LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community - View Single Post - Review of the Exige in Australian MOTOR mag [pics]

Arno · 11-13-2003, 08:34 AM

Weight of components is always a problem when using 'commodity' parts in a car like the Elise. Tradeoff between cost and engineer design wishes.

I have no doubt that a gearbox builder like Quaife could do a box that's 1/2 the weight, but unfortunately (looking at their prices) it would probably end up costing very serious amounts of money (think upwards of $9000 for a gearbox)

Bespoke parts cost money.. How light can you afford to make the car

Bye, Arno.

11-13-2003, 08:34 AM	#32 (permalink)
Arno Nerd on wheels Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,061	Weight of components is always a problem when using 'commodity' parts in a car like the Elise. Tradeoff between cost and engineer design wishes. I have no doubt that a gearbox builder like Quaife could do a box that's 1/2 the weight, but unfortunately (looking at their prices) it would probably end up costing very serious amounts of money (think upwards of $9000 for a gearbox) Bespoke parts cost money.. How light can you afford to make the car Bye, Arno.