Randy Chase wrote:
>According to Lotus, they have optimized the car to be close to
>perfect out of the box, but that of course does not mean
optimized for
>autocrossing and with Hoosiers.
One other item I forgot to ask about: you didn't mention any
issues related to no LSD, and you said it's difficult to keep the
engine in its powerband. That makes it appear that traction
exiting corners is a nonissue. Is this the case?
>The car may benefit from a stiffer front bar.
If there are corner-exit traction issues, that would certainly
help.
>I expect over the next 6 months we will be
>researching these things.
I'm pleasantly surprised by your results. I would bet money that
the car will be classed in SS, if it's given a place to play in
Stock. I was concerned that it might be uncompetitive there. Your
experience so far would indicate that it has a fighting chance in
SS, but that it won't be an obvious overdog. Hopefully, that also
means that Stock Elises won't be banished to ASP.
Keep us posted.
Jay
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