"Eazy-O" (Eazy-O)
10/04/2013 at 07:08 • Filed to: None
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"Eazy-O" (Eazy-O)
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Ultimate heresy or a sound choice? :) I like it. Got any interesting reviews/road tests? Post 'em up. Some more pics after the jump.
Sparf
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 07:27 |
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Did it come with an LSD? If so it's a sound choice.
Sn210
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 07:29 |
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I've always liked these cars. I'm not sure why; there's probably something wrong with me...
burglar can't heart click anything
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 07:32 |
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I'd love to drive one to find out, but they sure are pretty. Here's one at a local autocross.
Honuracer
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 07:43 |
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My fwd roadster was faster than the Élan. It was a Mercury Capri XR2. And I could take 2 friends with me. (Ok, one of those friends was my dog.)
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Eazy-O
> Sparf
10/04/2013 at 07:51 |
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Not 100% sure, but I believe there was no stock LSD. However, Quaife units can be picked up for a decent amount of money. Then again, the engine only puts out 162hp, so it can't be that bad...
davedave1111
> Sn210
10/04/2013 at 08:04 |
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Shame it had to get stretched for widescreen because they originally designed it in 4:3. It was supposed to look like this, before the world changed to 16:9.
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Eazy-O
> Sn210
10/04/2013 at 08:05 |
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Yeah, I've liked them since early elementary school, when we used to play Lotus III:
Then one day, a youngish local celebrity started driving one on the streets of my sleepy post-socialist town. Looked awesome as heck. Dude also had a Matra Murena and a Corvette, these days he's rocking an Elise, I hear.
His Murena 'bout to get towed.
But anyway, I hear the Elan had its share of derision on account of the square stance... And let's not get into soft-top leaks and the like... :D
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Eazy-O
> davedave1111
10/04/2013 at 08:06 |
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You cheeky git. :D I like the low-wide stance of it all. *shrug*
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davedave1111
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 08:08 |
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Oh, I like it as well. Kind of like the squished one too, though. I just wanted to see what it looked like :)
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Eazy-O
> burglar can't heart click anything
10/04/2013 at 08:08 |
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Does the driver post good times or is the Lotus badge a lie? I must know. :)
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Eazy-O
> Honuracer
10/04/2013 at 08:18 |
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Well, I'm not the one to go to war on facts, but I'm having trouble swallowing this...
In the blue corner, weighing in at 2498 lb / 1133 kg, with a 1.6L 132HP turboed engine, the Capri XR2 Convertible.
In the red corner, at just 2249 lb / 1020.13 kg and pushing 162hp from the engine of more or less the same size and aspiration, the Lotus Elan M100.
Both have 5 gears, and the Elan is shorter, handling is said to be very good. How can it be?! :D
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Sparf
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 08:45 |
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I keep hearing about Quaife differential kits, do they have those for all cars and drivetrain variations? It would be awesome if they make a rear-biased center LSD kit that fits my ST165.
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Honuracer
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 10:19 |
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Perhaps it was the federalized version of the Elan? Perhaps the gearing in the Merc was shorter? I don't know. I read it somewhere,and that's all I needed to just run with it. Mine was the '94 version which was improved over the first batch of Capris.
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Eazy-O
> Sparf
10/04/2013 at 10:25 |
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I couldn't find one with a quick search, but here's a thread about LSDs in Celicas on Alltrac.net: http://www.alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtop…
Then there's Cusco models here:
http://www.race.fi/en/product/305…
And here, which is cheaper, but half a world away:
http://www.fortyone.co.nz/parts/view/273…
I recommend you look around a bit, read some reviews and what not. I seem to remember Cusco being a good brand?
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burglar can't heart click anything
> Eazy-O
10/04/2013 at 10:29 |
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Decent, but not extraordinary? It's not fair though, as it's more of a driver test than car test.