Worlds fastest Lotus?
 

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Heck of away to have to Suffer !
Thanx for the thread !

Too bad that's there is no way in hell that he can run it legally in CA. One CHP that knows WTF will have that puppy impounded in a second. Running it up on Angeles Crest Hwy was a real risk.

He does run it. Seen him on Mulholland for the past couple years. Runs race gas from the smell of it.

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Townsend Bell likes it: CAR FEATURE>> CANYON CARVING KING - Speedhunters

Remember that dickhead Doctor in Japan, youtube and the Ferrari?

Waddya bet this guy gets popped. Not sayin' I wouldn't love to tool around in that....he's just cruisin' for a bruisin' having that filmed and documented on the net.

And the guy that 'smogged it'......jail.....

From what the Rock Store Photos guy says, even a high-res picture of a car in the wrong lane and with a clear shot of the license plate is not enough if the cop did not witness it. So They would have to proove the speed and who was driving and that it was not a closed course, etc.

I think this car was featured in European Car Magazine a while back...totally mental machine!

Now the owner's comment that no bike can accelerate out of a corner harder than the car is a stretch. Plenty of bikes that will have a better power to weight ratio than this car...Desmosedici anyone?

Yeah, but desmosedici tires are apparently an odd size and the other sizes have better compounds available. And the bike has a short wheelbase so it will wheelie. There is more to acceleration than power to weight ratio.

This guy has a Desmosedici- two actually. But this bike is much faster.

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Desmo Dave's 1098R Superbike by Max_911S_fahrer, on Flickr

My first thought was how does he smog that beast? I sure wouldn't have filmed it with CA issued plates on it. There are several counties and zip codes in CA that don't require bi annual SMOG checks. I need to establish a PO box there for my cars.

excuse me, I need a moment... :D

i've seen it around town here. it is absolutely awesome.

So this guy runs Mulholland alot. Seen him up there a few times. I have no clue how he keeps the car from getting impounded.

As for smog goes- it's incredibly easy to get the 2ZZ to pass a sniffer test even with a supercharger/turbo (although both... there gotta be some work there with that) as long a a working cat is installed and the tune is meant for it.

It's pretty easy to slip a modified Lotus thru smog here- you cannot see the exhaust system from under the car because the entire underside is closed out with a diffuser.. and looking under the hood isn't something a lot of shops even do.

I wonder why they don't take it to the track. Put it on Laguna Seca and give us a true measure of just how fast it is.

Apples to Apples on a track. Can it really beat a motorcycle?

No doubt it is crazy fast, but show me the timing slips.

I think the point is being missed here,
Hats off to the Dude!
job well done !
Helll,, if it is 1/2 as good as stated it still is a box of happiness and adrenalin !

No doubt is is a cool toy. A fast cool toy.

I wonder how much he spent to get the car to that point.

I do wonder too!
It would be nice to see a sketch of actual stuff done and how it was done.
Cost and so on

In 2007, he took it to Willow Springs and it ran 1:27 on street tires. that was the fastest lotus at the track...by 3 seconds. the car, at that time had around 320hp. the car has almost doubled in HP.

The track record at Willow is 1:19 on a motorcycle. With double the hp in the car, do you think he could shave 9 seconds off his time?

What kind of bike? With all that downforce, hp, and some racy rubber I think that the Lotus could turn a time like that. At least with a good driver.

Possible...fastest Nurburgring lap is a Radical sr8 at something like 6:48; motpcycle is something like 7:17 Some jap bike...soozook IIRC

Maybe so. I can believe it is really fast. Fast is not a measurement, it is a relative term. How fast would it be? If I had a car that could break a track record I would want to make the run, or have a pro drive it.

He also said faster out of a (canyon) turn than a (street) bike, so a bike would either wheelie or high-side while the car can put the power down while turning more.

Cars always beat bikes, you don't need that crazy Lotus for it.

Nice engine he has built there. It must have its lifetime measured in hours instead of miles. I ran with some guys like that at the Porsche club. 40 hour engines ... and those were about 1.8hp/cc, this one is about 4hp/cc.

George

Cars mostly beat bikes. What a lot of people fail to appreciate is that the bike's tire contact-patch is about the size of a credit card!

A pretty remarkable build with some crazy performance. :eek:




back to bike V car this is one of my favorite clips

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It takes a lot of $ for 4 wheels to out perform $20k of bike.

crashed.... comment by driver on youtube: I was rear ended by some ****in **** in a Porsche while on the fwy. He hit my left rear and spun me, I ended up in the right side wall.... I can't wait to see this ****in **** in jail for a hit and run...****in **** Porsche owners...No one in front of me or in ether laneon my side and this **** hits me up the ass...what does that tell ya about Porsche owners...always lookin for a cute ass even if it's an old dude...happened on the 101.. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1334714160.jpg

Something tells me that there was more to this story.

Not the first time it's met a guardrail. I've got photos somewhere... too lazy to look

Based on his comments on his YT page, he seems like a really nice guy! What a tool.

11-99 foundation member....K, I know cops and I'm exempt from being pulled over....wanker...

those license plate frames are a good way to GET pulled over. they started making replica ones and selling them on craigslist and ebay. 11-99 foundation doesnt even have those frames anymore. ...and yeah, frank is looking like a complete tool on his youtube channel. given his track record of the videos he uploads, im sure there is more to the story.

btw....im going tomorrow to check out an Exige S. ha.

While I was on Mulholland and the 101 this weekend, it was not me- I swear! :)

Usually "a deer stepped out" in front of people. Here it has to be a mystery hit and run Porsche?

I don't think it is a good idea to drive a monster car like that on the road at speed. He should take that to the track. If he gets into any serious trouble on the road, I am sure nobody will believe him, even if it isn't his fault (see above)!

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That Frank guy sounds like a real tool.
I enjoyed reading the F-chat thread where people started tearing into him.

Want to give us the reader's digest version of that without all the name calling? :)

The facts according to Ronin:

“I was getting onto the fwy at Woodman and noticed a Porsche in my rear view as I was going up the on ramp, 5 sec. later while I was getting into the number two lane on my way out to Mulholland I get slammed in the left rear and spun around, the next think I know I'm ass end in the K rail on the right side of the road…. It seems that the ****in Porsche rammed into me and then drove off….
I was lucky that there was no other traffic nearby and I had a good samaritan stop her car behind me to block traffic from running into me while I was ass end into the K rail …She may have just saved my life…She called 911 and stayed till the Paramedics got to me…..
It's funny how some people just suck and some are a joy…

No speeding no cold tires just a dickhead in a Porsche that didn't know how to drive on a four lane open road with zero traffic... it was a hit and run..”

An analysis by an Fchatter:

“ … it sounds like some spirited driving ensued and the Lotus guy cut off the other driver as he came up behind? The P guy probably didn't back off as he thought that Lotus would back down on his lane change/block. The fact that he knows who the guy is suggests that some egos got involved just prior to contact. Both these guys need to grow up.”

The thread has some posts putting into issue Ronin’s behavior on public roads as demonstrated in his videos. There are also some insinuations on his choice of tires for the street.

Ronin has an i.d. on the other fellow involved in the incident. I'd rather not say but he mentions a first name and a last name initial in that thread.

Thanks. I get the feeling this was a late model Porsche like a 997 Turbo.

Don't you guys think he just wrecked his car alone and makes up a second car not to look like an idiot?

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Edit: I went to the Lotus board - he has pictures posted that clearly show tire rub marks on his car. He names the opponent. That Lotus board is terrible! I am really glad we have a civilized board over here! I never understood the need to curse in writing?

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