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Need For Speed

Can anyone answer the following question?

 

Is a standard Jap speck 300ZX twin turbo, faster than, a standard Lotus Carlton.

 

 

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Me too! But Mr. Duffy may have something to contribute on that scorio. Seeing as he had one before the Z I think.

 

Timmy Turbo calling Mike Duffy...come in please, your time is up!!! biggrin.gif

 

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Hey Tim you are forgeting the Gingerbread man he stacked his big style biggrin.gif Thats two that have had the mighty Lotus Carlton,and replaced it with a Z??????

 

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ive been in three lotus carltons and each time was for a very high speed reason and every time this car saved me from spending some time at her majestys trust me the carlton spanks a z

Yeah I've had them both. The Lotus is ridiculously quick, quicker than the 380bhp would suggest. Wasn't quick enough though so I had it raised to 530bhp. Was absolutely mental. Made some great sounds as well!

When my car is back on the road I am going to find out, as someone I know has just got one. My car is running at about 350-400 bhp (when it works). And this person wants to race me if I have not got a chance in hell I won’t bother. Is it possible for me to kill it because I have a reputation to uphold?

Lotus Carlton 3.6 Twin Turbo and about 400bhp standard

Mr Duffy

So how would the modded Carlton stand up against a modded Zed like the one that was in CCC magazine a couple of months ago which had 550 bhp?

Lotus Carlton modded up and against SteveE's car??? Hmmm, interesting! Did Mr. E goto Trax then?

 

You should be asking the TRAX boys as they were terrorised by a Lotus Carlton with a nutter driving it aswell! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

 

Even the Soup brigade got spanked by the Carlton by all accounts!!!

 

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I have just decided that i will not bother and just keep saying my car it not running properly(which is not far from the truth).

 

And when my car has been put on the rolling-road at interpro, I will then now exactly what bhp my car is pumping out. I think it’s more than 400 but this is the only way to know for sure. I had a little race with an M reg. escort cosworth, and made it look like a 1.8I escort. If it is over 400 i will let you all know what happens with the lotus.

 

 

 

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Richie, get the NOS system for the 300, gives ya an extra 100 bhp shot on the button, that will blow the Carlton away! lol

The Z will win every time 'coz the Lotus will be in the garage being fixed! In my experience anyway.

 

I owned both cars at the same time and the Z was always my favourite. That's why I kept it and binned the Lotus. The Lotus was great in a straight line but very dull on the twisty stuff.

 

I would seriously think twice before trying to race one though. You really don't have a chance in a straight line. My Z's about 400bhp ish. Still feels like noddy acceleration compared to the Lotus.

Richie

 

Have you not been in your friend's Lotus yet? I would seriously recommend it. You won't want to race it afterwards.

Don't want to, I am a very bad passenger when it comes to going fast. I like to be incontrol.

 

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Richie,

What have you done to your car to make you think it turns out 400bhp ? Just curious.

 

 

Originally posted by AndyP:

Richie,

What have you done to your car to make you think it turns out 400bhp ? Just curious.

 

Aren't you supposed to be working Mr. P??? LMAO biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

 

That's what you just told me 20 mins ago anyway! ROFL biggrin.gif LOAFER!!! biggrin.gif

 

 

Mods

I did not do any of these mods the mad Jap kid that had it before me did.

 

Jap Chip

De-restricted

Performance Cams

Power boost value,

Lots of head work, ported polished etc..

Engine was completely re-built.

Turbos my not be standard but not 100% on that.

Basically feels very quick, and a lot faster than two standard zx’s I drove before I bought it.

 

 

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