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Yes, I am a handling addict. Speed in a straight line is always fun, but not if the car and/or driver are incompetent in the turns. As my guru Bob Hall, (the MX-5 was his brainchild) says, "If you can't go fast with 90hp, 900hp won't help you" Quote:
Originally Posted by GTO How is the sport Elise different from the regular? |
Its an Elise thats been gotten at by Lotus Sport. Lotus Sport is the motorsports arm of Lotus. So in essence, this is an Elise by Lotus Sport, rather than a Sport Elise by Lotus, if you follow me.
Whats different compared to a regular regular Elise:
Firstly, its based on the 190hp Type R rather than the 134hp Type S. From there it picks up with - Ohlins fully adjustable remote reservoir coilovers (independently adjustable in compression and rebound with nearly 100 settings total, as well as ride height adjustable).
- 5 position adjustable front anti roll bar
- Rear Track Control Arm Brace
- Traction Control
- Forged lightweight aluminium wheels
- Race compound Yokohama Advan 048 tyres (they are so soft, your finger nail can dig into them)
- Racing clutch
- twin oil coolers
- Racing bucket seats with provision for a 4 point harness (you can see them in the picture above)
- T45 reinforced steel roll over hoop and harness mounting bar
- Steel brake lines
- removable bolt on hardtop
- Painted on stripes (they are under the clear coat)
- Lightened by removing all sound insulation and carpeting. the interior is just a pair of racing seats bolted into a bare aluminium tub.
- Stage II exhaust
Some of these features are available on the regular Elise as options.
This car sticks to corners in a way that shames 911 Turbos and 911 GT3s (though it has no ability to match their accelaration.) A friend of mine has an M3. A curve near my house, I can do it at about 75km/h in a C230 Sport, about 90km/h in my MX-5, and about 120km/h in the Lotus.
But the car is not capable of anything except going fast around corners. It is quite useless and annoying and incompetent otherwise. After I drive it, my Mazda feels like a rolls royce, the Lotus is that extreme. Compared to it, even a Maruti Zen is a full blown luxury car. |