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Originally posted by Tomas Hook:
Are you giving names to your cars?
I do ... woman names to be exact. Strange habit ;-)

This is the nice one, thanks for sharing.
Tomas

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
If we are talking naming our cars, especially in connection with our speciality license plates, this new car of mine will sport plates stating "SHUMBA".

The plate on my Ferrari 599 a few years ago read: 200PLUS

LOL. Loved that one!

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by custombolt:

How about the fly-by-wire electric steering on the Evora?

The Evora uses hydraulic steering, not electric. It's really nice.


The 2 lb hammer vs 2 lb rubber mallet is absolutely the best description between the Viper's power and the Evora's.

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Originally posted by nute:
Lovely car ...

LOTUS amongst the owners here stands for Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious ...

Mainly applies to the older ones tho...

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
A little update on the Lotus.

I sent my ECU to a fellow in LA last week for a flash tune. The fellow was recommended by the dealership were I bought the car and he claims to have access to Lotus Factory Racing Team tuning software.

I got it back and installed in the car last Thursday. Made a huge difference to the car's performance. It was pretty brisk before, but I'd say it's a bit of a monster now.

The stock numbers were 416HP and something like 350 lb/ft torque. Unfortunately I wasn't able to check it on a dyno pre and post tune but the fellow claims the flash takes it to 525HP and 430 lb/ft of torque. My seat of the pants dyno says that's probably a good estimate.

Where it previously came alive at around 4,500 RPM and pushed rapidly to 7,000, it now has more "grunt" at all RPM levels but now at 4,500 RPM it CHARGES toward the 7K limit. The first time I floored it from a slow rolling start I bounced it off the limiter in 1st and 2nd because I wasn't ready for it to reach the limiter so quickly. I haven't timed it from a standing start 0-60 because I really don't want to launch it hard but I did notice on the couple of slow rolling starts I've done, it appears to be traction limited with the traction control in Sport Mode activated for much of the acceleration throughout the first 2 gears and part of 3rd.

All in all, a pretty good upgrade without having to bolt on any new parts. Being an old school guy, that's a new twist on me, just optimizing the engine with software.

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Originally posted by BaxterB:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
A little update on the Lotus.

I sent my ECU to a fellow in LA last week for a flash tune. The fellow was recommended by the dealership were I bought the car and he claims to have access to Lotus Factory Racing Team tuning software.

I got it back and installed in the car last Thursday. Made a huge difference to the car's performance. It was pretty brisk before, but I'd say it's a bit of a monster now.

The stock numbers were 416HP and something like 350 lb/ft torque. Unfortunately I wasn't able to check it on a dyno pre and post tune but the fellow claims the flash takes it to 525HP and 430 lb/ft of torque. My seat of the pants dyno says that's probably a good estimate.

Where it previously came alive at around 4,500 RPM and pushed rapidly to 7,000, it now has more "grunt" at all RPM levels but now at 4,500 RPM it CHARGES toward the 7K limit. The first time I floored it from a slow rolling start I bounced it off the limiter in 1st and 2nd because I wasn't ready for it to reach the limiter so quickly. I haven't timed it from a standing start 0-60 because I really don't want to launch it hard but I did notice on the couple of slow rolling starts I've done, it appears to be traction limited with the traction control in Sport Mode activated for much of the acceleration throughout the first 2 gears and part of 3rd.

All in all, a pretty good upgrade without having to bolt on any new parts. Being an old school guy, that's a new twist on me, just optimizing the engine with software.

Did they program it to play the national anthem like they have with the F1 cars?

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Originally posted by Snowwolfe:
Todd,
Any concerns with voiding the factory power train warranty since having the ecu tuned?

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Originally posted by Snowwolfe:
Toyotas are tough. Wonder if it has forged bottom end parts?
Risking losing the warranty on my ZL1 is the only thing stopping me from modding the engine. It’s crazy easy to add another 100-150 rwhp with just headers, tune, and a smaller pulley.

Your car is nice, I like unique, cool, fast rides. The Lotus fits the bill nicely.