Well I gave in a brought another one. I had to sell my first one to fund a new house. Now got a moonland grey turbo. Currently stage 1 remap only. I need to do a couple of jobs on it like change the engine mounts. I got to say they are such a great car and the coupe has basically not been used since and I have declared it sorn.
The car feels like a go kart on the road. The one I have got has a hard top fitted, however I can't wait for the weather to improve and get the roof off. Currently on the hunt for a few tuning goodies and will try to do a couple of track days in it.
Let the fun begin!

Good to hear your enjoying it Stevo shame the coupes not getting used 😭

Pics?

They look loads of fun, wouldn't mind one myself.

Here you go
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vx220 side

Very nice, I do like the VX...

Looks a nice specimen

I prefer FWD and was shocked when I read some post about a VX driver spinning off the road after a roundabout just by giving it a few too many beans; bit him hard.

Nice colour too. Almost bought one before the Boxster and still have a little hankering for one.

Maybe when I'm done with the porker. :-)

Trust me the coupe dynamics feel terrible after you have driven a Vx. Obviously being mid engined if your committed and then jump off the throttle it will snap. However once you learn to control your primeval instincts and stay on the gas you can get a nice drift. Brilliant little cars.

Great choice! Looks mint too.
I bought a stage 4 VXT last April and adore it.

Looks great.

I would love a stage 4 Vx. Mine only has a stage 1 remap at the moment. Getting the pro alloy intake pipe, Courtney top hat and a tat diffuser for it.
Are you on the Vx220.org website Barney?

I certainly am sir, though I haven't posted there in a long time. Mostly I lurk, monitoring the general discussion threads.
Posted the spec for my VX here on one of Shifty's threads: link. All mods by previous owners. A few months ago I took it to Liam at MMG for full service, inspection, fitment of spitfire toe link kit and another remap.
I've got the Courtney top hat on mine. I'm certainly no mechanic but figure it's worth mentioning that my connecting intake pipe is slightly damaged; Liam seemed unimpressed with the installation.
Hopefully this summer I'll get along to a meet or two. I guess you've already driven a stage 4 but if not you'd be welcome to try mine.

Funnily enough I have been looking at these to maybe buy at the end of this year.

How do they compare to the lotus elise? I.E. specs & cost for parts? and are they fairly easy to work on?

I have a fair few cars in mind but last night I was browsing VX220 and lotus elise.

P.S. Yours is the the colour I want lol, with black wheels.

Parts for the vx are relatively cheap if keeping standard. I went for a vx tubby as it has more power and torque than an exige when remapped. I have never driven a stage 4 however I have been in Mr Simbas stage 4 beauty when he had it. Very fast indeed!

Wow Barney. Yours certainly has all the best bits! I love the wheels as well. Very nice indeed.

Stevo what sort of performance do these cars deliver?

I ask because the one or two i have come across on track seem somewhat sedate.

I would say when I had a stage 2 Vx turbo it would accelerate as fast as my coupe. So 240bhp Vx would be comparable to a 350 bhp coupe. It certainly managed to out accelerate a focus rs, and fairly serious looking Evo.

Thanks. So a 300hp one would be a handfull on track i imagine.

Thanks Stevo!
@ Benyon, some things can be very costly - headlights and clams being good examples! But there are options... I'd recommend doing some reading on vx22.org.
@ Magooagain - Common perspective on the vx forum seems to be that turbos in any state of tune are not as well suited to track use as the 2.2 n/a. For big power and controllable delivery thereof, supercharging is most often recommended. Have seen loads of clips where 'tubbys' get consistently reeled in on the bends by the n/a's.

Thanks Barney.