Rolling road day deemed success

Lotuses up on power, Ferrari/TVRs down

Lotus Esprit raised 350bhp

The rolling road day organised by PHers Martyn Ryan and Jason Kite (JEsprit) was, by all accounts, quite a day. It took place last weekend at a rolling road in Milton Keynes, and some of the results were quite surprising.

Although the TVRs were significantly down on factory horsepower or even owner-expected figures, so were a Ferrari F355 and a BMW M5. On the other hand, the Lotuses did rather well, with all bar one being pretty much on the button or better.

Contact Martyn or Jason for more info.

The results

Car (owner)	Factory	Expected	Result
Saab 9000 turbo (Soren)	225	270+	278
Lotus Turbo Esprit (Andy)	210	210+	208
Lotus Esprit GT3 (Jonathan)	240	245	252
Ferrari 355 (Bernard)	375	380+	317
Noble M12 GTO 3R (David)	356	?	305
Lotus Esprit V8 GT (Martyn)	350	350	350
TVR Griffith 500 (Tim)	320	320	261
Lotus Esprit S4s (Alan)	285	285	286
Lotus Esprit Turbo SE (Jason)	264	280+	283
Lotus Turbo Esprit (Keir)	210	?	184
TVR Cerbera (Adam)	350	300-320	341
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 (Rob)	260	220+	260
Toyota Celica GT4 (Adam)	185	200+	209
Lotus Esprit V8 GT (Neal)	350	350+	381
BMW M5 (Paul)	340	260+	290
Lotus Elise	118	118	133
Lotus Esprit (Dan)	172	160+	162