Oh my god, This is quick.....Test drove the Exige S today!!!
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Had a shot in the Exige S today and I was well impressed, power delivery is much more linier and is quite something, love the SC sound as well, the only negative is that the car i drove (westovers demo) has the standard exhuast, needs a sports exhuast to finish the job off IMO.
Came back with a seriuosly big grin,
If you have not gone and tried one yet you really should have a go, its fantastic!!!
Came back with a seriuosly big grin,
If you have not gone and tried one yet you really should have a go, its fantastic!!!
just1 said:
Had a shot in the Exige S today and I was well impressed, power delivery is much more linier and is quite something, love the SC sound as well, the only negative is that the car i drove (westovers demo) has the standard exhuast, needs a sports exhuast to finish the job off IMO.
Came back with a seriuosly big grin,
If you have not gone and tried one yet you really should have a go, its fantastic!!!
Wicked arn't they
Boggy
boggy said:
Had a shot in the Exige S today and I was well impressed, power delivery is much more linier and is quite something, love the SC sound as well, the only negative is that the car i drove (westovers demo) has the standard exhuast, needs a sports exhuast to finish the job off IMO.
Came back with a seriuosly big grin,
If you have not gone and tried one yet you really should have a go, its fantastic!!!
Wicked arn't they
Boggy
Come on Boggy sod it, we'll trade in the Elise and get one... Krypton Green on Dream Machines...
I'd think again if I were you on that one Lynds.
If you thought the S was quick, you wait until you drive a Honda'd car. Seriously, you'll think you were going backwards in comparison. Wait until I get mine, drive it and then tell me which you prefer.... and you have to wait until the Europa comes out too. That will be as quick (if not quicker) than the S, and with a few tweaks you should be able to crank up the boost and get around 300bhp.
just1 - enjoying the SR? Not tempted to chop it in and get an S?
>> Edited by S Works on Wednesday 31st May 17:03
If you thought the S was quick, you wait until you drive a Honda'd car. Seriously, you'll think you were going backwards in comparison. Wait until I get mine, drive it and then tell me which you prefer.... and you have to wait until the Europa comes out too. That will be as quick (if not quicker) than the S, and with a few tweaks you should be able to crank up the boost and get around 300bhp.
just1 - enjoying the SR? Not tempted to chop it in and get an S?
>> Edited by S Works on Wednesday 31st May 17:03
S Works said:
I'll whack up more info when I get it bher. But it's AlexArms car, a very highly specced S2 with Honda power. Nitrons, Oz wheels, ali-belled discs, pagid pads, custom exhaust system, harnesses etc.
Congrats
Maybe we should start a topic about plus/minus on Exige S vs Honda S2 vs elise with bemani compressor by those who have driven at least 2 of them?
>> Edited by bher on Wednesday 31st May 17:48
Tahnks Cheeky, yes i am well, Vbusy with work at the moment but things will start to calm down in a couple of weeks time, then i will be looking to get some runs going for the summer.
Sworks, if the honda is quicker than the S, all i can say is that it must be as scary as heck to drive, as the Exige i drove felt like a ballistic missile. I am still happy with my SR and dont have any plans to change it, i like going topless in the sunny months!!! Saying that I will keep a sharpe eye on the used market in a year or two, so never say never!!!
Sworks, if the honda is quicker than the S, all i can say is that it must be as scary as heck to drive, as the Exige i drove felt like a ballistic missile. I am still happy with my SR and dont have any plans to change it, i like going topless in the sunny months!!! Saying that I will keep a sharpe eye on the used market in a year or two, so never say never!!!
just1 said:
Had a shot in the Exige S today and I was well impressed, power delivery is much more linier and is quite something, love the SC sound as well, the only negative is that the car i drove (westovers demo) has the standard exhuast, needs a sports exhuast to finish the job off IMO.
Came back with a seriuosly big grin,
If you have not gone and tried one yet you really should have a go, its fantastic!!!
I'm resolving the sports exhaust problem with this:
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=266360&f=15&h=0
Glad you really enjoyed it!
..a 120bhp Elise is fast if you just got out of a hot hatch...and a 220S is fast compared to a 120bhp Elise ...
bruh_la said:
Anyone have a power curve of the Exige-S and Exige 240R?
Yes that would be interesting..........
240R
[url]www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/211/Lotus-Exige.htm[/url]
Thanks Joe.
Perhaps this is in the wrong thread, but since there seems to be interest in a comparison between the Exige varients, here's a small little graph I just put together highlighting the powercurve of the std Exige, Exige 240 and the Bemani S/C Exige.
Note that the Bemani power-curve is from models prior to the MY06 model. The newer Bemani Exige's have the cam switchover point at 4000 rpm like the 240R. The powercurve of the Bemani in this powercurve is with the switch-over point at 6200 rpm:
To think that the both the Bemani Exige and the 240R have the action starting at just after 4000 rpm / 5000 rpm compared to the std Exige is astonishing. It would be great to see how the Exige-S compares, especially since 80% of the torque is already available at 2500 rpm?
Cheers Phil
>> Edited by Phil-CH on Thursday 1st June 15:48
Perhaps this is in the wrong thread, but since there seems to be interest in a comparison between the Exige varients, here's a small little graph I just put together highlighting the powercurve of the std Exige, Exige 240 and the Bemani S/C Exige.
Note that the Bemani power-curve is from models prior to the MY06 model. The newer Bemani Exige's have the cam switchover point at 4000 rpm like the 240R. The powercurve of the Bemani in this powercurve is with the switch-over point at 6200 rpm:
To think that the both the Bemani Exige and the 240R have the action starting at just after 4000 rpm / 5000 rpm compared to the std Exige is astonishing. It would be great to see how the Exige-S compares, especially since 80% of the torque is already available at 2500 rpm?
Cheers Phil
>> Edited by Phil-CH on Thursday 1st June 15:48
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