Originally Posted by
ADVANGS
You can't be serious. I'm obviously not speaking from experience, but your trying to say a car that is built by two model airplane builders in their garage, will outrun an exige which was engineered by one of the top suspension tuning manufacturers. The lotus produces 100lbs of downforce@ 100mph. How bout the javan? It may be faster in a straight line but that's about it.
A quote from Vicki Butler-Henderson about the Javan's handling "On the goodwood racetrack the R1 was skittish at the best of times.....instead of feeling well planted and secure, as 100mph came and went the R1 mimicked the mating dance of a frenzied fly, doing a poor job of finding grip".
I'm just saying, "killing" a Exige on track is a lofty goal that I don't think the R1 can achieve.
I hear ya man,but ck this out.
1/ The Lotus Elise/Exige is now an old design, having been first sold
in the UK around 1994. The Javan design is current hi-tech thinking, and
it's track performance would bear that out.
2/ The track test done by Vickie Butler-Henderson, was carried out in
pouring rain on a water logged track. The car was Prototype #1, set up
for dry conditions. She was soaked and miserable about the whole deal,
which possibly accounted for her comments!
A well known German Porsche driver said that the car was just how he
liked it - a little bit twitchy and really responsive, but possibly too
racecar like for the average good driver. So the front A-arms and
uprights were re-designed, so that the car is now no longer twitchy , but
just as responsive.
3/Does the Lotus have Horizontal Suspensions ?
Here are the specs from the Exige
- One supercharger compressor
- 1,796 cc 1.8 liters in-line 4 mid engine with 82 mm bore, 85 mm stroke, 11.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder 2ZZ-GE
- Unleaded fuel 91
- Fuel economy EPA highway (mpg): 26 and EPA city (mpg): 20
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 10.6 gallon main unleaded fuel tank
- Power: 164 kW , 220 HP SAE @ 8,000 rpm; 165 ft lb , 224 Nm @ 5,500 rpm
Handling, Ride & Braking Hide
- Four-wheel ABS
- Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs
- Immobilizer
- Wishbone front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , wishbone rear suspension independent with coil springs:
- Tire kit
Exterior & Aerodynamics Hide
- Body color front and rear bumpers
- Day time running lights
- Driver and passenger externally adjustable body color door mirrors
- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 149.5, overall width (inches): 68, overall height (inches): 45.6, wheelbase (inches): 90.5, front track (inches): 57.4, rear track (inches): 59.3 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 32.8
- Projector beam lens halogen bulb headlights
- Luxury trim alloy on gearknob and alloy on dashboard
- Gloss paint
- Fixed rear window
- Trunk/hatch spoiler
- Tinted glass on cabin
- Weights: curb weight (lbs) 2,077
- Windshield wipers with fixed intermittent wipe