Identify! Exige gets a 2' Identity Disc.

[slave1pilot]

Nice Lotus.
My buddy Mike worked on this Lotus down here in SoCal.
Maybe you've seen it?

The World's Fastest Lotus? - YouTube

I haven't spoken to him in years, just fell out of touch with him.

 

[89Forever]

its an exige and has orange, so its a winner in my book!

I'll check out the youtube video when i get home (blocked at work). I'm posting a Cars & Coffee event, would you pass it on to him? It would be great to meet up and see this baby in person.

 

[third3ye]

^ That's Frank's car. It's fast... but not terribly reliable :lol I think he's rebuilt the current drivetrain (not counting his last 2 setups before) at least 3x when I was still active on LotusTalk.

He's offered to let me drive it a while back but I never took him up on his offer, something about having 500+whp on a 2000 lb car just doesn't sit well with me

 

[slave1pilot]

he doesn't own it, he just worked on it to make it faster.
I think it had over 700HP, but I don't remember

 

[89Forever]

...something about having 500+whp on a 2000 lb car ...

holy hell! that's ridiculous. no wonder he has to rebuild the drive-train so often.

I think it had over 700HP, but I don't remember

That's even more insane!

 

[third3ye]

he doesn't own it, he just worked on it to make it faster.
I think it had over 700HP, but I don't remember

Yeah he got it up over the 600whp mark last I checked, probably broke the 700 mark by now. It's a dual-charged setup, SC and turbo, running on massive boost... hence the rebuilds

I'm not that close to him otherwise I'd send him an invite to C&C, plus I don't think he goes there much if at all, least I never saw him there.

Ok I'll stop being OT now.

 

[89Forever]

its a lotus thread. you're still on topic. lol

Join us for Cars & Coffee

 

[KidHaru]

Here you go. I don't have any pictures of me on my bike but I wear a black shoei rf1100 helmet with a silver reflective visor and a black half leather half mesh jacket from BILT.
EDIT:Image removed due to size. Here is a link to it though
http://i.imgur.com/Lci2l.jpg

BTW, post a picture of your bike. I might remember it. or in case i see you on the road again.

 

[89Forever]

Loving the red accents!

Damn, now you are making me miss my RECGNZR

 

[KidHaru]

Oh crap! You had a GORGEOUS CBR! I love the orange on that so much.

 

[GeraldBarnacle]

Looking mighty fine, Steve0! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished thing. G

 

[89Forever]

Thanks G-Man!

Update overdue:
This is split into two sections. Basically 80% of the disc which will house the lights, and then the last 20% will just be a faceplate to complete the disc.

 

[89Forever]

I think its too small, what do you guys think?

 

[89Forever]

would this be better?

 

[faille]

I like the scale of the one you currently have

 

[89Forever]

Thanks faille. Are you a Tron fan too?

 

[89Forever]

okay, so the disc isnt ready for paint, but i primed and painted it anyway just to get an idea of what it looks like before i get too much further. Mind you the orange i used is just some really old leftover paint i bought a couple years ago and should be replaced with lights for the event. the edge of the disc hasnt been sealed, so i didnt paint it. although i think this is better because it needs white lights added anyway. I photographed the disc on both my car and my buddies DeLorean.

 

[89Forever]

Since the DeLorean is an older car, we felt that utilizing the original Tron disc would be most appropriate. Feedback...

 

[faille]

Thanks faille. Are you a Tron fan too?

Yes, huge fan! In fact, what got me back into the RPF forums was one of the Tron costuming threads with over a hundred pages of suits and experiments with the lighting. Tried to name my dog Flynn but I was overruled

 

[89Forever]

Are you going to Tron30th.com?