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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.
Lotus was one of the first teams to use active suspension in motorsport, developing it for Formula 1 where the need to control ride height was critically important for the ground effects ...
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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 ]
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Lotus Esprit V8: Lotus Type-918 3.5 L Turbo V8 D: 43 Ian Astley 5–11 Mike Youles 5–9, 11 Chris Ellis 10 PK Sport Porsche 911 GT2: Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D: 44 Marcus Fothergill All Paul Fuller All 88 Paul Phillips 2–3, 5–10 Mike Youles 2–3 Nigel Barrett 5 Caroline Lucas 6–7 Robin Liddell 8, 10–11 Stephen Day 9 Stephen Radcliffe 11