A guy I met - that is/was the Lotus Cup Unlimited Champ in his Lotus 2 Eleven - has a garage there at SMMP - and also has a Radical... Sieg and I met up with him when we were there for OUSCI... I think he said he can pull 2.5 G's lateral in the Radical.

That's some serious Lateral G's... <get it? Pun intended>

This one to be exact! :thumbsup:

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And it would. It is very hard to compare times between cars/tracks/drivers and come out with meaningful numbers, but one source I did find is from Top Gears test track times:

Radical SR3 1:19.1
Lotus Elise 1:28.2

A 211 would be considerably faster than a Elise, but it is essentially comparing a race car with something derived from a street car.

I love that you have the 211, and look forward to some comparisons between it and the Mustang. I bet in the long run, the Lotus will be faster and CHEAPER to run than the Mustang.

The emperor has new clothes!!! Can't thank Brian Hobaugh enough for his EXCELLENT service ---- and even more so -- just for taking this job on!!!





All naked and drowned rat looking with all the body removed....



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And beautifully re-bodied, as if it never happened!







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Looks better than new.

Needs one of Mary's stickers on the back. :D

It NEEDS someone that knows how to drive!

Poor kid..........wish my Dad was still alive to abuse me in similar fashion. Didn't like it too much at the time but I sure miss it now. :thumbsup: :D

I'm tellin' ya --- Hobaugh is as good at fixing busted up junk as he is at driving high speed!!!



Getting the poor little Lotus all gussied up!!



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car looks awesome

I asked Brian to leave off the "2 Eleven" that goes on the sides so that I can put a big white Rondel with my permanent numbers in that space -- rather than have that over the "2 Eleven" decals...


Now HE (Brian) -- just needs to take it to the track and beat on it!!!!






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There is supposed to be a chrome "LOTUS" and a British flag decal on the rear --- but I asked Brian to leave those off --- and put a "STICK YOU BITCH" decal on instead....


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Car looks Great GW :thumbsup:

Brian get that buzzbox out on the track and give us a report!

I am hoping for a special delivery from Mary this week :D

Oh gawd Brian --- you know her --- she'll bring PINK!! LOL


You two need to come up with dates and a plan to have both of you drive the snot out of that little POS and see what it needs --- different tire compounds? Tire pressures?? More wing? Or maybe me just getting more skill..... I haven't wrecked it yet - but it was sure tail happy when I drove it.

Greg - You haven't driven it yet with the Hoosiers yet right?

Right! I haven't driven it at all since I made MANY changes to the car. Different alignment specs (race specs) - Tires - Bushings - Motor mounts - wing attitude...


I'm thinking that the R6 compound for this light of a car is wrong... and that I should be trying the A6 compound -- and the Yokohama A005 in their SOFT compound. I have three sets of wheels for this car --- so plan to run all three sets of tires to find the right ones.

R6 is harder of the two? Could they work for real hot afternoon track temp days where the softer A6 could get greasy?

Well -- that's the question. I'm new to all of this -- I don't have a years long background with this stuff like I do say - welding... or bending tubes. So I'm reading - talking - emailing - gathering opinions... Your point is a great one... one day and one temp with one set of tires could be completely different on another day... different track etc. I think maybe this is why real race teams have a cadre of people sorting all that stuff out. I don't know .00000000001% about any of it.

My thinking is to have Ron Sutton come for a weekend track session or more... and get me started about how to think - what to think about - how to start to get a data base etc. For instance -- Thunderhill is a high speed track -- Laguna is a more technical track as is Sonoma... so maybe the R6's would build heat at Thunderhill but maybe take too long to build heat at Sonoma... These are things I'm not familiar with.

I know about investing - someone else knows about racing.... I need Racing 102. I need to be taught some very very basic info so that I might be able to make half a decent choice of tire - pressures - etc. Since we're not racing - there's no money involved - no trophies to polish.... I just want to have a car handle "better" which makes it more fun to drive... I'm not looking to shave 2 seconds off my track time.

I know when a car handles like poo --- how to correct it is what I don't know.

Looks Gorgous!!!

Let me know when you will be doing a track day in the area, I would like to see this baby in action.

Looks sticky..

Mike -- Next up is NorCal Shelby Spring Fling or whatever they call it... At Thunderhill.

May 3 and 4th. I'll bring both cars.

You know Stuart --- I wish it was...


Set up correctly they are just faster than heck... and in the hands of a capable driver.... I'm not. So all I'm trying to do is to get it "better" than it was. It was horrible.... so won't take much to improve.

Slicks --- right air pressure.... the alignment changes... will hopefully really help.

Be careful.

She looks great

Someone very special brought a big helping hand via a special YELLOW (to match the car) sticker that has been thoughtfully adhered to the rear of the little Lotus.... I'm positive it will help!!


Anyone care to guess?

Mary P's famous sticker?

Even at 4000 rpms at 50 mph --- Dave's brain is working it's magic!!! WINNER!!!










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The new corporate logo on the back --- and the new 5 element carbon fiber diffuser should be all she needs to be a track eating monster.....


Oh --- maybe some talent would help too... but that's unlikely to happen.










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When his blood alcohol level gets above .20 his talent/whit meter is bouncing off the rev limiter. :lol:

Thanks. I think. :computer:

I know it matches the angle of that curved panel, but it'd drive me nuts to not have it level (horizontal). :D

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Just jealous that you obviously had more fun than I did last night.......or week for that matter. :thumbsup:

The POS has landed

What an ugly little thing.

Love ya buddy!!



I hated to ask because I know that's a nasty drive down and back -- but you know I appreciate it.

Charley says it best....



You guys suck.

That's not a very nice thing to say about your friend :snapout:

YOU SAY YOU'RE SORRY! :guns:

It's in a museum now?

Pretty Much :stirthepot: