Lotus Elise Twin-Turbo Build: FastX’s One-of-One Masterpiece

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TL;DR

1. A custom Lotus Elise built with a unique TT transverse 2GR engine and sequential gearbox—claimed world-topping speed.

2. Expert advice: get a professional pre-purchase inspection to avoid hidden frame issues.

3. FastX Autosport plans endurance events in the US and WTAC in Australia to validate performance and reliability.

Kevin Fennell - Design Engineer & Builder 
Chas Spence - Lotus Elise Track Build

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Author, Photographer: Mike Autrey

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The beginnings behind the build.

Hi, I am Kevin Fennell, 42, and the owner of FastX Autosport.  I moved to the US out of college to work in the oilfield, where I learned about solving problems in the 
field and picked up most of my mechanical experience that I had before I started in this business.

I have always been into cars growing up, having a Porsche 944, GTO, Legacy GT, and a Lotus Exige S 
before I started modifying cars at all. One day, about 8 years ago, my neighbour invited me to go with him 
and his friends to Harris Hill for an afternoon, and it was all downhill from there.  

I got into Lotus basically by accident. I was looking for a car that was done depreciating, and that was cool 
to own and it came down to this and a 05 Turbo S, but those are even more rare then an Exige and they 
It went way up in price during the summer I was looking.  

I started building cars with my K24 track car, then started building more and more intensive customer cars 
cars going through all the steps from boltons to full custom builds like this.

Advice for other prospective Lotus builders.

Make sure you get a PPI on any Lotus you are buying if you don’t know what you are doing, they are 
really, really easy to maintain and modify IF you start with the right one without any frame damage. That 
is the key. 

The Uniqueness of this car is.

So right now it's like the only Elise/Exige in the world with that trans, a TT transverse engine, the fastest 
Lotus in the world, the fastest 2GR car in the world, and a whole bunch of “best of”. One of the things 
thats wild about is is the feed-forward traction control that turns the power down before the wheels 
actually spin based on lateral and vertical G-Force. 

Modifications on the Elise

Engine & Drivetrain

Engine: Toyota 2GR heavily modified.  
Electrical: Motec M150 ECU with GPRP-PRO package, C1212 Dash, 2 PDM15s, Bosch M5 ABS 

Turbos: Twin Garrett G30-770 Turbos 
Gearbox: Kotouc Gearboxes LS7 7-Speed Full Sequential Gearbox 
Intercooler: Tick Performance 
Intake Manifold: Frankenstein Motorworks 
Wastegate: Tial Sport 
Custom Exhaust Manifold: FASTx, supplied by Stainless Bros 
Clamp Assemblies: Vibrant Performance 
Fuel Rail: Radium Engineering 
Dry Sump: Dailey Dry Sumps 
Coolant Tank: Canton Racing 
Remote Oil Cooler/Thermostat: Improved Racing 
Front Cooling Assembly: PWR Advanced Cooling Tech 
Plumbing: FASTx custom using Vibrant hoses and XRP for the exotic fittings.

Axles & Stub Shafts: FASTx custom using 300M stub shafts, RCV CV’s and Evora inners.  

Brakes, Wheels & Tires

Brakes: Cobalt Racing Brakes

Custom Forged Aluminum Wheels: 8Twelve Wheels 
Tires: Vitour P1 in 255/295-18  

Titanium Splitter Skids: Speed Italia Racing

Suspension

Control arms & Uprights by DJM

Shocks Custom Spec Penske and Inertia Lab

Work done by..

95% of the work on this was done at @Fastx_autosport, with the cage being done by Blip Speed shop and 
The engine coming from an unnamed disappointing engine builder.  

Future plans for the car

We are looking right now at what we want to do next, go to WTAC in Sydney, or do some more events in 
The US to make sure the reliability is there first.  

I have come a long way from where I started, thanks mostly to the local community of drivers at COTA. I 
just started going there and to NASA events with my K24 car, and as soon as I said I was working on cars 
for others, those groups have kept me busy for almost 5 years now. 

Advice Column

I don’t know if this is inspirational, but lots of people will say this or that you are doing is wrong, but 
unless you are sure they are right don’t change your plans. Make a plan, stick with it and change when 
forced to.  

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