Circuit Driver review of the Exige 220S

[jitsukadave]

Seems to be a very nice car, and pretty flexible too looking and what you get and how you get it.

Anybody on here had one for more than a test drive yet?

I like the idea of getting easily adjustable setup from the factory, with a flatter torque curve from the toyota lump... maybe I should save a little longer and get one of these instead of a 111S???!?!

[GTRene]

Also today a very nice review in a Dutch car magazine "autovisie" with lovely picture's of a white and a red Exige S...it grows on me that colorcoded stuf...looks ok on the picture's.
Also they are very happy with the car, they say Its the Exige the way it used to be, very torquey and a very good drive on the cirquit too
GTRene

[bruh_la]

GTRene said:

Also today a very nice review in a Dutch car magazine "autovisie" with lovely picture's of a white and a red Exige S...it grows on me that colorcoded stuf...looks ok on the picture's. Also they are very happy with the car, they say Its the Exige the way it used to be, very torquey and a very good drive on the cirquit too GTRene

GTRene, any chance of posting the pics, i have an Aspen White Exige S on order.

[jitsukadave]

I think the one in CD was that white - may have been old-English white, but not sure (most of the pictures are from Twilight time so it has a slight orange hue which I found looked very good).

Aparently it's the car that'd now be the chosen one to drive down to the south of France in (in road settings).

Does anybody have an image of the torque curve available? From the sounds of it, it's got much better low-rev response - pulls hard from 3,000 rpm IIRC what Mark Hales said.

[bogie]

dunno about the 220...but heres the 240R compared to a NA Honda K20 on throttle bodies...about the same

www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/id%3D211_185%26sort%3Drec%26but_sea%3Dqs/index.htm

[bogie]

oh and heres a 240R vs my Elise

www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/id%3D106_211%26sort%3Drec%26but_sea%3Dqs/index.htm

[jitsukadave]

bogie said:

oh and heres a 240R vs my Elise www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/id%3D106_211%26sort%3Drec%26but_sea%3Dqs/index.htm

That looks really quite scary! I'm not sure I could handle that kind of power in an Elise! ... well, maybe one day

That's a nice bit of software. I'm pretty suprised by how close the VVC and the Exige look, until the 2nd set of timings start that is.

[bogie]

this ones even better - Audi Elise S1 vs 240R:

www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/id%3D178_211%26sort%3Drec%26but_sea%3Dqs/index.htm

[jitsukadave]

bogie said:

this ones even better - Audi Elise S1 vs 240R: www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplot/id%3D178_211%26sort%3Drec%26but_sea%3Dqs/index.htm

That's insane! Not sure I like the bulge in the torque though - I had enough issues with a FWD turbo going round corners to know that in an MR format that kind of steep curve would need some taming.

Still, all that lovely torque

[bogie]

yeah - Ive driven one...nearly 300lbft of torque gives you a good wack in the back

[S Works]

Bloody hell - I really must have a pax in the pimper sometime bogie if you'd be so kind. KentLotus North Weald Activity day perhaps? Are you coming along?

[bogie]

yep - will be there

[GTRene]

bruh_la said:

GTRene said: Also today a very nice review in a Dutch car magazine "autovisie" with lovely picture's of a white and a red Exige S...it grows on me that colorcoded stuf...looks ok on the picture's. Also they are very happy with the car, they say Its the Exige the way it used to be, very torquey and a very good drive on the cirquit too GTRene GTRene, any chance of posting the pics, i have an Aspen White Exige S on order.

I see what I can do, but can't find anything yet on their website...Only in their magazine yet...but it looks very good on the picture's
GTRene

[jitsukadave]

This is CD's site: www.circuitdriver.com/
Their front page of their mag is currently the one with the 220S on it, so you can see that much.

... man if that's the best cognititation I can come up with today is going be a killer at work

[GTRene]

This is the website of the Dutch Autovisie they have a nice article in their magazine about the Exige S a red one and a white one on picture's but they drove a LHD Red one.
Only the picture's of the white car and the article is not on their site yet? because its a new article I guess, and its only in Dutch so heavy for you all?

www.autovisie.nl/redactioneel/nieuws/archief/lotus_exige_s/index.xml

GTRene

[AlexT]

Up the boost on the SC, play with the maps a little and that would be one hell of a rocket. Love big fat torque curves...nothing to be afraid of...just learn to feather the throttle more in corners to keep balance