Jul 21, 2005 - 10:48 PM
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So I was reading the latest Modified Mag the other day when I came upon an article on the lotus. They had created a dry carbon fiber body for it, dropping 730 pounds I believe it said. A Lotus' curb weight is 1776.9 (automatic), so with this carbon kit on a manual it is about 1000lbs or less. In a previous magazine, I dont remember which one, but they had a turbo kit for it that bumped it up quite a ways.
If I had 100,000 dollars then I could buy my fancy 48K Lotus, 20K on the carbon fiber body, and then spend the final 32K on engine mods I would have a 900 pound 300+HP rocket.....I want it NOW Any one else agree?? Oh yes, and is Lotus owned by Toyota? because the Lotus has the Celica engine in it... -------------------- 1991 MR2 - T-tops - Crimson Red - Gen3 3SGTE - Lots of money
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95CelicaST Lotus Elise Jul 21, 2005 - 10:48 PM
mr_dude Yeah the Elise is an awesome car. They dropped 70... Jul 21, 2005 - 10:55 PM
dustin15brown sign me up Jul 21, 2005 - 10:58 PM
orvillescelica SCC had a turbo Elise from Forced Fed that bumps t... Jul 21, 2005 - 11:02 PM
95CelicaST the one in the magazine that had the turbo on it w... Jul 21, 2005 - 11:06 PM
hellsyphon What more could anyone want? It is probably one of... Jul 21, 2005 - 11:06 PM
95CelicaST all the thing is is a go-kart that gets 30+ MPG an... Jul 21, 2005 - 11:15 PM
nik QUOTE(95CelicaST @ Jul 21, 2005 - 9:15 PM)all... Jul 26, 2005 - 1:50 PM
95CelicaST QUOTE(nik @ Jul 26, 2005 - 10:50 AM)QUOTE(95C... Jul 26, 2005 - 4:05 PM
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Actually I ... Jul 26, 2005 - 4:54 PM
Blakout16 i wonder what would happen if u put the 3sgte in t... Jul 22, 2005 - 2:32 AM
hellsyphon Probably it would be like the Ariel Atom 2 on spee... Jul 22, 2005 - 2:49 AM
pokemeintheeye The US model weighs 1900+ lbs.
Does an automatic... Jul 25, 2005 - 3:08 PM
Akimbo doubtful, autos weigh more, they want to keep that... Jul 25, 2005 - 11:11 PM
Digndoug QUOTE(Blakout16 @ Jul 22, 2005 - 2:32 AM)i wo... Jul 26, 2005 - 10:53 AM![]() ![]() |
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