Fastest, coolest Lotus at Specialty Car Craft

I've seen this car in the flesh - not only is it devastatingly fast, the work is grade-A top notch, as well. Gorgeously done.

 

amazing but need way more info and pics of this! is it related to the hennesey car that was on cover r&t and jay leno's webcast?

 

Looks amazing, just wondering if there is a clutch pedal though?

 

Holy s***! is such an appropriate response to this car.

Wow wow wow. 200 hp in an Elise is fast enough, clearly not for this guy

 

I think it has small paddles

 

Nothing to do with the Hennesey car.

It is compound charged with a turbo feeding a supercharger into the toyota 2ZZ 1.8l 4.

He had paddles on it (still had a clutch) but has removed them and has short shifter mounted near to the wheel which you can see in Larry's photo.

 

Nice little Monster

 

I've seen that car in the flesh a few times over the years. It is a beast... and just keeps getting faster.

Insane!!!

 

200 bhp really isn't enough (or at least, not too much) on an Elise; but 660....damn.

 

Well it depends on what you are used to - to me an Exige/Elise in supercharged package from the factory is plenty fast for me 600+ hp must brake your neck

 

Love that color!!!!...... What color is it?

 

Why it's a Ferrari Grigio Medio of course...

I did a little tunin along with a new staged alcohol fuel injection system to free me from 100 octane gas and allow for decent power for the twisties....
91 oct. and a blend of alcohol when needed give me a nice 560 whp.= 644 BHP

Tuning for 100 octane alone uped the ponies from 577whp to 615 whp.422 ft tq.=707 BHP

I really don't care about the claimed BHP since it's a presumed drivetrain loss of 15%, it's the WHP that counts...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOakcr92W0[/ame]

 

Why it's a Ferrari Grigio Medio of course...

I did a little tunin along with a new staged alcohol fuel injection system to free me from 100 octane gas and allow for decent power for the twisties....
91 oct. and a blend of alcohol when needed give me a nice 560 whp.= 644 BHP

Tuning for 100 octane alone uped the ponies from 577whp to 615 whp.=707 BHP

I really don't care about the claimed BHP since it's a presumed drivetrain loss of 15%, it's the WHP that counts...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOakcr92W0[/ame]

 

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Frank, I am so proud of you. you have mellowed from the elisetalk days and good to see you still have that mostrosity. I still have my POS Elise and the project track car that has me so p****ed that I have pushed it in the corner for the last few months.

 

Dude, isn't it a little hot down there for a open track car ?
Mellow ? Who me ?
It's just that I have proven all the doubters wrong, so now it's all quiet on the western front..
It's so much nicer to not have to deal with the "Lotus is a supercar guys"...

Post up your issues on www.Lotussport.org and who knows maybe we can help out.

I think I'll keep it until I can't get my old ass out of the seat, gettin in is cake since gravity is my friend....

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZXBxWCEVhM[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmsCGq2bnBs[/ame]

 

that is one seriously badass lotus.....nice work Ronin!!

 

Thanks, yeah it is a seriously retarded car for the real world and way over powered for sugested legal speeds....But is is fun and reaching light speed only takes a few seconds.
The handling is so far better than any car I've owned or been in...

But it is a toy and only a mental case like myself would do 200+ miles on a Sunday drive in it..