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Old 06-24-2009, 07:30 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by STL Motorsports View Post
^^^ Not the Clam, but the engine bonnet is solid CF and the complete roof section...in fact, the roof is so cool it has no interior headliner ! The underside of it is just raw CF ! Plus,The quality of the carbon fiber body pieces, painted and then clearcoated over where you see the stripes for example is every bit as good quality as any Lamborghini or Ferrari we sell !

Some one should snap this thing up...They ( Lotus ) won't be tuning the trusty 1.8 up to 260 HP again I am told by my rep !

Adrian.
That is because the internals don't appreciate excessive force feeding.
I suspect the 260 is really 220whp. Heat soak still a problem with the bottleneck...when will Lotus realize the cool factor of a roof scoop is not
reallt that cool
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