After 13 years of cherished ownership, I'm reluctantly parting with our black Lotus Elise S2 111S. For 10 years this was my daily driver, but as with most people, during the pandemic I began working from home and our Lotus doesn't get used as much as it used to. So it's time for it to move on to a new home where it will get the use a car like this deserves.

For those in the know about Elises, this particular year and model is regarded by many as one of those holy grail Elises. The reason for this is that this is a 2004 car, which means it's one of the last to have the Rover VVC K Series engine with its 156bhp and is very light (0-60 in 5.4 seconds). It's easier to drive than the 111R, but still gives the same exhilarating driving experience. Combining this power-to-weight ratio with the fact that it doesn't have power steering or servo-assisted brakes, means it's essentially a road legal go-kart - a true driver's car.

It also has the Touring Pack (central locki…

Pair of Elise front uprights, from my 2001 S2, they have been bead blasted and triple powder coated, for the rebuild of my car.

They'd had new bearings fitted, but the car wasn't driven out of the workshop before they were dismantled and replaced with a pair of Gaz's CNC machined ally ones.

There are a few small places where the paint has come off during assembly and subsequent dismantling, which you can see if you zoom in, nothing drastic though!

Delivery will be at cost with Paisley Freight, as they're the cheapest for heavy items.

To prevent problems with the original plastic dipstick fracturing and ending up in the sump, potentially wrecking the engine, I designed and tested these plugs, the idea being that you fit this in place of the plastic stick, (which you keep on board for checking the oil level) then run at whatever revs. without any worries! As a bonus it adds a bit of bling to the engine bay! They're fitted with 3 viton 'O' rings, the handle being secured with a titanium screw. Delivery is to U/K only

Pair of front brake callipers with braided hoses. The Calipers have been stripped, rebuilt with new pistons, seals, anti knock back springs, bleed nipples and fluid transfer pipe ( all the parts from Eliseparts )

Pained with ‘Foliatec’ two pack enamel  .Also have the pad retention pins, ‘R’ clips and spring clips.All that they need are a set of pads .

I am sure some on this group will know me, Andrew Goater, regarding PG1 gearbox building. Over the last 10 or more years, I have supplied numerous B4BP close ratio gearboxes for Lotus cars on this group.

For racing the B4BP is too long gears. In a similar way that Lotus have their own UCR gear in the 340R cars, I have had custom made a 3 gear (6 sprocket) kit which uses the original C ratio gears 1 and 2 but a very close ratio 3, 4 and 5. The intention is you only use 1st gear off the line and 2 to 5 are very close. It fits a C6BP 3.9 final drive box and on 16" wheels gives a top speed of 125mph. If you use bigger wheels or your engine revs more than 7500rpm a 4.2 final drive can be used.

The gears are helical and are the same tooth design as the original gears. So, unlike using straight cut, these are quiet.

3rd, 1.47. 4th, 1.222, 5th, 1.034.

At 70mph (113kph) the rpm's are at 4500 in top gear. This does mean it's very fast to accelerate at this …

A set of New brushed alloy indicator/ wiper stalks  and matching handbrake grip and button for the S1 S2 Elise/Exige

fitting guide included

price includes delivery to Uk

Leather covered side sills, with blue stitching, from my S2, very good condition, selling them as I've replaced them with some carbon ones. Also included with them are a matching gear lever and handbrake gator with the blue stitching, which i never got around to fitting

2 Owners from new

I’ve owned my Elise since June 2013, buying it from her first owner after a long search to find one in perfect mechanical condition and with a good service history.  Unfortunately I just haven’t used it as much as I’d hoped, covering only 2,500 miles in 12 years, and only 300 miles in the last 5 years.  I keep hoping I’ll have the time, but have to recognise I won’t, and it sits forlorn in the garage.  I was lucky to get a Civic Type R allocation at the start of 2023, and that has been the fun car of choice (3 kids mean that back seats are important…), so the Elise is just never driven.

Completely original apart from the Bell & Colvill Sports Exhaust and the EPTuning Carbon Air intake.  She had all the extra boxes ticked when new - metallic paint, leather seats, stereo system, driving lamps, luggage nets, carpets.

The perfect project Elise in a very honest condition - I haven’t prepped the car for sale beyond a simple wash and vacuu…

Number Plate S222 LTS for sale.

On retention with DVLA.

£199.00

Originally sold by Lotus for use with their Motorsport steering wheel option (which was produced by MOMO), this quick release is compatible with various steering wheels featuring a 6 x 70mm PCD (such as MOMO, OMP, and Sparco).

It’s a straightforward job to replace the standard Nardi wheel with this QR; it attaches to the original splined hub using the original fixings. I can supply a copy of the Lotus instructions.

As can be seen in the photos, it is in excellent as-new condition - the MOMO steering wheel to quick release spacer, 15mm quick release to hub spacer, and all of the screws, are in fact brand new. In addition, there is no play in the mechanism.

The barrel/keys are absent.

The price includes Royal Mail Tracked 48 postage within the UK, although I’m happy to post worldwide at additional cost.