Turn it up to 11

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:30 am

Turn it up to 11..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZXBxWCE ... r_embedded

Jacobite · Post by **Jacobite** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:01 am

Fabulous collection of videos of your awesome car Ronin thanks for posting the link

Post by **campbell** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:07 am

Reminds me a lot of the roads we drove in various Spanish mountain ranges 10 years back in my S1 Elise. And also the fact that our rented Mustang V6 was certainly not capable of that when we visited very your area on honeymoon 2 years later!

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:40 pm

Thanks...Mustang ?....My buddy was in his orange supercharged Shelby behind me... He said I left him for dead when I nailed it..

Post by **campbell** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:44 pm

ronin wrote:Thanks...Mustang ?....My buddy was in his orange supercharged Shelby behind me... He said I left him for dead when I nailed it..

too right!

OlberJ · Post by **OlberJ** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:46 pm

It does look a wild ride indeed.

How does the engine drive, does it feel quite stressed as if you're constantly at the top end of the rubber band effect if you get my drift?

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:55 pm

Stressed ? Why would you say that when I'm shifting at 7-8,000 rpm while it has a working rev limit to 10,000 rpm...
It feels lke an OEM setup in traffic around town, you would never know it had 680 whp if you didn't put your foot into it..

OlberJ · Post by **OlberJ** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:27 pm

It's a 2zz with 700 odd bhp

that's what i mean by stressed.

Does it feel like a small engine that's been twin charged? By that i mean does it always feel on boost so that when you lift off the engine is doing most of the braking?

It's a hard one to get across this

Gourlay83 · Post by **Gourlay83** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:39 pm

Quick car, nice one

That Joe Bonomasa i was hearing ?

Alan

Post by **simon** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:27 pm

Turn it up to 11 another way

vxc · Post by **vxc** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:48 pm

Poor lotus!

but to be considered amongst that lot is definetly something!

sound of the LFA exhaust was tremendous!

and from the start i always suspected the GTR would pump ass!

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:37 am

OlberJ wrote:It's a 2zz with 700 odd bhp that's what i mean by stressed.

Does it feel like a small engine that's been twin charged? By that i mean does it always feel on boost so that when you lift off the engine is doing most of the braking?

It's a hard one to get across this

It feels exactly like a stock engine when on decel since there is no added restriction with 9/1 comp pistons and 1mm larger valves and open exhaust ports....You don't have to buzz red line to make power since you have 420 ft tq. at 3,800 rpm.
But when you put your foot down in 5th gear at 70 mph [3,000rpm] it pulls like my CLS55 AMG all the way to redline...10,000 rpm

It feels like a big block supercharged AMG... now that's not too hard to understand..

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:45 am

simon wrote:Turn it up to 11 another way

Now my little rocket pig makes more power than any car in that group....at only 27 psi. 615 WHP and 422 ft tq.

I run 33 psi. [680 whp] on the street...

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:43 pm

Back up hill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmsCGq2bnBs

Post by **campbell** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:52 pm

Have you driven it much in the wet? Do you find you need any rotational steering? It seems very planted in the dry. Nice background music too

Scottish Elises

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