S1 Elise – Fitting Poly Lower Rear Engine Mount Bushes

Having found the exhaust to be leaking at the join between the manifold and downpipe, when I first got the Elise, and noticed the flexi section underneath the sump had occasionally been touching the undertray. I figured the engine mounts might have got a bit tired after 20 years causing a bit more engine movement […]

S1 Elise – First Local Breakfast Meet of 2018

Just to prove it does come out of the garage now and then. A few pictures of the Elise at a local Sunday morning breakfast meet at The Hub Cafe in Bodiam. Look, it’s out of the garage! Well that’s enough of that, time to get it back in the garage and find a job […]

S1 Elise – Suspension Refresh – Strip Down

As soon as I got the Elise I got it up on the lift for a good look over and found a few little jobs that needed doing including replacing some suspension parts like a ball joint and track rod ends at the front and a couple of toe link rod ends at the rear, […]

S1 Elise – Detail Monkey Sunday Breakfast Meet

Having dealt with all the jobs on my first list it was time to get this lot put away and get the car out on the road! It was still very much winter so nice dry roads were few and far between but we did get a nice clear dry couple of days including a […]

S1 Elise – Quick Wheel Alignment Check

Having replaced the rods and rod ends of the rear toe links and the track rod ends on the steering it was certainly worth a quick check of the wheel alignment. Plus I don’t know exactly when it was last done or how it was set so I wanted to find out how things were […]

S1 Elise – Gear Linkage Bush Kit

When I test drove the Elise before buying it, it was immediately obvious there was too much slack in the gear linkage. Having already done my research, I knew this would most likely be due to tired bushes in the linkage at the gearbox end. I also knew there are inexpensive kits available to replace […]