RE: Loti

[Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>]

Yeah, and the e46 M3 came in 7th out of 8, just above MP3 Mazda!  Go figure!

--Navid

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alloy, Mark [mailto:malloy@ontool.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: 'Mark Smith'; 'Sethracer@aol.com'; Navid Kahangi;
> ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Loti
> 
> 
> Lotus is releasing a US spec Elise in 2003 - will have a 
> toyota variant
> engine.  interesting comparison in the new Road and Track of 
> the stock UK
> elise (122? HP) with 7 other cars at buttonwillow.  only the 
> ferrari rated
> higher.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smith [mailto:msmith@tilia.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: 'Sethracer@aol.com'; navid@interwoven.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Loti
> 
> 
> An Acura motor in an Elise? I knew that the British road 
> version and the US
> Motorsports versions (but not the 500hp "race" engines in LM 
> cars) used the
> Rover K-Series engine (in no way related to the Honda/Rover 
> collaberation a
> few years back) but I've never seen or heard of this 
> Elise/Engine combo.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sethracer@aol.com [mailto:Sethracer@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:57 AM
> To: navid@interwoven.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Loti
> 
> 
> Navid wrote:
> Speaking of British reliability, both Lotuses (Motorsport 
> Elise  and 340R)
> at the OTC were kicking major butts right up to the moment 
> they broke down.
> Something about the harmonic balancer coming apart and 
> destroying the timing
> belt and the valve train.
> 
> 
> Speaking of Elises. Last week I saw a Silver Elise zipping 
> down San Tomas
> Expressway in San Jose. It had no license plates on it and it 
> didn't sound
> like an Acura motor. Could it be someone was "Road" testing 
> their race car?
> Hmmm. Naah! -Seth Emerson