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PostPost by: hatman » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:54 am

I see from a piece in last weekend's Telegraph Motoring section that, starting in 2013, F1 engines will be 1600cc four cylinder designs. Now why does that configuration ring a bell? Maybe it's all part of Lotus' plans for world (of F1) domination; in addition to gradually having all F1 teams include Lotus as part of their title, they've also contrived to make the twin-cam the engine of choice for all teams - provided that is that they've found a way of increasing its power output by a factor of six. 8)
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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:57 am

I've wondered about this new engine capacity limit & what the makers will be able to screw out of 1600cc.
Back in the 80's the turbo engines were limited to 1500cc but competitors at the time found massive amounts of power.
Those must have been the fastest F1 days ever, using side skirts & masses of downforce!
e.g. BMW got 1100 BHP, well at least for qualifying.
If no form of turbo/supercharging is permitted then I can envisage F1 losing it's "premier formula" title & public interest pretty quickly.

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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:32 pm

F1??? :wink:
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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:33 pm

elansprint71 wrote:F1??? :wink:



Yup! off topic forum - free parking :wink:
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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:04 pm

If only they could achieve a decent tickover on one of those I might consider dropping one in my Plus2...

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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:04 pm

No.... I did not know what F1 was. Now I have remembered- it's that procession of seven "cars" which replaced Grand Prix races after they started putting advertising stickers all over the place. :wink:
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PostPost by: paddy » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:57 pm

elansprint71 wrote:... after they started putting advertising stickers all over the place.


And whose fault was that?

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PostPost by: types26/36 » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:32 am

Pete, your avatar is obviously some new Lotus model that you have knowledge of, any idea of its performance,price, when it will be put into production and its Lotus designated Type number? have you tested it? :lol: ....or is it just a prototype or styling exercise?
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PostPost by: paddy » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:40 am

It's the Lotus Enema.

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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:53 am

types26/36 wrote:Pete, your avatar is obviously some new Lotus model that you have knowledge of, any idea of its performance,price, when it will be put into production and its Lotus designated Type number? have you tested it? :lol: ....or is it just a prototype or styling exercise?



Sheer sacrilege!
Ban that man with the Avatar! he pi55e5 me off anyway :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:59 pm

See- already you folks are out of date! Now moved on to seven gears and launched the Lotus Elsan Sprint with Big (flush) Valves.

All credit to ArDeeSelby Enterprises, aka Avatars R Us.

(Second) coming soon- the Lotus Eglise. The Espran is already with us... what next? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:01 pm

paddy wrote:It's the Lotus Enema.

Paddy


Which was followed by the Lotus Excrete. That model turned out to be a load of crap.
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:18 pm

When they bring out all those expensive new models that no-one is going to buy and they lose their customer base - let's hope it is not a Lotus Exume!
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:17 pm

elanfan1 wrote:When they bring out all those expensive new models that no-one is going to buy and they lose their customer base - let's hope it is not a Lotus Exume!


Or the Lotus Exit. Exxeeet?
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Tue May 24, 2011 10:11 am

elansprint71 wrote:
paddy wrote:It's the Lotus Enema.

Paddy


Which was followed by the Lotus Excrete. That model turned out to be a load of crap.


Here is a spy shot of the new Lotus Excrete, orders are now being taken, along with a hefty deposit. :twisted:

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