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Originally Posted by s2000isu
Oh I dont care about your little pitch it just reminded me of my managers. Its funny you and me did the total opposite thing with our jobs. Im not really construction now I guess. My jobs cake. Its indoors and everyday is different somedays we will make cases with plexi the next someones welding up something then taking it to the paint shop. Its good times 
OH and since youre a big lotus fan look at the motor I am building. 
Lets test your lotus skills It was used in a certain model lotus but thats not what im building it for. It was also in a isuzu impulse rs with lotus suspension. So which lotus and what motor is it? |
It was used in the M100 Elan built between 1989 and 1992 in series 1 form and later in 1994/5 in Series 2 trim. It featured an Isuzu built engine which was available in both normally asperated and turbocharged forms. The engine was shared with several vehicles ranging from the Impulse and Stylus in the Isuzu line-up to the Geo Storm. Great engines which have proven to be very reliable. Some M100s have seen 150k plus miles without a rebuild. There have been shift linkage problems, however.
The M100 was Lotuses only FWD car and featured a unique floating raft suspension system which eliminated the tourque steer isues usually associated with FWD vehicles. Many people consider the Elan as the fastest point A to B car ever produced. It was designed to be able to be driven by 90% of drivers to 90% of it's abilities, 90% of the time (according to then Managing director and now CEO Mike Kimberley).
The car suffered in the US as introduction was made at the beginning of a recession. It also was beaten to the US market by the Mazda Miata which also hurt sales. Roughly 500 units were imported in 1991. 2 federal cars were imported in 1992 to Canadian dealers before the car was cancelled by GM.