see the new issue of car and driver...test of the lotus Elise...
0-60 in 4.4 secs...with the GTS motor
weights like 1900 something lbs...
and had 1.06 g on the skidpad...

car looks pretty sweet, what you guys think??
pricy though..40K

it's my next car.

That thing handles like a dream, did you see it on video?

It drives around an autox track without even breaking a sweat.

nah, no video...
i can't believe how fast it is with OUR motor

You mean MY motor.

You have a Subaru motor

The guy was driving it around, pulled up on the ebrakem, did a perfect 720, dropped the brake and kept driving.

damn..
and yes YOUR motor...lol

it's a really sweet car, can't imagine driving with that many g's compared to like .86 or whatever wrx...

my wrx handles nothing like the celica did

Whatd they do to it to make it do 0-60 in 4.4??

^^they shifted

For one, the car is 600lbs lighter than a GTS. Another, the GTS engine has an extra 10hp tuned out of it (190hp compared to a celicas 180hp).

Couple of great links about our engine in the Elise:

http://www.lotuscars.co.uk/template.cfm?...the_lotus_elise [lotuscars.co.uk]

http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/thecar/engine/toyota.html

and check out the parts at MonkeyWrench Racing:

http://monkeywrenchracing.com/lotus_elise.html

and our engine in Coralla review:

http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/roadtest,view,Toyota.spy?artid=18447

RWD and under 2000lbs

Forgot to mention that RWD part.

Are you saying that the WRX handels better than the celi? J/W

I think he means that the celi handles better.

celica handles better...since i had it lowered and it was just...awesome

weee~~ i want that car!!..

Makes me want to buy some steering wheel and pop in GT3, lol.

Lotus

If only toyota could make cars like that.. and not just be inside cars like that..

The Supra & GT All Trac were Toyota's "top" cars. But we know what happened to those. Toyota is in the market to make a profit, whether it's with the Camry, Tundra, Tacoma, or Sienna. There's not much profit in sport cars.

True ... and they have been highly successful with what they've been doing in terms of bussiness.. seeing as the sports compact market isn't as huge as cars more senisible for the average family ... camry.. Sienna... trucks...

i love that car...

VSGTS14: i can't believe how fast it is with OUR motor

DiabloGTS: You mean MY motor.

VSGTS14: damn...and yes YOUR motor...lol

OWN3D!!

thats frickin shweet!!!!

1.06 g's...holy shit
4.4 0-60...holy shit
only costs 40k to have a stock car that can beat an F50 on the track...holy shit

that vidio was sic

awesome. I have the video of lotus racing around the track with a ferrari and a porsche. Great video

lotus are good cars

**note to self pick on all elise drivers I find ha ha

4.4 isnt bad at all. with a lil help i'm sure it can get to 4.2


Not bad at all considering I'm at 4.8 FWD


and if I ever get rich that will be my next car

their not my taste...nice power though...i guess

^^^^ how did you get a 4.8 0-60? is yoru car that fast cause if so i am gettign the pfc and doin that.

well theres no 100% accurate way to measure 0-60 so I used one of those track anylizers and it said I'm at 4.8

wow guess the pfc is next on my list

cobb stage 1 you should be able to pull some sick 1.7 60' times and put yourself easily into the 4's

0-60 is NOT my cars strong point. 10 - 120 is where my car owns I need to work on more upper power though. it'll pull to 140 just not as quick as I'd like.

i'm gonna have Cobb Stage 2, with GT spec headers and uppipe, a lighter crank pulley, Forge BOV, TurboXS short ram

with that, i should be at +80 whp

with cobb stage 2 ALONE, they had 4.2 0-60 running...
if that was accurate..i think i'll be in low 4's..
should be about 240 to the wheels...
all within a month

No way. The Intake won't do anything (intake temp differences are trivial on Turbo cars because the Intake charge is going to be heated tothe same temp whether it starts warm or cold), you don't need a BOV. Leave the header stock, your money would be better spent on a bigger Turbo. The stock header flows fine.

Buy a UTEC, have a custom Turboback made, get a big FMIC, and ditch the crappy RE92s (Falken Azenis will treat you right). That's all you need. You would probably gain about 80whp (60 from the UTEC and exhaust, approx 20 more from more boost with the bigger IC) over a stock WRX (170whp). 250whp will rock your socks and you'll be out about $3000, and completely ready for a ridiculous new Turbo.

cobb stage 2 adds 54 whp
GT spec headers and GT spec uppipe give me 25 more whp and are awesome...the headers give you good high end, but either way, i don't have to put them on...

the Intakes don't do shit i know, but adding one that acts like stock won't harm anything...won't run too rich or anything, i've done the research, i'm not stupid...TurboXS is perfect

VF34 Turbo is the upgrade i would get for 700 bucks..
but i'm not looking for a bigger Turbo yet, i'm not here to race the car, i'm here to mod it the way i want to and be happy...

as for the BOV, i want an atmospheric BOV so i can hear it and get one that isn't going to harm anything once again...

Isn't this coming from the guy who said he wasn't going to mod his car...

J/P.

4 sec 0-60 is insane

i didn't say i wasn't going to mod it...
i said i wasn't going to mod it making it impractical...

cobb stage 2 is supposed to be around 13.2's with a good driver

cool

An atmospheric BOV will fuck your A/F ratio up, like it or not.

I don't know, mod it how you want, I would do it differently though.

um yea no duh, but too bad they make ones that won't

my dad was gonna get one...but he went to the place to check it out and there is a 18 month waiting list on them...