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Lotus Esprit V8. In 1996, Lotus launched the Esprit V8. The car came equipped with Lotus' own Type 918 V8 engine. The engine is an all-aluminium 90° DOHC 4 valves per cylinder with a flat-plane crankshaft and two Garrett T25/60 turbochargers but with no Chargecooler. The transaxle used was the same Renault unit as before but upgraded by Lotus.
The Lotus Esprit GT1 utilised the 3.5 L type 918 twin-turbo V8 engine of then newly launched Lotus Esprit V8. The engine was extensively reworked with the addition of one Garrett T4 turbocharger, a flat plane crankshaft, forged aluminium pistons, multipoint fuel injection and an air-to-air intercooler. All of these modifications increased the ...
The Chevrolet V8 was not a custom built race engine like its competitors, leaving it lacking in top speed while the Lotus twin-turbocharged V8 was faring even worse. The chassis was also too similar to a production car to compete with the exotic designs of other cars. The project was therefore cancelled and the factory team folded.
Most importantly for Lotus, the bore centres of the Vauxhall slant-4 were the same as those Lotus had determined for the 900 series. [ 2 ] After seeing the new engine at the show Chapman arranged a meeting with John Alden, Vauxhall's Engineering Director, where he negotiated the purchase of ten 2.0 L; 120.4 cu in (1,973 cc) slant-4 blocks and ...
That last claim was far from hyperbole. In its most aggressive zero-roll guise, the Esprit prototype could reportedly deliver up to 1.5G of lateral cornering on period Goodyear NCT road tires.
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The Lotus Etna is a one-off concept car designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who also designed the Lotus Esprit. It premiered at the 1984 British International Motor Show . It is powered by a 4.0-litre V8 of Lotus design, code-named the Type 909. [ 1 ]
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo M: 13 Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 48 DNF GT2 55 Stadler Motorsport Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Porsche 911 GT2: P: 7 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 49 DNF GT1 48 Freisinger Motorsport: Clay Regazzoni Fulvio Ballabio Henri Pescarolo: Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo: G: 7 Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6 50 DNF GT1 22 Lotus Racing Team: Jan Lammers Perry ...