Lotus Elan Central

by **Ekapol** » Sat 03.05.2008, 00:10

CRAMBURY RS wrote:i wouldn't even bother turning my car on to Lotus Girl Marie and Ekapol for fear of just getting my ASS KICK hands down!!!

and personally, i'm just here to make flanges

And I appreciate your work, truly piece of art it is

It mates perfectly with my turbo.

by **nitroman** » Sat 03.05.2008, 02:01

CRAMBURY RS wrote:
Paul.P wrote:
nitroman wrote:
CRAMBURY RS wrote:
Paul.P wrote:
CRAMBURY RS wrote: oh, wait, no, i will always have an up on the LEC members to make me proud of my zuzu, i have AWD.
but again...WOW!!!

, you wouldn't want to test the handling of your zuzu against the Elan surely, AWD or not ?

why not, haven't you heard..."Suspension Tuned by Lotus" plus, it's rear biased at a 57/43 split and not like you can drift your M100 without the e-brake

Uhu. I've driven an RS. There's NO comparison in handling or acceleration. One word: weight. The laws of physics weren't made by, and can't be altered by, man.

You will disallusion him Matt !, i was just gonna let him keep dreaming

Let me have my pipe dream!!! i'm not sure exactly what the m100 weighs but the RS is only 2700lbs. i think the lotus is around 2400-2500lbs and it's not like i'm sitting on a stock RS. i have done some work to it (Tbird, 1.8 cams, .050" over, 9.4:1 compression, etc).

and if math doesn't lie then the RS isn't far in the power to weight ratio (2450/160=15.3lbs/hp vs 2732/160=17.1lbs/hp ). i would love to cruise with you boys though!!!!

i wouldn't even bother turning my car on to Lotus Girl Marie and Ekapol for fear of just getting my ASS KICK hands down!!!

and personally, i'm just here to make flanges

It's not like many of use are sitting on stock cars. There's a plethora who have stopped at the (chipped) ECU limit of .9x bar. Others have, to varying degrees, lightened their vehicles.

I deigned to have an exhaust constructed out of stainless after I lifted like pipe to another & felt the weight to be about 1/3. (the guage is thinner but that's industry standard) Lighter weight overall, totally removed from the concept of lbs/hp, makes for a more interactive & rewarding driving experience.

by **Monty** » Sat 03.05.2008, 11:51

CRAMBURY RS wrote:Let me have my pipe dream!!! i'm not sure exactly what the m100 weighs but the RS is only 2700lbs. i think the lotus is around 2400-2500lbs and it's not like i'm sitting on a stock RS. i have done some work to it (Tbird, 1.8 cams, .050" over, 9.4:1 compression, etc).

and if math doesn't lie then the RS isn't far in the power to weight ratio (2450/160=15.3lbs/hp vs 2732/160=17.1lbs/hp ). i would love to cruise with you boys though!!!!

i wouldn't even bother turning my car on to Lotus Girl Marie and Ekapol for fear of just getting my ASS KICK hands down!!!

and personally, i'm just here to make flanges

IIRC the Elan is 1080kg so that`ll be 2380lb (1kg = 2.2lb)
so that`ll make yours 1224kg and at 140kg heavyer would make quite a difference to power and handling. The M100 is classed as a heavy weight in the Lotus world lol S1 Elise is approx 700kg :shock:

by **Paul.P** » Sat 03.05.2008, 15:02

Monty wrote:The M100 is classed as a heavy weight in the Lotus world lol S1 Elise is approx 700kg

Certainly is with me & Russ in Monty :lol:

by **CRAMBURY RS** » Mon 05.05.2008, 18:00

Paul.P wrote:
Monty wrote:The M100 is classed as a heavy weight in the Lotus world lol S1 Elise is approx 700kg

Certainly is with me & Russ in Monty

are you calling Russ fat? that's cold! :shock:

im a whopping 139lbs wet! i got the m100 weight from this forums specs page found off of google and the RS from RTR's site.

by **Costas** » Fri 09.05.2008, 17:58

I musta start a freakin Diet damn it! :roll:

by **Ekapol** » Sat 07.06.2008, 00:44

Umm... Pictures from my iphone. Hand made by LGM :-)

Pieces of art.

Tested fit and it's perfect.

by **Doug** » Sat 07.06.2008, 04:20

what!! red calipers on Stripey?? what have you been smoking??

the Wilwoods should perform 98% as well as the Brembos, so what's the reason??

by **Ekapol** » Sat 07.06.2008, 04:33

Doug wrote:what!! red calipers on Stripey?? what have you been smoking??

the Wilwoods should perform 98% as well as the Brembos, so what's the reason??

Don't worry Doug. Those are only for the front. I'll keep the back yellow. :-D

by **Doug** » Sat 07.06.2008, 04:41

front red and rear yellow??

:smt090

might as well paint the rears red then . . .

by **tigerdog** » Sat 07.06.2008, 04:48

Doug wrote:front red and rear yellow??

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Doug. Only one thing for it - a beautiful white Elan in FL looking for a home in the wine country. Make your own beauty! ;-)

by **lotusgirlmarie** » Sat 07.06.2008, 09:18

Don't worry Doug. They're getting powdercoated in yellow and will have a BREMBO etched on the side for that name apeal as well as just plain shock.

Nothing wrong with Wilwoods...your right. I had a set of 6 pistons on my 'Ghini. The only real + to the Brembos as I've experienced is incedible feel and great repeated stopping force from extreme speed allowing me to brake later, longer and still be able to drive home from the track and not have to change my pads to a street compound. That and dust seals.

by **Paul69** » Mon 09.06.2008, 09:12

Hi

How much the brembo,s out of curiosity...

Paul

by **Ekapol** » Mon 09.06.2008, 15:40

Replaced right headlight motor --HERE--

Peel and swap method. :-D

by **CRAMBURY RS** » Mon 14.07.2008, 18:19

Ekapol wrote:Umm... Pictures from my iphone. Hand made by LGM

Pieces of art.

Tested fit and it's perfect.

i almost wet myself the first time i saw these. btw, did u only do the front?

by **Ekapol** » Wed 16.07.2008, 19:28

Yes, only the front. The parts are still with the lady :smt061

I'll have them powdercoated one of these days. ;-)

by **CRAMBURY RS** » Wed 16.07.2008, 23:14

hey ekkers, could you ASAP me the PN to the gt2560r (aka GT28R) you and Marie purchased??? 509-952-3220 call text whatever, but please do it soon. i'm looking at a unit and am on a time crunch

by **Neil D.** » Fri 18.07.2008, 15:37

Ekapol wrote:
Then went out to get some gas

which car has its side lights / blinkers on back to front ?

N.

by **Gazza** » Fri 18.07.2008, 16:03

If they both have their hazard's on, then Ekapol.

by **Ekapol** » Fri 18.07.2008, 17:04

Neil D. wrote:

which car has its side lights / blinkers on back to front ?

N.

Did you mean this one? Blinking, like in my previous avatar

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