GT3 RS vs Lotus Esprit at Mfest
#31
04-17-2009, 01:09 AM
Ped, Im sure someone will step up to the plate for a good run. Where are you at, I may be up for it myself, but my car is all Dinan. Regardless, the Espirit is impressive!!
#32
04-17-2009, 07:10 AM
Hey Ped, I love you too ... Sir I was responding to the claims. Take it as you will.
I'll run you with my little "no nothing" POS M5 after it comes out of surgery.
My rule: Racing is racing and no excuses win or lose. When claims are made you must take all comers.
Just another little M5 here in So. Florida:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIGej-dAolA[/media]
Good luck against those M5/M6's.
Ranger (owner of a slow pathetic M5)
#36
04-17-2009, 09:34 AM
I own an M5 too, granted it's an E39 not an E60 I'm a fan of both. I'm in southern California, Orange County to be precise. I welcome any and all challenges as long as we are doing it for fun. I'm not sure if I'd say they are avoiding me but they certainly don't seem eager to do it again. From what I see on the forums their debates with forum members get heated and they take losing personal so I doubt they'd risk it to begin with. Also don't have a boost gauge so it's anyones guess how much boost I'm pushing out.
#37
04-17-2009, 09:40 AM
See this thread:
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ion-tests.html
Just post the Racelogic results. Too often people are not in the right gear, miss a shift, don't go to redline, etc. If your Lotus is as fast as a GT3 RS, than that's very impressive. I don't believe the stock Lotus is nearly that fast, but maybe I'm wrong. I haven't followed the specs on the newer Lotus cars.
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ion-tests.html
Just post the Racelogic results. Too often people are not in the right gear, miss a shift, don't go to redline, etc. If your Lotus is as fast as a GT3 RS, than that's very impressive. I don't believe the stock Lotus is nearly that fast, but maybe I'm wrong. I haven't followed the specs on the newer Lotus cars.
#38
04-17-2009, 09:44 AM
Ped - have you dyno'd? I read in the youtube comments that you think you have about 400rwhp. Was that just a guess or..? Well to be precise you were responding to a stage 3 M3 that has 800rwhp, to which you said you have half that.
Pretty decent power to weight.
I'm just curious.
Fun stuff, nice vids.
Pretty decent power to weight.
I'm just curious.
Fun stuff, nice vids.
#40
04-17-2009, 10:59 AM
dynoed 390whp with a loose throttle cable. When I bought the car I was getting ~ 70% throttle if that, I tightened it up but didn't permanently fix it till after I dynoed. Still might be loose now that I think of it, I'll check this weekend. Car weighs a little over 2800lbs @ 400whp it feels like there's a lot more power than there is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jr8EyQyaF4
a race against my friends cobra. He had 440whp 460tq on a conservative tune. I shifted slow on purpose to avoid damaging the infamously weak tranny. You can see the huge lag in my shifting but the car managed to pick back up each time. There's maybe 4 of those vids on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jr8EyQyaF4
a race against my friends cobra. He had 440whp 460tq on a conservative tune. I shifted slow on purpose to avoid damaging the infamously weak tranny. You can see the huge lag in my shifting but the car managed to pick back up each time. There's maybe 4 of those vids on youtube.
#41
04-17-2009, 11:19 AM
Rs
Well i have had a Lotus(about 2 years ago) and i have a GT3RS now. I can tell you the Lotus looks great, and is semi fast. However, i sold the car in 6 months. No soul to that car at all! It sounded like a Honda. The build qaulity was like a Camaro, in fact it does have a Camaro steering wheel. Is it faster than the GT3RS/ I have no idea, but i can say driving the two is like night and day. Everytime i take the Porsche out for a drive in the hills it have that smile on my face for the rest of the day. Never had that smile with the Lotus..was always waiting for something to break. So, in the end if the Lotus was faster, no big deal for me the Porsche was by far the more engaging car by far.
#42
04-17-2009, 11:24 AM
Well i have had a Lotus(about 2 years ago) and i have a GT3RS now. I can tell you the Lotus looks great, and is semi fast. However, i sold the car in 6 months. No soul to that car at all! It sounded like a Honda. The build qaulity was like a Camaro, in fact it does have a Camaro steering wheel. Is it faster than the GT3RS/ I have no idea, but i can say driving the two is like night and day. Everytime i take the Porsche out for a drive in the hills it have that smile on my face for the rest of the day. Never had that smile with the Lotus..was always waiting for something to break. So, in the end if the Lotus was faster, no big deal for me the Porsche was by far the more engaging car by far.
"A lotus" which one? an elan? esprit? elise? exige? also what year?
#44
04-17-2009, 11:46 AM
The Lotus is not "as fast" as the GT3RS rather as per the video it dominated the GT3RS.
Now against the E60 M5 is my point of contention. The RPI ///M's are strong and I can't see it. It doesn't matter, no more to say.
One more thing, member unique you made a very tall claim earlier of beating every M5 and M6 at the event with the GT3RS. You need to show videos of all these kills.
Ranger
Now against the E60 M5 is my point of contention. The RPI ///M's are strong and I can't see it. It doesn't matter, no more to say.
One more thing, member unique you made a very tall claim earlier of beating every M5 and M6 at the event with the GT3RS. You need to show videos of all these kills.
Ranger
#45
04-17-2009, 11:49 AM
dynoed 390whp with a loose throttle cable. When I bought the car I was getting ~ 70% throttle if that, I tightened it up but didn't permanently fix it till after I dynoed. Still might be loose now that I think of it, I'll check this weekend. Car weighs a little over 2800lbs @ 400whp it feels like there's a lot more power than there is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jr8EyQyaF4
a race against my friends cobra. He had 440whp 460tq on a conservative tune. I shifted slow on purpose to avoid damaging the infamously weak tranny. You can see the huge lag in my shifting but the car managed to pick back up each time. There's maybe 4 of those vids on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jr8EyQyaF4
a race against my friends cobra. He had 440whp 460tq on a conservative tune. I shifted slow on purpose to avoid damaging the infamously weak tranny. You can see the huge lag in my shifting but the car managed to pick back up each time. There's maybe 4 of those vids on youtube.
gotta love a twin turbo V8.