makings of a dry sump tank...

Air Suspension canister from an Audi A8. 

5.8L capacity is a good start and it's very light. Next step is to gather fittings for welding on, and finalise placement in the engine bay. 

new radiator arrived & fitted!

New radiator and fans have arrived. Very happy with how the cooling efficiency should increase over a stock Elise set up, which is rumoured to be good for 200bhp as it is.

My radiator has the following improvements:

• Fully alloy (standard has plastic end tanks which are prone to cracking)
• core depth increase - 56mm vs 31mm (181%)
• fan area increase - 905cm² vs 707cm² (128%)

New on left, old on right.

Fully sealed in with aluminium foil tape to prevent any air circumnavigating the core.

Installed (bar the fans which I will do later)

BMW waterpump mounted

apologies for lack of updates. I have been very busy on the build though.

BMW electric waterpump now trimmed of it's original mounts, and mounted on AV mounts right at the front of the car for weight distribution.

The pump is fed directly by the outlet from the rad, and pushes the water to the back of the car and through the engine...