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From: Ron and Angie <nottingham@alltel.net>
>>
>>>I had the opportunity to drive a Lotus Elise to work this morning. What a
fun
>>>little car! 1200 lbs and 180 hp makes for a great little package. This
could be
>>>a killer autocross car. Too bad Lotus isn't importing them here.
>>
>> As far as I know, you CAN buy one here, race prepped is the way
they
>> come, and they are not registerable. But, if you wanted one, you
COULD
>> buy it, you'd just have to trailer it.......
>>
>
>
>Or wait until GM uses the chassis on the new Pontiac Fiero. From what I
>have heard, it will be styled differently (but use the same chassis), gain
a
>little weight and use GM's new all alloy DOHC 4 (nothing shared with the
>Quad 4, or whatever it's called now).
That's it -- add weight and put a wheezy GM 4-banger in it. Just so long as
they don't claim kinship with anything Lotus -- Colin Chapman will hit
redline in his grave.
>The new four is supposed to have
>variable valve timing, but will have low end torque (not like a Honda VTEC)
>and have decent horsepower (180 to 190) out of 2.0L, no turbo or
>supercharger. Although it doesn't have HP in line with the Honda S2000, it
>will have more torque and a fatter and flatter torque curve. It will
>achieve this with variable length runners along with variable valve timing.
>That's all I know, and all I could get out of my uncle who's an R&D
engineer
>at GM.
The last 4-cyl Fiero (which was all there was when I was looking) convinced
me to buy Honda.... I wouldn't take bets on this one changing that.
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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