Directly from Grassroots Motorsports (while interviewing employees of Lotus)

"a Torsen unit with a 2:1 bias was added mostly at the request of folks who were autocrossing the car.

Honestly, and trust us when we say this, the car didn't need it. The unit creates too much understeer on power in the lower gears and turns the Elise into a point-and-shoot kind of car rather than a momentum car.

The problem here is that the Elise was designed to be a momentum car. With only 190 horsepower on tap, the Elise will never be a point-and-shoot kind of car -- especially competing with the Z06 Vettes in SCCA Super Stock autocross competition-- but Lotus bowed to customer pressure and offered the limited-slip anyway.

According to Adams, the Torsen-equipped cars are considerably slower around Lotus's own test track than the non-equipped models. He also repeatedly asked all of us to remember that Lotus added the diff only because customers wanted it, not because the car needed it.

'The car was designed with an open diff,' Adams explains, 'It works best that way, and it feels best that way'..."

Theres more, I just don't feel like typing anymore. This is just some information for you to take into consideration. I'd hate to see you make a badd decision because you weren't informed.

 

Alright, alright, alright....if you buy a Elise, please get a black one. Thats all I have to say.

 

With white wheels?

 

no.

 

hahaha well if I do...it will have black wheels

 

and if you have that Talon much longer its going to need black wheels as well.

 

Work miester 2 pc in 17's are 1lb heavier then stock lotus wheels....a pic

 

Oh lord, please dont buy blingy rims for something that was meant for track duty. Not an Elise...please. Think of the children.

Sure, they may be light, but they dont fit the car's personality...at all.

 

hahah I know you wouldnt aprove..un sure if I would go with a polished lip wheel or something
more purposefull in black. Honestly the only thing I hate about teh car
is those hideous wheels that it comes with. I know they are purposefull
and its easy to upset the balance on that car but damn the stockers are ugly.

Anyways another polished lip wheel that I despise SSR gayness


and yet another gay polished wheel on a turbo elise


But honestly I am digging this and so would the purists

 

Why do you hate SSRs so much? I always thought that they were pretty decent wheels.