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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 ...
While Lotus dealer Bell and Colvill had been offering turbo conversions for the S2 Esprit from as early as 1978, the Essex Turbo Esprit was the first factory turbocharged Esprit. [15] The Essex Turbo Esprit received the dry sump type 910 engine which has a power output of 213 PS (157 kW; 210 hp) at 6,250 rpm and 200 lb⋅ft (271 N⋅m) of ...
Modified from a Porsche 911 GT1, never raced, modified to an IMSA GTS car Harrier: LR9C: 1994 LMP2 Modified from road car sans roof [6] LR10: 2000 LMP900 HPD: ARX-01c: 2010 LMP2 Cars badged as HPD for 2010 season, previously Acura: ARX-01d: 2011 LMP2 ARX-01e: 2011 LMP1 Car only ran in 2011 12 Hours of Sebring before retirement ARX-01g: 2011 ...
Because Lotus planned on continuing to compete in FIA GT Championship, they decided to build a new race car for the 1997 season, due to Esprit GT1 not being powerful enough to compete with other GT1 race cars like Porsche 911 GT1, Mercedes CLK GTR and McLaren F1. Lotus was aware of the fact that they lacked enough budget to produce multiple ...
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 ...
It's fair to say that Lotus Esprit World has grown considerably in size, but the breadth of content is truly remarkable - full specifications for every model variant produced, pictorial 'how to' guides, an archive of contemporary road tests, a regularly updated news page for information of interest to the Esprit owner, and much more.
The Lotus Excel (Type 89) is a sports car designed and built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars from 1982 to 1992. It is based on the design of the earlier Lotus Eclat , which itself was based on the earlier Lotus Type 75 Elite .
Lotus Esprit Sport 300: 1994 A Ross Hyett Porsche 935 replica: B Thorkild Thyrring: Lotus Esprit Sport 300: C Nigel Barrett Porsche 911 SC Porsche 911 Carrera RS: 1995 GT1 Thorkild Thyrring: De Tomaso Pantera: GT2 Chris Hodgetts: Marcos LM600: 1996 GT1 Ian Flux Jake Ulrich McLaren F1 GTR: GT2 David Warnock Robert Schirle Marcos LM600: GT3 Ken ...