HPE automotive SW Bham

[cheeky_chops]

Been looking for a localish place to service and cherish the Atom and hopefully come up trumps - anyone used him?

http://www.hpeauto.co.uk/

Before i bought the Atom, i joined a few FB groups to get a feel for what was out there as had a soft spot for a s1 exige (misus the K-series...) The lotus K20 FB groups led me to read about HPE and Dan Webster. Everone seemed v happy with his detail and work. Same for the midland lotus OC.

Now that i have an Atom, i investigated further and he is 10 mins from my work! I popped down last week for a chat and he had a few Lotus inc a 340R in for K20 transplants, performance improvement (a stroked 2.2 k20 on throttle boddies =305bhp NA!) plus the usual VX220/elises for servicing/tinkering. Interestingly the next unit along is the Honda race engine specialist "Clockwise Motion" I can see this being expensive!

So next is to get the Atom in:

service
MOT
balance shaft delete
bespoke back box

Hes busy til end of March so will update on progress

[Alex Brandon-Smith]

Oh dear, this could be the children's college fund going straight through the gas tank...

[Alex Brandon-Smith]

In all honesty though, it would be very interesting to see how you get on with the improvements. Keep us posted!

[robfitz]

I’ve got one of Dan’s 2.2 throttle body k20s in my S1 Elise. 300bhp and 210lbft makes it really good fun and it sounds ace.

Have been lurking on here for a few months as ordered an Atom 4 in November - going to be a long wait....

Rob