Lotus Esprit versus Ford Mustang 5.0L w/bolt ons

[jeepmanification]

that does look like a 4 cyl. lotus. a 4 cyl. lotus can do about 170 mph.  Look at "lotus fast and furious" on youtube

[dan87951]

Cool video. Love how the old school 4 cylinder turbo kicks the stangs butt. Actually they are both nice cars but I prefer the Esprit.

[Boston1775]

That doesnt even look like the Twin turbo lotus.. and the mustangs an automatic? Thats just sad.

[rarelibra]

dude mustangs suck. And you tried rolling at 50mph against a turbocharged v8 lotus? What were you thinking? Mid-range those cars have monster torque. My 320hp Saab can eat a mustang in mid-range easy. Hope you bolt-ons didn't cost too much - you could have bought a used lotus twin turbo. haha

[Mazda121GT]

Is it that difficult to click the 2:10 hyperlink?

[Mazda121GT]

@gtbol135qw He's a friend. How else would I know what's all done to the car? lol

[vfIskullangel]

5.slow.

[94STANG562]

are they really 2.2 turbo?

i thought they had a turbo v8

[ckeith1987]

@94STANG562 you can get them 2.0 naturaly asperated 2.2 naturlly asperated 2.2 turbo and 3.5 twin turbo

[rarelibra]

@94STANG562 The earliest Lotus was a small engine that had the most HP per liter around. The only issue with the lotus is it is a british car and it is sensitive to launch. You have to be gentle on the launch.

[94STANG562]

nice run bro

[78SilverBronco]

How do you like the transgo shift kit?

[Mazda121GT]

Yeah I must be since I just wanted to upload it for a couple friends. It's off my phone I the only freeware I could find would put a logo right in the middle of it, ass.

[AirForcedude5]

@Mazda121GT what about windows movie maker? lol

[Mazda121GT]

@AirForcedude5 The problem was the format of the video. It's from a cell phone. WMM doesn't support the format and freeware wrecks the quality or stamps the video.

[madmaxx426]

That UN-1 gearbox isn't going to last long if they keep driving it like that. I sheered my input shaft on my 89 w/ relatively light mods. DB didn't make the upgraded input shaft any longer, so I ended up replacing it w/ an original that was cryotreated. No issues after that....then again, I didn't do much in the way of standing start abuses.

[Mazda121GT]

Yep, he's well aware of the Renault fun box. I think he is considering a sequential trans for it.

[TwoLotus2]

Ok, that makes more sense.

My own 89 4 cyl Esprit has a hybrid T4 BB turbo, double sized chargecooler, a Sport 300 cyl head and a SS 4 into 1 exhaust. I "GUESS-TIMATE" it to make, maybe, 370 HP. It will CERTAINLY outrun my stock 2003 Esprit V8.

Sorry if I offended you.

[TwoLotus2]

The Lotus 4 cyl is 2.2L It has 265 HP. They also have a lot of midrange torque, once the turbo spools up.

[Mazda121GT]

Not only that it's running a larger ball bearing turbo, full exhaust, and tune.

[Mazda121GT]

Not mine, but yes. What's funny about that?

[zzzzzsleeping]

The Lotus is 4 cylinders & he owned your Mustang V8?

[vfIskullangel]

Thats not a honda civic 4 banger. Thats one 4 banger you don't wanna play with.

[tpaladino]

Dude, learn something about how cars work.