Supercharged R tomorrow at Motorshow
Discussion
TonyHetherington said:
Good answer 
(but how do they do that then?)
Genuine question as when I get my S, everyone's said NOT to take the hard top off because of air flow into the supercharger, but some have said it's no problems at all?!
A supercharged R really will be a superb car
The Exige S cooling is through the roof scoop about an inch as it gets down to the Charge Cooler. The Elise will either be through the Side pods or the front and directed around as such (Side's I think). It's for the Uk market not just Asia as far as I know (but how do they do that then?)Genuine question as when I get my S, everyone's said NOT to take the hard top off because of air flow into the supercharger, but some have said it's no problems at all?!
A supercharged R really will be a superb car
Boggy
kevin ritson said:
Is this the supercharged Elise that Lotus said they'd never do? In which case they'll need to up the stakes on the Exige to keep its niche...
Probably a response to owners switching to engine conversions. Have they managed to keep the boot?
Should keep the boot and not need a roof scoop because the Elise supercharger doesn't use an intercooler does it?Probably a response to owners switching to engine conversions. Have they managed to keep the boot?
The Sc R elise WON'T get the intercooler and this limit the power to 220 bhp. The exige with the IC will develop the 240 bhp.
A very well informed person told me that they put the power down for the exige S (from 240 to 220) to propose the 240 bhp version a few year later. And this is now.
This make sense with the picture someone on the list took at Hethel with the yota at 192, the SC yota at 220 and the SC IC yota at 240....
Simple
A very well informed person told me that they put the power down for the exige S (from 240 to 220) to propose the 240 bhp version a few year later. And this is now.
This make sense with the picture someone on the list took at Hethel with the yota at 192, the SC yota at 220 and the SC IC yota at 240....
Simple
The picture someone grabbed from the open day of the engine types did indicate a non-intercooled SC engine. I'm not sure what the lack of intercooler would do to the performance as compared to the Exige S.
It's certainly on my list of possible next cars though as the tires and lack of visibility on the S are a bit too extreme for me (totally and utterly awesome to drive though)
It's certainly on my list of possible next cars though as the tires and lack of visibility on the S are a bit too extreme for me (totally and utterly awesome to drive though)
DsDetective said:
The picture someone grabbed from the open day of the engine types did indicate a non-intercooled SC engine. I'm not sure what the lack of intercooler would do to the performance as compared to the Exige S.
It's certainly on my list of possible next cars though as the tires and lack of visibility on the S are a bit too extreme for me (totally and utterly awesome to drive though)
They deliberately underpowered the Exige S a few years ago to give now the "normal" power from the SC-IC engine.It's certainly on my list of possible next cars though as the tires and lack of visibility on the S are a bit too extreme for me (totally and utterly awesome to drive though)
I am so happy to do not have bought an exige S. The upgrade to 240 should be very cheap for the client with the exige S
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