Because I clearly need more punishment for my sins of fooling with Brit cars, if I build a Lotus Esprit S1 or S2 where would it be classed?

The car uses my favorite engine I love to hate, the Lotus 907 which, incidentally, is used in the Jensen. In the S1 it is rated at 130hp and in the S2 it is rated at 160hp. Weights are in the mid to upper 2000lb range.

Maybe I shouldn't sit around and drink and come up with more crazy race car ideas. But, at the airport where my flying club is there is a S2 Esprit in pieces and a Mini rally car, both are in need of a home. And I'm a sucker for an unloved British car.

Before the ITAC gets overwhelmed drive an Esprit. I've owned one and driven a few and they don't handle as well as you think they will. Think heavy MR2 with wider footprint but lots of quirky British parts bin engineered bits like suspension arms and brakes - it ain't pretty. I'm thinking ITA for the S1 for sure (probably where my JH needs to be), ITS for the S2.

R