day one time and there was an exige there that broke one. Got away without hitting anything though.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Yep, we totally agree. After racing Lotus sports cars for many years we designed the toe link kit that most of our track day drivers use on their cars.

@tomatodamashi 3 года назад

The only issue, according to my mechanic, is that the oem toe link is kind of designed to break, especially in an accident. With it being the weak point, you protect the tub. Strengthen it too much and a crash could potentially write off the entire car...

@nasossotiropoulos3684 3 года назад

you should really change the oil pump. and use an oilpan from a 1zz ;) it will save you later

@SMTahmid 3 года назад

I was gonna add this. The zz series of engines are notorious for oil starvation

@cbeam 3 года назад

these two guys look like the Marty and Moog from a British parallel universe

@TeamEmperor1 3 года назад

I wonder how much he paid. His car was on Facebook marketplace for 85k for a long time.

@joety13 3 года назад

that was an uber geek off, purest love in... a delight to behold.

@TheMrTC 3 года назад

Used walk past the back of the SSC place every now and again and ogle at the car they had hidden around there, crazy to see them on here! Love the exige, proper little track weapon.

@ryubiggie 3 года назад

That dash is freaking epic! I can't believe how simple they make that update/up grade.

@RazorStyles 3 года назад

the moment i saw the indicator levers i immediatily thoght "those levers are familiar" then they confirmed it hahaha, my car has the same turn signal levers as a lotus exige, now i can say that my car has some racing heritage hahahah

@mixalisstathis274 3 года назад

My car ha the same door handles as an Aston Martin. Guess what it is.

@30059686 3 года назад

I've loved Lotus' since I first "drove" one on GT 2 when I was about 14, my envy is real!! Excited to see what's to come!!

@harrynelson9203 3 года назад

Absolute perfection, after your last video had a look online to see how much they was selling for 😍🙂👌🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

@infosneakr 3 года назад

Me too? 45 large is out of my price range.

@harrynelson9203 3 года назад

@@infosneakr I know right, even the basic model is still going for 26 to 30k lucky owners

@kylem3373 3 года назад

Man I've always loved watching mighty car mods over the past 7 years or so. This is just wow. You guys never disappoint!!

@ImBarryScottCSS 3 года назад

I still can't believe it's actually happened. I wanted to see it for so long but I never really believed I'd see a Lotus on McM. And the SSC lads are here too! 🤯🤯🤯

@Cancrusher11 3 года назад

The Exige is an exotic but not quite a super car, the corvette is a supercar but not an exotic. Please boost this car to the moon and change my mind. (it DEMANDS that you do) :D

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

hahahah you should see how many Exige owners chop up supercar owners at the track though :-)

@danielpalma1316 3 года назад

I've been saving up for one of these. And when I saw that they got a lotus my dreams got shattered as i know the prices will go up 😔

@beneddy99 3 года назад

Simplify, then add lightness. That Exige is ice cold black on black 🧊

@mrpurple2306 3 года назад

Dont care how much is wrong with the Lotus, its still better than the Golf!

@AndyRock1 3 года назад

I don't know about "better", but loads more interesting!

@phillipkennedy508 3 года назад

@Lars van Heuman F*** Yeah!!............so i'm a traditionalist...🤣

@luuk341 3 года назад

Man that car is SO freaking cool. And it really looks amazing!

@hungrybearcub_films 3 года назад

This made me fire up NFS Heat and drive the Exige free roam.. 😂

@LordBillington42 3 года назад

Remember my dad driving to the factory in his esprit asking for a new gear stick at the gates 😂 Then years later I ended up managing a nearby pub where loads of the Lotus staff eat and drink. Top Narfuk folk.

@sonicx059 3 года назад

I love and want a lotus. Also want to hug those guys. Hearing them talk about this car makes me all gIddy

@Sauerbrew777 3 года назад

Such an amazing car! By far the best car you guys have ever bought for the channel. I hope that it's a lifetime keeper!

@JustinPR612 3 года назад

Yessss!

@MindBlowerWTF 3 года назад

This looks like AIM unit? Can You also do usuall stuff like what You can do to regular AIM dash? That would be awesome - You can nerd out after You are back from track and see how You did.

@SimplySportsCars 3 года назад

Yes it was designed together by Lotus & AIM and has the track timing and data logging :-)