5th Gear Lotus 8uggered

[craigw]

so the whole feature will now be on vmax

[oggs]

Oh well....
Is tiff coming??

[craigw]

yup!

[oggs]

He might need a car to drive then......

[hughesie2]

Wicked, SLK 320, Sideways anyone (lets hope i keep it shiny side up then )

[turbobloke]

That's bad news come good! Excellent for VMax.

[johnny senna]

Absolutely brilliant!!!!!

[gemini]

Dont let him drive your car - I hear he shags em then just hands the keys back with an "Oh well"

[turbobloke]

gemini said:

Dont let him drive your car - I hear he shags em then just hands the keys back with an "Oh well"

Can happen, but most folk know the score before they hand the keys to Tiff. If it's for a TV prog then their insurers come into play.

[gemini]

check first!

[GuyR]

Thats OK if it blows up whilst they're driving, but what happens if the problem develops several days afterwards.

[Plotloss]

In a previous job we used to hire Tiff to provide passenger rides at various trade shows and the like.

He was nothing short of an absolute gentleman and always treated the cars within the parameters that were laid down to him.

I think its a bit mick to suggest he's some sort of hooligan to be honest.

[turbobloke]

GuyR said:

Thats OK if it blows up whilst they're driving, but what happens if the problem develops several days afterwards.

Agree with Gemini, nworth checking first, but the post-hoon problem development issue appears to be handled appropriately. Tiff is an absolutely first rate bloke and wouldn't buzz or bend somebody else's car knowingly or deliberately, for sure.

[Dakkon]

For the benefit of those who did not go, did they do 200mph or as the title suggests the car was not well?

[jeremyc]

Dakkon said:

For the benefit of those who did not go, did they do 200mph or as the title suggests the car was not well?

Car wasn't there.

But the Fifth Gear team were, and witnessed several runs of very nearly 200mph.

[goodlife]

The 5th gear Lotus didn't turn up as it had lunched it's gearbox.

[Muncher]

goodlife said:

The 5th gear Lotus didn't turn up as it had lunched it's gearbox.

3rd One apparently.

Tiff's conclusion was the Lotus would need a better gearbox, more power and a longer runway.

[lifethroughalens]

Is it mechanically / theoretically possible for a standard Lotus V8 gearbox to do a 200mph run...assuming you had endless power? Surely the legs would run out at pretty much the same speed as the non tuned version (maybe another 8-10mph) due to the gear ratios?



>> Edited by lifethroughalens on Tuesday 12th April 23:27

[lifethroughalens]

Gazboy said:

lifethroughalens said: Is it mechanically / theoretically possible for a standard Lotus V8 gearbox to do a 200mph run...assuming you had endless power? Surely the legs would run out at pretty much the same speed as the non tuned version (maybe another 8-10mph) due to the gear ratios? >> Edited by lifethroughalens on Tuesday 12th April 23:27 It has been done in the USA (204mph I think), but it costs serious money (more than they are spending). You can recondition the 5th gear to be much stronger, details in the Lotus forum. Imo they are using the wrong car for cheap speed.

204mph in a Lotus...wow, must have made some radical aerodynamic adjustments as well!

I agree that they have picked the wrong car...IMO the only cars worth attempting this in would be Rice burners like a last gen Mazda RX-7. You can buy a mint low milage one for under 10k....and with over 10K's worth of mods (the lotus is at 26K now) you could have a 600+ hp 220 mph+ car.

Oh well....