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Mithras said:
You know though, for an all out track machine, this is amazingly light for a modern day car, but really still nothing to write home about when it comes to cars from the 60's to 80's. My Porsche 914 has more power (275hp from 2.5 litre 6) and weighs 1950lbs (about the same weight as this lotus. Now the lotus would have better aerodynamics and probably better suspension (though my car has fairly good suspension, though 30 year old tech!). But his is also a 33 year old car...


I agree. Also, the torque isn't that impressive (174ft-lbs at 6,000rpm) with a blower. My normally aspirated 2.7L RS+ motor (240hp) makes 205ft-lbs torque at 5,000 rpm and has to push less weight than this Lotus which is not street legal (in US anyways).

Still much better than average weight for a modern car (my car is over 35 years old now...)