Oh My God!!!! A Must See!!!! (pic)

Car Name: Lotus Exige
Weight: 1720 lbs
Engine: Inline-4
Horsepower: 177 bhp@7800 rpm
Torque: 126 ft/lb@5000 rpm
Transmission: 5 speed manual
0-60 mph: 4.7 seconds
0-100 mph: 12.3 seconds
Top Speed: 136 mph
Price: $48,000

check out those freakin stats!!! less hp then a freakin prelude and about the same as a celica and look at the 0-60 times!! oh man!!! and take a look at how sweet she looks.. forget the nsx lotus here i come!!!

http://www.supercarcentral.com/showpic3.php3?url=cars/lotus/exige/&picurlnum=8&cs=exige&carname2=Lotus+Exige&picid=4&nop=11
http://www.supercarcentral.com/showpic3.php3?url=cars/lotus/exige/&picurlnum=1&cs=exige&carname2=Lotus+Exige&picid=11&nop=11

oops wonder why they didnt work.. oh well here see if this does..

http://www.supercarcentral.com/showpic3.php3?url=cars/lotus/exige/&picurlnum=1&cs=exige&carname2=Lotus+Exige&picid=11&nop=11

http://www.supercarcentral.com/showpic3.php3?url=cars/lotus/exige/&picurlnum=8&cs=exige&carname2=Lotus+Exige&picid=4&nop=11

if these dont work again just click this link to check it out and maybe some of you smarter folks can post the pics :)

http://www.supercarcentral.com/main.php3?carselect=exige&action=carpics

lemme try and post them pics up for you.

http://www.supercarcentral.com/cars/lotus/exige/10.jpg

http://www.supercarcentral.com/cars/lotus/exige/7.jpg

respond to this if it works.

i see them, does anyone else

yeah i do now :).. thanx bro what did you do?? but anyways man that car is hella tite and for those stats that is craziness!! the rims are ugly tho..

i don't know how to explain it

only bad part is the relatively low top speed... but hey...
i like the wheels
it is pretty sweet
it is almost as cool as the crazy funkin thing that they have in europe that is some race derived mini monster...
it has been on motorvision on speed vision
looks like a bug, yoko x pattern tires... schweet shit

hell you can always give it a higher top end... but yea a 4 cylinder is a pain about top speeds.. but how many times have you raced past 130? :)

that is a sweet car
another site says that it has 192 hp
i dont know which is right

the elise 122 hp can get 0-60 in 5.6, thats crazy too

well... ive raced to 130ish in my 3gen lude... but that is about where it is over... and i only have 140ish hp and it is geared to about 140 @7000 rpm... but that is just a hair past peak @ 6500... unsafe there...
so i think that my car can do 135 ish... but if it was geared for higher i am sure i could race faster... and i would... hehehe

do you ever go past redline? i got mine to within 1000 of redline and i was going bout 125 i think i could do 140 i have a 4th gen lude and it says 140 on the tac..

well... the 3gen redline is like 7k... so that is the extent of the motor...
anything over 6500 is pointless anyways, so redline on that car is an excercise in excess...
no vtec means no fun at redline like you got.

it is also hard to get someone to commit that fast of a speed... 120 is kinda tops, and i hit my 130 to pass.. then i slowed...
but there is always traffic to contend with
so i dont think i will see the prescribed 140 on the speedo... not with out a broken part as a result...
but i will try.. oh i will try

besides gas mileage is there anything that can be hurt from keeping your car revved high? i always shift at like 3200 rpms's anyways to save gas.. unless im racin of course...

other than mileage i doubt it... it may cause quicker wear and all that... but everyone will tell you that...
i think that it is important to redline at least once a day... to clean and shit... carbon deposit bad!!!
other than that...
people will note the increased wear, but it isnt like you are eating clutches every wk or anything... so i say no...
they were built to run that high an rpm

i once raced a vr6 jetta on the highway and it's the fastest i ever gotten my lude up to. we was racing steady at like 100mph untill the vtec monster in me rose out and i started really going at it. i only hit 134mph but the jetta stopped at like 120mph(he probably could have taken me) but you're right most people stop at like 120ish.

