super widebody Lotus Exige labeled “KING KONG”.

[GTRene]

nice video, what a twisty road! whit no room for errors...if you would live in the Netherlands whit almost no twisty roads and then drive such car on that road, you will be very tired when you reach the end
The sound of the engine is also smooth, when you hear it you want to hear it go from say 20 to 150 full through the gears on a straight road, to hear and feel the power/sound.

its a "gone in 6 seconds" for your drivers-license, car staring Ronin, or how do you say that.

[Boggy]

roninexige said:

Dudes here's a little video from Sundays drive....My buddy Rolf's wife Bev wanted to ride shotgun, I thought it would be cool to have a human G-Meter on board.....

She has got to have a major set of stones to ride with me on a road I don't know ......and me with only one good eye..

Check it out...for some reason the sound is slightly out of sync at the end...freakin U-Tube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMvU7iBM9zc

Holy Shi*! That thing is mental! Frank, you are one mad man

Boggy

[roninexige]

Dude it's all in the wrist........ I wonder if I would go faster or slower if I could see out of both eyes..?..

[cyberface]

roninexige said:

Dude it's all in the wrist........ I wonder if I would go faster or slower if I could see out of both eyes..?..

Aha - I was wondering what some of the electronics pointing out of the car by the rear view mirror were... obviously cyborg eyes to give you superhuman perception to deal with the G-force induced myopia as your eyeballs are squashed into your skull....

(actually, wouldn't this cause hyperopia rather than myopia? heh)

[roninexige]

Oh that's the Valentine V1 lazer/radar detector..... I won't even drive the car without it.... it hasn't let me down so far....

[the ronin]

A little back road cruise yesterday....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtPwNlWuD4g&fea...

[the ronin]

LA Auto Show pics from Evo....They seem to like Lotus.



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[GTRene]

she likes a ride too

did you get many questions about your special car on the show?

[the ronin]

I'm at the show now and it's like people have neve seen a Lotus before. It's kinda fun showin peeps what can be done with a little imagination ...

[GTRene]

well, you have surely a unique car wich is worth showing/sharing to people.

would also be nice to have a standard original Lotus sitting next to it to see all the work and differences and how far you can go.

have fun overthere.

[the ronin]

Thanks, it's fun showin guys what can be done with an open mind.....and the scenery isn't bad ether..

[GTRene]

indeed, a lovely scenery

[tail slide]

Always good to see automotive boundaries being pushed, when engineered to work well not just 'for show' specials.

Hopefully extra rear weight not too great so balance still close to how Lotus chassis was designed - do you have any rear roll-oversteer on steady throttle in hairpins etc?

[the ronin]

The car is dead neutral in the corners at speed with the wing and front end setup. It wasn't needed at 500 whp but is mandatory at 680 whp in any corner from 45-120mph since I rarely travel above those speeds the balance feels perfect.. It's all about putting the torque to the ground...

[GTRene]

seen this one? another well known widebody monster wich has also a 230mm longer whelbase and is in V6 or V8.

RS performance cars, see this video first testdrive of a another newborn with 600hp on 720kg? that must be fast
in the end you see the car from the outside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...



and here there V8 Exige, also with longer wheelbase.



big fun in little cars.

[the ronin]

Yeah, alot of money and nothing to show for it... It sounds like crap but that's just my opinion..