Awesome

This car is absolutely bitchin'!!! See the carbon-fibre mudguards, all the sinous blending of metal, the no-frills nature of the car, the pure, raw, sex. It is on my list of no-compromises cars, and it is simply amazing. 200+hp, it is built for DRIVING, thats it. Talk about a race car for the street! HO BOY, I want one. Lets start a collection here at AF, and buy a member car that you can drive if you visit its home (naturally, my garage, as I suggested it). Come, on, shall we start the pot. I deposit $2. Almost there!

It is a VERY sweet car indeed.
http://www.rapidcars.com/images/340rside.jpg

Looks like Indigo, a little :)

I see the resemblance to the indigo, in theory but not in design. The Indigo was so smooth, but this is a little more complex. Both are awesome. And the 340 doesn't have that big ugly spoiler in the front.

You know that this thing would stop on a dime! That little weight with rotors that big! FUN! Anyone know the stopping distance and time?

The 340R is awe inspiring. Know why it's called 340? Coz' only 340 units are made all of which have been snapped up! BTW, it's not 200 bhp. It's 177 bhp minus plus. Now, if am not mistaken, the engine is similar to the one used by Rover in the Caterham (my god, this one is really fast, damn it!!).In fact, I think the 340R is made to compete with the Caterham or loosely based on it! This is my personal opinion though.
Drove it around the track a couple of weeks ago. Lot's of acceleration. Handles like it's superglued to the tarmac! Revved up to 8000rpm easily and effortlessly. On the straights, could hit 180 kph easily. This is a car which make your adrenalin pumps really hard and does not spill it all over the tarmac! Lurrrvely.....

How much is it? What are the spec?

Yeah, I no remember it is less tahn 200 hp. BUT, I'v seen engines (ARiel Atom) that are tuned up to 250 hp, no reason Lotus wouldn't do it for you, for a price, of course.
Yes Love it!!

plz post ur pictures!

looks vaugly like a Renault Sport Spider.

built on similar philosophy too I guess, the Renault only has 150hp

My cousin test drove this car!!!

An experience he will never forget!!! Awesome!

Originally posted by Mister-Infinity
looks vaugly like a Renault Sport Spider.

built on similar philosophy too I guess, the Renault only has 150hp

Renault copied the Lotus Elise, but could not match it in sales, thats why they dont make the sport spider anymore. plus it was slow, 0-60 in the about 7 seconds, compair to mid 5s for the 118hp Elise. u can always opt for the elise 190 sport. or better yet, the 340R :D

all the people who get to test drive this car or seen this car in real life is actually very lucky...i would faint if i see it in person...:)

eeeeeeeeeehm correct me if i'm wrong, yes there were 340 of them build, or intended to be build. but it's called 340R because it has 340bhp per tonne. But that's only if you got a 'trackpack' wich modifies the engine and stripped down even more ( single seater, no lights, no wiper ). Even though, you still can uprate the engine and get a 190bhp wich comes close to 300bhp per tonne

Well, about 300hp can be gotten out of the engine. Its an option for the Ariel Atom. Or you could put in an Integra Type R engine, which is a much better choice, IMO (and more easily tuneable).

Your not correct there Chris

The stock output on a 340R is 177 which is also the same as an Exige.

You can pretty easily get to 190 because there is a Kit that lotus sells (for alot of money).

After that any increase is very expensive for minimal gains. Thats why owners spend thousands of pounds on close ratio sequentail gearboxes because the performance gain is cheaper than engine mods.

You will be able to get over 200 but even with a turbo you wont get 300.

Its not like a VTEC engine even the 177hp 1.8 K Series is quiet cammy for road use

http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/latest.htm It is normally aspirated, so a turbo would boost the power wayyyy up.

I got confused, the 3.5 seconds somehow became 300hp in my mind, and I didn't check back. My bad:( :rolleyes:

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Ive never seen a production K-series engine have an output of 220 before, thats really stretching the limits of it. It wont be as simple as bolting a turbo on that motor. It dont say what the compression ratio is but its gonna be sky high.

Even with a turbo its not going to get much higher than that. On a motor that will last more than 10ks anyway

I don't know how much the K can take personally, but a well built turbo 4 cyl can make 400hp easily. You do have to lower the compression, and unless you like turbo lag, you'll need a electronically controlled wastegate, tied into the ECU.

i want one...good or bad...ill put in 10 dollars chris...and ill give you 20 if its home is switched to my garage

i know this car is sooo awsome eh guy, like the pic autofan, y do people say it looks crapy, it is soo amasing eh

I just bought the kit from my local Lotus dealer and i am in them iddle of building it... Pics when it is built.

I kept the kit around my garage for a about a year, because i just built a Caterham 7 and racing modified it to sell. But I think I want to keep this car, it is amazing. :)

WHOA WHOA WHOA

SLOW DOWN ..STOP ..REWIND!

You bought the kit of the 340R ??

AND

you have a super 7??

AND

you have a Esprit??

AND you have a

XK8 ??

DAMN IM MOVIN IN WITH YOU! ill clean your floors and wash ur cars everyday!!

Ive already got some to do that, and the helicopter ( imight sell cos avaition fuel costs too much)

:flash:

ur shitting me..you have your own helicopter...

if this is a joke it is a cruel one...

you have a 340R and a Jaguar and a Esprit and a Super 7 and a helicopter and servents...SHIT what dont you have... how much did your house cost? 2 mil ?

ill come..uh...vacuum your driveway..or how about...cutting ur lawn by hand?

The 340R doesn't come as a kit. That kind of defeats the purpose of the car. I smell a little BS here, how about the rest of you?

My firend 'got me up' a kit, and as he builds all the cars, we managed to come to an agreement.

House - 1.1mil
Servants - 1 (he just helps in the garage and lives here)
Gardeners - 1 part time
Grooms (for horses) - 2 part time

Most cars i have ever had I have built, I just enjoy the satisfaction of building cars that i can enjoy for a long time afterwards. This was the case of the Lotus 340R. i didn't want to buy the car, I wanted to build it. that way it would be perfect for me.

Originally posted by jsb88
This was the case of the Lotus 340R. i didn't want to buy the car, I wanted to build it.

Stop your bull shitting man, you cant build a 340R, i own one and saw all of them lined up at LOTUS USA when i picked up my car.
They are not sold as kits you dumb ass.
your a joke.
It would be cheape to find a used one.
GOD i hate BS ers

Originally posted by jsb88
I wanted to build it. that way it would be perfect for me.

can u build me one.... im 6'2 and i have hard time fitting in the car LOL.

Why do i bother?:(

hmm, could've sworn that lotus only produced 340 examples, hence the name....
:rolleyes:

i guess a simple e-mail to ask if they sell it in kit form can answer everyone's question.

Lotus cars of Japan said 342 of 340R had made at the talking about a recall of engine controll.

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