New Lotus

[Furball]

Rule 17?  MP3 - i did add commentary to the thread and it wasnt just a cut and paste.  You poopyhead.

You wanna see smurfy, go look at the other styling concepts for the Eagle.
Not the point. 280hp is anemic for a 3.5, although I'm sure it has loads of torque. Sure, you could stuff a larger engine in there, say 320hp from a 4.2, but that's still anemic for a motor of that size. The 1.8 in the Elise makes 189hp at a scorching 7800rpm. I'd expect a similar high-revving screamer in the Eagle, unless the Eagle is actually intended as a boulevard cruiser for the polyester "Sansabelt" folks on the County Club golf course. If it is, then Lotus has really lost it's way.

Sorry - i meant to say, that may be 280 hp per tonne?

I had the 189 HP 1.8 in my old Corolla T-Sport. Interesting engine, but the 6000 to 8000 rpm power band was a little tiring and actually quite difficult to stay in in real world driving.

The Lotus Exige uses twin flywheels (i am no expert on engines, so that may be wrong) which means that on race mode it always stays at high RPM where the power is - it always defaults to 4,000 rpm or so.  I guess the Eagle may do the same.

[68Wooley]

Nope - the Toyota 3.5 V6 makes around 270 HP in the various Camry / RAV4 / Highlander installations. I'm guessing a little adjustment by Lotus will easily add 10hp or so.

The latest Exige and Elise model use the Supercharged version on the 1.8 Toyota engine and that'll certainly help low down torque, but the power band is actually defined by the point in the rev range where engine switches it cam lift profile - 6200 rpm.

In the Corolla, at 4000 rpm a granny in a power-chair could out accelerate you. At 6200 rpm, the warp engines cut in and it was hold on for dear life time. It was bit like having chronic turbo lag.