Damn thats a sweet car ! If it were a little bit ....sharper not as round and the top speed was up to the 160s ...even thought i dont think i would drive that fast i probably shit a brick in my pants .....i would get it :D I love the quickness of that car and how its so light . Brett i see what you were telling me tonite about this car .

are those jetta's fast? a kid at my school has one and talks a lot of junk!

as long as it is a vr6... they are fukkin quick...
i drove a 97 gti new on the lot, and it was sick how much power they had...
they are around the same weight as a lude, but the motor is a 6, so they have more torque. it is also only a 2 valve per cyl design, which gives more torque vs our complex layouts...
it is a fast car though, there are tons of people that were in sho that agreed that it could kill a civic si, and some that believe that it is a fair straight line match for a lude... as for corners though... not nearly as good...

what are the hp specs weight etc... oh yeah and one more thing.. do you know ho wmuch a 4th gen lude weighs?

Two word "weight difference"

vr6 is 2.8l motor w/ 176hp... similar torque number...
more torque than us
they weigh around 3k...
weight diff doesnt matter.
power to weight ratio does.
end of story.
i dont care if you weigh 300 lbs. if you only have 30 hp
and you race a car that is 3k w/300hp, it will be even.
but torque is important also... that changes the game a bit, ya know?

yeah i know that is why i need the weight of the prelude (4th gen) and the weight of the jetta.. anyone have the specs?

if it was an mk3 jetta... not the new one... they were 3198 or so with the vr6...
that is half for ya...:)

whats the weight of the 4th gen lude?

i only know so much!!!

i think it is most likely similar...
www.hondaprelude.com/resources/4thgen/usdmspecs.asp

if this site is monitored, it is on h o n d a prelude... go to resources, then 4gen, then usdm specs...
the vtec is 2932, the si is 2866
vtec power is 190, si is 160
to me the big deal is the tq, which is 158 and 156... whereas the vr6 has similar tq and hp... much closer... ya know?

power to weight of vtec is 15.4 lbs per hp,
si is 17.9
and tq is 18.55 and 18.37
whereas the jetta has
18.9 lbs per hp and 18.27 lbs per tq
the numbers are at the least similar, but it depends on where the power is at... that makes the diff... the vr6 has lower tq, and the prelude is higher on both...
helpin?

check the registration ticket in your wallet, doesn't it tell you how much your cars weighs.

hey... i reworked the numbers... the jetta was only 3198 (per scc in 97...i have it, honest), as opposed to 3290 that i was using... so that makes it
3198lbs/174hp= 18.379 lbs/hp
and
3198/181lb ft tq= 17.6685 lbs/ft lb tq
that makes it more feasible to be beaten by the jetta... and that isnt a bad thing.
remember though, it has to be a stick glx vr6. top o the line automobile there, all the bells and whistles.
so that is what you are lookin at.

aight.. thanx for the help man... i still think i can beat one tho hehe.. i guess it just depends on the driver and the mods.. but thanx!

just tryin to make the numbers known...
everyone thinks that their car is the shit ya know?
it isnt so unbeatable once you know the numbers... not like you cant beat one, but it wont be an easy romp... so you have to be good... thats all
just make sure your mods match somewhat, but remember that the same mods on a six get a bit more than a four...

the best way to tell would be to switch cars after, and race again

yeah.. i understand what you were saying.. thanx for the posts too! really helpful.. my car weighs bout 100 lbs lighter now.. i got rid of a lot of stuff... just getting rid of the spare tire helps :).. yeah those pesky v-6's are a pain for us i-4's.. oh well..

dude... have fun.
i hope you kick that guys ass... but just dont be a whiny honda boy if ya lose... keep it real!!!

