To: | "'Mark Smith'" <msmith@tilia.com>, |
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Subject: | RE: Loti |
From: | "Alloy, Mark" <malloy@ontool.com> |
Date: | Fri, 24 May 2002 11:17:10 -0700 |
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 |
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