Racing version of Lotus Exige

[FIRE]

In the Dutch Supercar Challenge (A series with cars like the Marcos, Porsches, BMW M3's, etcetera ). A newcomer in the series is a Lotus Exige. The seat is placed in the middle of the car like in the McLaren F1. Is this true :confused: :confused: , where is the gearbox placed? Any pictures?

[redshoes]

Sounds like one of the cars from the one-make Elise series that ran in the UK a couple of years back.

http://www.redshoes-archive.com/One_Make/Lotus_Elise/

[FIRE]

Why is the seat placed in the middle? Is is because of weight balancing or safety reasons?

[redshoes]

Weight distibution I believe. Not sure what they did about the gearbox but surely it's only a matter of moving the linkage to one side.

[Kid Prozac]

Originally posted by FIRE
In the Dutch Supercar Challenge (A series with cars like the Marcos, Porsches, BMW M3's, etcetera ). A newcomer in the series is a Lotus Exige. The seat is placed in the middle of the car like in the McLaren F1. Is this true :confused: :confused: , where is the gearbox placed? Any pictures?

well considering its a rear engined car i doubt its moved at all!!!

seriously though, the car has a transversly mounted rover k series engine and gearbox, the type found in mg zr and zs models etc

probaly has a cable operated gear change so wouldnt have thought the problem of moving the gear shift would have been a trouble at all.

for info just type in lotus elise in yahoo, youll get loads of enthusiast pages