I want my car to handle like a lotus....

[justinschmidt1]

So I took a spirited drive yesterday in a lotus espirit, twin turbo v8, 5 speed, light car

Car just felt amazing in every way.

I F"ing loved it.

Its insane how well the thing would hold the road.

I dont even know what would happen if I tried some of that shit in the stang..lol

 

[NCMystic]

i just want my car to handle, let alone like a Lotus. . . bump

 

[justinschmidt1]

i just want my car to handle, let alone like a Lotus. . . bump

haha yea, I forget how my car even handles since ive been on skinnies so long.

But I know my car wont handle anywhere near like that car does

 

[greenscobie86]

I gotta say, while a mustang is NEVER gonna handle like a Lotus, I was pleasantly suprised after doing H&R Race Springs and Bilsteins + SFCS...


I wish i could drive an Espirit

 

[justinschmidt1]

I gotta say, while a mustang is NEVER gonna handle like a Lotus, I was pleasantly suprised after doing H&R Race Springs and Bilsteins + SFCS...


I wish i could drive an Espirit

Yea...ive got eibach sportlines, tokico yellows...but could probably use some stiffer sway bars, subframes atleast.

I doubt my mustang would ever handle like this thing.

 

[duh09]

Lotuss are awesome. I just wish my Stang handled as well as my SRT. Poor thing, at least its more fun to actually drive than the shittty neon

 

[switch96]

My dad drove a few Elise's before he bought his Shelby, he was really impressed by them all around, and came pretty close to buying one.

 

[auto_x5.0]

coilover, lighten it up, watts link rear suspension, 315 r-comps all the way around, subframes, cobra R brake kit, theres alot more but I forgot it all, but....you will beat a Elise on an autocross course

 

[Passenger]

Look around some Mustang boards for a guy name "T to the B" or Tony Bolton. His 02 walks all over Lotus' in many many ways. Nearly every ETRSCCA event he goes to, he's in the top 5 fastest cars of the day, normally beaten by purpose race built autocross cars, and open wheel cars.

Did I mention it runs high 7s in the 1/8th also on a 100 shot? lol

 

[justinschmidt1]

theres a big differance between the Elise and the Espirit though...

the Espirit is actually cool and has some balls


Im sure if I could drop some serious cash on my suspension it would handle great

 

[19mustang95]

agent47 /thread

 

[SRT Handz]

MM>Agent 47

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*Hey ReplicaR, Stop Editing post like a Nazi*

 

[Passenger]

You don't have to buy all the expensive MM/Griggs/Agent47 big dollar big name stuff to go fast.

 

[pp_puncher]

\ Thread re-opened

 

[95PGTTech]

MM>Agent47

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LMAO

 

[justinschmidt1]

lol

 

[Hellion94]

My GT with BBK springs, No Name upper and lower Control arms, Tokico Blue struts, 99 Cobra rear shocks, Subframe connectors, Strut tower brace and 275 Nittos front, 315 Nittos rear beat a New Genesis coupe with some mods, an Evo 10, a couple of Evo 8's, a ProCharged GT, and some WRX's at a recent track event that we had. Our cars aren't too bad if you focus on the essentials and REALLY drive them.

Here are the times, looks like I came in 10th overall out of 25.

Dennis Cart DNF 48.264 46.765 46.682
Marcus EVOX Monster 47.036 47.288 46.825
Blake STI Monster 48.186 46.423 46.853 46.199 DNF
Tate EVO8, Silver Monster 55.561 50.643 48.904
Chris Mustang Monster 49.522 49.07 49.305 48.799
Jake STI Monster 45.054 45.31
Jim Ford GT Monster 43.266 42.412 42.13
James vw buggy Monster 47.39 47.546 48.928 45.892
Tyler Mustang Monster 53.027 51.549 50.585 48.808 49.058 47.8
Craig Mustang, Blue Monster 48.491 47.929 47.632
Jim Miata Race 47.247 47.099 47.262
Donour EVO8 Race 43.985 43.593 43.383 43.696 43.116
Jerry Formula VEE Race 47.715 46.588 DNF
Andrew Genesis Street 48.827 48.989 48.619 48.537 48.672 47.994
Joe Volvo Street 53.656 54.707 53.06
Philip RX7 Street 50.589 50.31 50.508 50.098 49.253
Steven RX7 Street 51.327 50.365 50.275
Sam EVOX Street 48.711 49.059 47.866
Matt MR2 Street 52.287 51.621 51.817
Taylor WRX Street 49.26 49.175 49.31
Jeff WRX Wagon Street 51.432 51.665 51.635
Aaron Supra Street 49.321 48.894 48.497
Ken RX7 Street 51.346 51.713 52.175
Erich Civic Si Street 48.328+1 47.696 47.416

 

[Blind]

driver is more important than car at any track day.

 

[ReplicaR]

Sure you can make a Mustang faster around the road course than just about anything, but the problem is that it will never feel like a Lotus. I've had a chance to drive around an Exige S. I will never forget it, because it was simply the most direct and agile car I've ever had a chance to drive. Mustang simply has too much weight, and too much flex in the body. By the time you are done taking all the weight off and stiffen the chassis up, you don't have a lot of mustang left in there.

 

[2slo95fiveoh]

I've never driven a Lotus, (I think there's one or two in town), But I have driven a S2000 with stiff aftermarket front and rear sway bars,
agressive alignment settings (by yours truly), and Hoosier A6 tires... That is a crazy different feeling car to drive.. To be able to take 90* turns
at 30mph is rediculous... Although the owner of the car and I always joke that the car only has like 110ft/lbs of torque at the flywheel at 7,000rpm,
but still a fun car none-the-less. He frequently participates in SCCA events around here, and does really well I've heard.