hehe dont worry i do!! i have lost a bunch mainly to bigger engine cars tho.. i usually race em just to see em fly by :) like corvettes haha they get soooooo offended ;)...

tell me about it!!!
i got on the freeway today behind a vette, and i was workin my ass off to keep kinda close... he just smoothly blew me away... makes me want a turbo ya know?

well... you know how the saying goes... "shoulda had a v8"
well... i would rather have an audi twin turbo six... that would be the shit. those can kill vettes almost stock... hehehe... and the s4 is sucha sleeper... i drove one and they are hella quick. almost too quick. and i have never felt brakes that good... it was like the stop on a rollercoaster... cray z ness...
but that is another car altogether!!!

i dont know i would like to have that v-6 TT on the supra with a few simple mods :).. or hell that twin turbo rotary on the rx-7 with a few mods... they would definately not see that comin :)... the only thing even keepin up with that is maybe the Z06 corvette :)..

actually, the supra is an inline six... the motor is similar to the one in the is300... it actually uses the motor they put in the nonturbo supra... but either way, w/ 320 hp stock, that supra would be crazy... and damn, 700hp is cheaply attainable... too much fun there... :D

Damn. That is a sweet car. Lotus's are really sweet cars. They are about the closest thing to a street legal go-kart to my knowledge. It would be sweet to drive I'm sure.

I wish they were available in the states.

they go fast since the cars weigh nothing. they are dangerous cars if you get into an accident since mass is one part or momentum. the more momentum someone has the better in a crash with another car. Also gearing in those cars seem lower. my lude maxed out at 148mph and yes I go 130 sometimes with other cars.

do ya need to go that fast? those things handle, that is why they are fun.... a mclaren handles, and goes really fast.. i would take that for fast. the lotus for fun corners...

Originally posted by matt
I wish they were available in the states.
You can buy them "For Racing Use Only." The U.S. Department of Transportation won't allow them on the roads in the U.S. Now, you just have to figure out which race series to dominate in. :D

the only reason that car has quick times is becuase look how much the wieght is...... less weight=less power needed to push the car

you should see the numbers on a Elise with a type R motor in it.
VR6 jetta shouldn't even be able to suck on teh Preludes tail pipe.

Originally posted by LakeMountLude
Car Name: Lotus Exige
Weight: 1720 lbs
Engine: Inline-4
Horsepower: 177 bhp@7800 rpm
Torque: 126 ft/lb@5000 rpm
Transmission: 5 speed manual
0-60 mph: 4.7 seconds
0-100 mph: 12.3 seconds
Top Speed: 136 mph
Price: $48,000

check out those freakin stats!!! less hp then a freakin prelude and about the same as a celica and look at the 0-60 times!! oh man!!! and take a look at how sweet she looks.. forget the nsx lotus here i come!!!



whats up man i see your from mt dora, im from up in ocala. i just drove through your spot the other day on the way to titusville and we might actually move around there (mom likes it). anyways just figured i would give you a shout out. if you ever see a 2001 ebp lude in town it might be me. anyways about the lotus, its times are low because its probably and i say probably because i dont know about the car but can assume its rwd, short geared, high rpm and it only ways 1700 lbs thats lighter then a crx all those things combined and its gonna be quik plus the top speed is probably low because of the small gearing and the fact that its a 5 speed, if they tossed ina 6th gear you could probably get it a little faster

wow that looks really nice. however i personally like the nsx a lot better

that's one sweet lookin' lotus!

That lotus is fat. It looks just like the lotus elise. i saw that lotus with
the type-r swap, but i am a "rotary engine" fan. Peep this equation.


Lotus Elise (1700 lbs.) + N/A Renesis Rotary 1.3 Liter (250HP) = :bloated:

at 1700 lbs, a gust of wind will blow you off the road. :D

That's one sweet car. :eek: :)

nice:D