Lotus Carlton
 

Anyone raced one? (on a private Airfield.....ahem)

yes,last year in a volvo440 se. i left him for dead. the volvo was not a 1.6 but a 1.8 so very powerful. the volvo also pulled a significant lead on a type 25 impreza on difficult road in the wet over the yorkshire dales.

:cuckoo: :p

yep it left my satsuma castanet 6.0 fanny magnet for dead

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Have I inadvertantly logged in to CorseNet?

I'm the only satsuma castanet owner in the village.

just to prove i have the only satsuma in the village
it's the one infront of the green shed
http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8348

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Wow! A Mexican imported type R satsuma. I'm impressed! :notworthy

Have never raced one, i'd look very silly!!!

A friend of mine has one and had a play with a Lambo Diablo, and from 50mph to 150mph there was nothing in it!

Very quick car

No

aahhh yeah but not only is it the mexican type r but it is also the only satsuma hand built but mustafa hoola hoop himself (signed centre console to prove it) http://photobucket.com/albums/v26/Fa...oby/McCrae.jpg

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Yeah I woz 'avin a race wiv one, totally canned it man - but den I av got a k&n filter on me scoob givin' an xtra 80bhp and lexus lights 'n' max power sticker givin anova 25bhp ;)

I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts.

lol wtf is goin here lol

seriously though they are pretty rapid for there age, surpassed sadly now and no longer can it claim fastest production saloon anymore but still one of my all time favourite cars

http://www.lotus-carlton.co.uk/ this will tell you everything you need to know or want to know.

for what it worth i reckon you'd need around 350bhp to 'have one' that said the lotus will probably come past at some point, depends really, remember they are heavy, most owners now won't be thrashing theres though

It is an 11 second car to 100mph. Still not a lot of cars that can do that.
Having said that, there was one on track at the RSOC Castle Combe day a few years back and it looked the big heavy car that it is. I suspect an Evo or Sti would be a lot more nimble. There more of a fast A-road,dual-carriageway/motorway car in my opinion

yeah there never be a track demon, remember its 1800kg,

the fact it shoots to 100mph in a proven 10.5 secs is nothing short of sensational, and it really will do 170mph the claims of speeds above that are well untrue, that said i know someone on the autobahnstormer club has had a gps 177mph out of a stock car.

i seen 3 lotus carltons on chat before and everytime it had the same look, the look it was ****ing shifting, that look you mainly see t5 police cars doin lol

Yep on my 550 motorbike!!! donkeys years ago from the lights, beat it only up ti about 40-50mph then it came past me like i was stood still, it was fcuking rapid

my dad has one, i hav a P1 to be fair in a striaght line it would dust it, but on the twisties. P1 would pull through for sure!!

Years ago I had a *very* fast Opel Manta (cira 300bhp cossie powered) and raced one (private road) upto about 140 - 145mph and he just sat on my tail then pulled out and went past like I was doing 40mph!!! He gave me the thumbs up though - think he was suprised that a Manta could do that speed.

Graham

LOL A mate of mine went out in his mate's LC and a similar thing happend only no standing start (ie DC) and they left a very big bike far behind. The biker fagged them over at the next roundabout (shaking his head) for a chat..!

Still fast even by today's standard.

good to see they really are as fast as they are in my head lol.

i always remember my mate driving his mr2 around ok it was only the 177bhp NA version but it was his first real proper quick car, and on day one came up against one on a back from in datchet, lol he must of missed gear at some point cos there was a huge black cloud out of his exhaust but my god did it pull away lol,

The really sad thing is m8, u actualy believe what u are saying is true but are trying to hide that fact by making out its a joke. It was a simple question totaly out of interest to know just how fast they are. As usual on SN, there are turds like you just fcuking around cause aint got a clue.:razz:

Its funny nowadays that 375 bhp doesnt sound like much, I know its still a lot of horsepower but with the German race for the ultimate saloon car power output it sounds a bit mainstream, the Merc S65 being a case in point with over 600 bhp.

Still, got to love the old Carlton, still looks evil. A lad I worked with spent some time as the main LC trader in the country (or at least he said he did), a lad called Gary Bartley, anyone with an LC heard of him, last saw him driving a brand new Arnage (without a uniform on) so he must have done something right !

They are still by todays standards something very special. Before my Legacy (circa 280bhp) I owned a 24 valve Carlton and although it was no where near on acceleration understandably the 24 valve was ridiculous over 100-120mph on track! my Subaru accelerates pretty fast but on a top speed I wouldn't even bother against a 24 valve let alone it's bigger brother with 377 bhp through the rear wheels :eek:

I believe that they are very easy to tune to 500bhp! Now that'd be fast and capable of 200 mph because the lotus reached it's top speed in 5th and not 6th ;)

There are a few advertised in the autotrader, one at 18k (9k is the cheapest) with 21.5k on the clock :eek:

Tony

Not any more its not :(
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-VAUXHALL-...QQcmdZViewItem
astraboy.

Of course the correct model designation is Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo Fanny Magnet.

The two-wheeled equivalent is, of course, the Ichifani 500.

F'nar, f'nar.

Thanks for the memories :D

few years ago i went out looking for an LC and found 1 in canterbury took it out and i was well impressed id always been driving things like cosworth and suck like that but the LC just felt a completely different car altogether it felt stable at twice the speed limit and didnt throw u about like the cosworths unfortunatly i went away for 3 days to think about it and when i got back it was sold great cars even by todays standards

That would have been at Team Traction then, at a guess

a customer of mine still has the poster on his office wall
LOL

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