Lotus aparently used and tweaked the "optional at the time" IRS system used in the upper spec commodore/calais hence handling better than the live axle equivalent.
I suspect she isnt pushing it to the max because: a) It belongs to Lotus and is their "Demo" car...... I'm sure it is a pristine example. b) Its wet..... 377 hp RWD in a heavy car with no TC and No LSD.... c) there's not exactlly zillions of Lotus Carlton's around. If she came off the track and binned it big-time, then there would be a problem methinks.....
i may not know that much about engines, but i do know that if you give an engine to lotus to tune it, lotus will make it so that there are more than enough reserves in the engine. Engine size may not determine how much power it is capable of producing, but you must agree that an rahter large engine with 2 turbos is a good starting point for further tuning???
Who, of us two, is a powertrain engineer? The old F1 turbo cars were 1500cc and they were putting out close to 1000bhp, while the 6748cc Rolls-Royce engine was only 125bhp. The more power an engine produces, the higher stress the engine's components are subjected to. Engines are built to a certain power output. Even at 377bhp, many owners were getting engine block failure. i.e. too much stress.
Chevrolet ômega a paixão do Brasil!!!! Que pista filé,até o céu nublado deu uma tenção ao video,kkkk vendo uma mulher e loira no comando e o volante do lado direito,isso é muito tenso!!!
Faster does not = better, or even more fun. There are few places on the road where you can enjoy the performance of a car like that, and bearing in mind that was a wet lap, with no traction control.......!!!
Yes, I do. More to the point, I understand what I type. Without knowing anything aout the engine, other than it being a 3600cc turbo, you think it's good for 500bhp. What about the crank web thicknesses? Bearing stiffness? Oil lubrication system? Thermal LCF of the head & exhaust? Conrod buckling load? Piston pin strength? Piston fatigue capability? There are 100s more issues and EACH one has to be tested & analysed. You can't just turn the wick up & go.
What do you know about engine design? The engine size doesn't determine how much power it is capable of producing. That's a funciton of (in the case of uprating the engine as-is) The conrod's buckling load & tensile strength, the capability of the valaves with respect to speed fo valve bounce and temperature capability. The block, as I mentioend, will be subjected to higher loads through the main-end bearings. The crank will be subjected to higher torsion loads and web fillet stresses...
a 3.6 6 inline with twin turbo???? borderline for 377? man, just caugh at it and it has 450 bhp without any trouble. Even the gearbox can handle that much power (it is a corvette gearbox)
lol so you must feel the need to point out that because you're a powertrain engineer, we all must be wrong? even us who actually own a mechanic shop, build and race both drag and autocross cars? riiiiight.
It's a stock car, not like z20let gsi astra...and with tuning can omega lotus easy go up to 500 hp, and than shit your favorite astra gsi with turbo and corsa vxr!!!!!! think about it dude!!!!!!!
well, it's an old car!! Do you know that Opel Astra OPC is faster then Ferrari 308 GTB. On strait street, and on race track!! Old sports car today aren't sport cars!!
