# The car and reason I'm selling ...

I had intended to keep my car, but the driveway at my new house isn't wide enough, so forcing sale. I have spent a lot of money on upgrading the car for use as a daily drive, plus track days. I have a folder of receipts for work done under my care. I've spent in excess of £12k in the last 10k miles. Although I will not enjoy the value from that, but the new owner certainly will!  The car is a 2002 TF 160 VVC in British Racing Green with cream & black interior.

It's fantastic on track, benefiting from brake upgrades keeping the car very controlled under braking with great pedal feel. The 4-2-1 exhaust and engine map have further improved the already torquey VVC - and that was before the engine work (see below). It keeps its own with the more standard Lotus Elises if you're enjoying a track day including them (it will out accelerate the lower powered Elise variants).

# The 'project for sale' bit ...

The head and one of the pistons are currently off the engine. The head is having some work done by the renowned Sabreheads. I'm open to selling the car with different scenarios depending on what the buyer is looking for. If you'd like to buy it as is and finish the work yourself, that's great. If you need the car putting back together etc., it's currently with my local garage who have done work on my other cars and I can confirm do a top job. I could sell it with or without the extensively worked head, depending on what the buyer is interested in doing with the car.

As you'll see below, so much of the engine and running gear has been replaced and / or upgraded, there's a lot right with the car.  In terms of 'bad bits', there is a bit of lacquer peeling on the front wings and the badges are faded. The car was dry stored for a good while, but has been on a garage forecourt for a few months now.

I need to move the car from the local garage by the weekend, or book it in for work to be done, so please do call or message me ASAP if you're interested.  You could have a new project for the long weekend!

# Details of the more interesting work:

In the last 500 miles ...

# Engine Top End

Reworked & ported head (Sabreheads)

Parts (valves, guides, seats, VVC kit)

New MLS gasket

# Engine Bottom End

New pistons, cylinder liners, & shells

Pistons & rods weight matched & balanced

In the last 10k miles ...

# Suspension

Vehicle Handling Solutions suspension upgrade (Bilstein dampers with adjustable ride height)

Vehicle Handling Solutions stiffer roll bars

Polybushed

# Cooling

Stainless water pipes

Recent new radiator

# Clutch

Uprated clutch shaft

Replacement 2nd hand clutch

Other work (I'd have to check how long ago) ...

# Ignition

Chipped by Mark Stacey (Z&F Tuning now "Kmaps")

Uprated ignition leads

New fuel injectors

# Brakes

Big rear brake kit

Recent new front calipers

Refurbed rear calipers

High carbon discs

EBC Yellow Stuff pads

Braided hoses

Master cylinder brace

# Stainless Exhaust

4-2-1 manifold

Scorpion sports exhaust back box

# Misc

Refurbed alloys

Low mileage on Falken tyres (although few seasons old)

Recent hood

CNC'd Heater knobs

CD Stereo player with removable face