Lotus Elise - Exige Full Carbon Fibre Body

Lotus Elise - Exige Full Carbon Fibre Body

The car could not be tied down tight enough to get proper traction as it sits very very low.
The body was getting slammed into the dyno and probably getting damaged.
Watch the rear wheels kick up onto the front roller!

From:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrTutP3P2s
Lotus Elise S1 Modified with full carbon fibre series 1 Exige bodyshell with highly tuned and turboed Audi S3 engine transplant. 550hp, 750kg total weight.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lotus
• Elise
• Exige
• Full
• Carbon
• Fibre
• Body
• Bodyshell
• Dyno
• Modified
• Audi
• S3
• Turbo

[Gigitt]

This car IS strapped down!!!

This car was soooo low the rear straps could not exit the rear of the car unless we ripped off the rear bumper and so it was tied down vertically by using a tie bar bolted down between the rear rollers and the strap then looped under the bar and out the back over the rear bar you can see and then tensioned. Front wheels are also tied off in a similar way down therough the floor of the dyno.

[javy0820]

those straps arnt moving. what the hell was it tied to?

[svronin]

So show us the dyno screen....

[hellopeople418]

@wikedkewl thats not too bad

[wikedkewl]

@hellopeople418 80kg

[hellopeople418]

so how many pounds are saved from this

[DJTightSHYTZ]

@Solace2 i mean if it had a better paint but its carbon

[Solace2]

@DJTightSHYTZ Its actually a fucking gorgeous car, you just have shit taste.

[DJTightSHYTZ]

It maybe lighter but its ugly

[donniemrmito]

is it worth the cost?

[charade993]

There's no way that thing is tied down, theres next to nothing to clip them to on the back of an elise, hence the chocks on the front wheels. The readout wont mean sh1t anyway because he uses the brakes on the rundown which makes the drivetrain losses seem greater. it'll be giving an artificially high power readout.

[BFLY3]

straps that you see arent directly attached to the car, there attached to smaller straps that are under the bumper