Lotus Elise questions part 2

[JonGwynne]

zebedee said: not heard of the 'quiet' valve before - is it in mk Is as well?

My understanding is that it was added to the recently released S2 111s model. It might be available as a retrofit though.

[smeagol]

Sorry, which is the M100. Is that the Isuzu-engined, FWD Elan made during the GM days and briefly resurrected by Signore Artioli? I can't always keep their model numbers straight. I sat in one of those once but wasn't impressed.

Yes it is, there is a big difference between sitting in one and driving in one. Sitting in one you get an impression but not how comfortable it is after 3hours+ driving and getting the bumps etc. from the road. Its horses for courses but everyone I know that has been on a journey in m100 said how comfortable it was. You also find that you "bed-in" to the seat over time.

[DanH]

The valve is just a hole in the exhaust that opens up under full throttle and at certain revs.

Car sounds like a metro with the standard lotus exhaust! People either jam open the valve, or buy a proper sports exhaust.

[bert]

liquid,

if you want serious power for your elise go visit www.falko-motor.ch/travaux_en_cours.htm 500 BHP will do the job I think. An other solution would be the german elise with the audi V6 turbo engine. As far as I know is Sweden not the place for speeding on public roads... If you do like to take that risk there is another problem. If the condition of the road is not perfect, let's say 250 km/h autobahn condition, you must be very brave to run at 190-200 km/h for more than 5 minutes. As someone said in this thread : have a good testdrive in a standard car. Fun in an elise is not on straight roads and but on small ones where it is allmoust without competition !