Kev946

I could In a straight line maybe... Round bends too Check again....shot yourself in the foot there.... Exige S - 1 m 25.1 s Gallardo - 1 m 25.8 s Get in... You dummy!!!!!!!!!! Check again: Exige: 1:26.9 Get in............ Idiot, it's an Exige S, i.e. 220 hp. You're looking at the non supercharged Exige which has 190 hp.... Get in.....AGAIN.. Can't help but bite every time can you Nice excuse......took you a while to come up with that one....

I could In a straight line maybe... Round bends too Check again....shot yourself in the foot there.... Exige S - 1 m 25.1 s Gallardo - 1 m 25.8 s Get in... You dummy!!!!!!!!!! Check again: Exige: 1:26.9 Get in............ Idiot, it's an Exige S, i.e. 220 hp. You're looking at the non supercharged Exige which has 190 hp.... Get in.....AGAIN..

I could In a straight line maybe... Round bends too Check again....shot yourself in the foot there.... Exige S - 1 m 25.1 s Gallardo - 1 m 25.8 s Get in...

I could In a straight line maybe...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34 I won't be able to outrun this one...

At least the engine is in the right place on the R8 and the 911 (engine in thew wrong place), didn't win..

Keep me posted. Any suggestions to forums, clubs, Events and other websites / suppliers welcome. I'm new to Lotus Ownership..

Love to but these guys only want Zed's nowdays...

No sour grapes from ALonso then... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 056308.stm

Kev the problem with a drift car is that there is a lot of on the limiter action with very little airflow comming into the engine bay because of the type of action, totally different to normal track work. I realise that but come on they only run for a few minutes at a time. If air flow is an issue, get some big fans with an override switch.

Of course. The fact you are asking questions such as thess says to me that you need to speak to a specialist engine builder. Be prepared to spend £10k and good luck..

Heat is a by product of power, so in theory 500 bhp will produce similar amounts of heat from the same cubic capacity engine. Drifting is over short distances so why the problem with Turbo's anyway. I run this kind of power from a 2 litre engine in the Cossie and yes heat is a problem, but I can easily do 8 hot laps of a full circuit, which is miles more than a drift circuit. I've got a big oil cooler, big winnged sump for extra oil capacity and an alloy radiator. I would have thought an Oil Cooler for the Zed would be enough.

I agree totally. Massa definately braked ecessively on more than one occasion to the benefit of Kimi and Alonso. All carefully choreographed to benefit Kimi, but Massa did seem to help Alonson too. Lewis just wasn't expecting it.

Running procedure means 4500 rpm max for first 600 miles and half accelerator, then short bursts above 4500 rpm until the 1,000 miles oil change. I'm sticking to it stringently. I even varied my speed coming home from the dealers as it was a long drive. Max bhp is at 7800 rpm.... and the second cam kicks in at 6200 rpm apparently, but the Supercharger does give some kick at lower revs, and I'm only using half pedal travel. Love the Supercharger whine..

Sad for Hamilton but happy for Kimi as his run of bad luck seems to have come to an end. Like you say at least Alonso didn`t win. I think the McLaren were at fault again, nothing to do with Hamiltons earlier engine glitch, but why oh why did McLaren bring him in a third time all they had to do on his second stop was give him 4 or 5 seconds of extra fuel and he would have finished 20 seconds ahead of where he did, ie, infront of Kubica, Heidfeld and Rosberg. Things at McLaren just went from bad to worse. A awful and dangerous decision to leave him out on tyres which were delaminating, (previous GP) was the first **** up and now this. They knew the gearbox had a fault but did nothing prior to the race, then as you say the pitstop strategy was suspect & they knew the supersoft tyres were risky. Here's the latest. When will a decision go in McLaren's favour though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 055644.stm

I wouldn't have a Yellow BMW though. Bright colours suite the Lotus IMHO, and yellow is a Lotus colour too. I can't wait to get it run in so I can enjoy the acceleration, but the cornering is awsome.. The BMW had become redundant as my wife's new car has all the toys, more in fact and love driving that, which should keep the mileage down on the Lotus.

Now I would have said its more mustard than custard.... Yokohama Advan A048's...very soft & sticky tyres The yellow is similar to the GT4, but I reckon is a little lighter shade. Those pictures were taken when the light was dropping so look a little darker. It does also have the metallic finish which you can only see up close and in the sun.

Two very different cars, the old and the new, but for the for the pure handling and driving experience...the Exige....

No, 6 foot tall. But I'm flexible.... New pictures

Good idea, thanks... I reckon the Exige S is the Europa's biggest problem TBH. The dealer told me that Lotus were only looking to sell 250 Europas in the UK for the first year. Makes it a mega rare car though.

Found that one thanks and learnt a lot from them. Also the guys on Pistonheads were helpful. Wow though. Sounds like we have a GT race on our hands...

Some hard work talking to dealers though, but worth the effort. Has to be run in properly unfortunately, which means no more than 4500 rpm for the first 600 miles and then only short bursts aafter that up to the 1000 mile oil service. So will be a while before I can rev to 8500 rpm...

It could be the Sports or Super Sports. The Super Sports gets coilovers and lighter wheels. I bet there isn't much difference in lap times between the 2. I've done track days with NA Exige's and even they are way quicker than the Cossie due to the cornering speeds and grip they have.

Cool.. No such thing as a performance pack BTW.

These are the only ones I have at the moment. The dealer took these for me. Forgot to mention, the other option was full leather.