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111R
I just went out for a quick drive in B&C's 111R. The engine is much smoother than any K-series I've driven, even though it only had 140 miles on the clock. It pulls nicely from throughout the range, but once you get above 6000rpm it just goes mad! The car seems much quicker than any other Elise I've driven. It was clear that although I wasn't actually going faster than I would normally drive the engine had plenty of performance left. It even sounds quite good! The gearbox has a much better feel to it than the Rover unit, and the ratios seems to suite the car well.
As the brakes now have servos, I can imagine that stepping into the 111R from a normal Elise would feel a bit odd. Fortunately (or unfortunately) I've been driving my Pug for the last week so I was used to the extra travel the servos give. I'm no expert but to my mind for an ABS system the brakes felt great, not unlike a 996’s (well at least from what I remember), plus they certainly stop the car well.
As for the ride and handling, it felt much like any other S2 to me. The ride is harder than my S1 but the ride quality is much improved from what I'm used to. I've not really had enough experience in S2's to tell whether much has changed from them. I couldn’t notice the extra weight (the demo car has air-con and electric windows), though I guess a longer drive would be needed for any differences to be obvious.
Most of the time my S1 sounds like its shaking itself apart... The 111R was actually put together well... there were no rattles creaks, not like a real lotus at all! The boot floor is a bit higher than an S2, but I reckon it’s probably still bigger than an S1's.
The only things I didn't like were the look of the exhaust and the front access panels. The exhaust just looks wrong... they should really move it back to where it belongs. Hopefully some helpful aftermarket chaps will fix that at some point. The new front isn’t as obvious as I thought it would be, but I still prefer the old lines, its nothing I couldn't live with though. Oh, and they really should stop putting the nose badges on the back... the ‘L O T U S’ letters were much better looking (GJOB I know…).
Overall I walked away seriously impressed, to the point I came home to check my bank balance in case it had changed overnight. Unfortunately it hadn't
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111R driven.......................on track!
At the RMA track day at Bedford today (Less said about the organisation the better at the moment).
Lotus brought along a 111R for people to try out, so felt I had to really.
Power wise it felt similar to the Exige although probably a little punchier at high rpm as the VVT kicked in, there was a noticeable change. Car felt quite composed, and probably the most nicely balanced S2 I've driven (not hard as only driven a couple).
Difficult to push hard as only had a few laps and it was very wet, back end comes out nicely though .
The most impressive thing about the car was the brake stopping power, found myself coming back off the brakes as it was scrubbing off too much. They work very well. Shame the pedal feel is absolutly abismal.
If I was in the market for a new Elise, it would be that no question, wouldn't even conside a K-series now, don't know if I would chop in a S2 for one, much prefer to have a Honda fitted for less money than it would take to change.
111R driven.......................on track!
At the RMA track day at Bedford today (Less said about the organisation the better at the moment).
Lotus brought along a 111R for people to try out, so felt I had to really.
Power wise it felt similar to the Exige although probably a little punchier at high rpm as the VVT kicked in, there was a noticeable change. Car felt quite composed, and probably the most nicely balanced S2 I've driven (not hard as only driven a couple).
Difficult to push hard as only had a few laps and it was very wet, back end comes out nicely though .
The most impressive thing about the car was the brake stopping power, found myself coming back off the brakes as it was scrubbing off too much. They work very well. Shame the pedal feel is absolutly abismal.
If I was in the market for a new Elise, it would be that no question, wouldn't even conside a K-series now, don't know if I would chop in a S2 for one, much prefer to have a Honda fitted for less money than it would take to change.
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Varför satte dom inte i en Honda K20A (220 hk) eller CTR motor K20A2 (200hk) i "värsting" Elisen?? Det finns ju hur många firmor som helst som gör sånna byggen, varför kan då inte Lotus köpa motorer från en av väldens bästa motorbyggare, Honda, istället för att köpa slöa motorer från Toyota?? (Toyota har ju bara försökt kopiera Hondas VTEC efter att världspatentet gick ut 1999)
bara ett exempel, av många...
http://www.blinkmotorsport.com/cgi-bin/site.pl?honda
bara ett exempel, av många...
http://www.blinkmotorsport.com/cgi-bin/site.pl?honda
Johan Classon
