Vehicle Owner

Member ID: sellmoreVTC

Location: Wilmington, NC

Vehicle Info

1997 Lotus Esprit

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-604.2sec
  • Top Speed172mph
  • HP365
  • Weight2968lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Mar 30, 2009

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Mr.’s Lotus Esprit
“SHOWOFF OF THE WEEK FEB 2007”

  • Currently 3.9454545454545 /5 Stars.
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KOENIGSEGG!!
sellmoreVTC's 1997 Lotus Esprit

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Trivia
During its review of the CCR's successor, the CCX, BBC television program Top Gear reported that the Koenigsegg CCR holds the fastest speeding ticket in the United States, which allegedly occurred in May 2003 in Texas. It was supposedly 242 mph (389 km/h) in a 75-mph zone. The car was involved in the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally.

The driver, Arthur Chirkinian, was arrested and the car towed. His co-driver paid his bail and they retrieved the car from impound. While trying to catch up to the other gumballers the driver noticed smoke from the engine and his oil pressure was low. He pulled over to find his oil cap had gone "missing" while it was impounded. Arthur Chirkinian hitched a ride to the local Volkswagen dealership where he purchased a brand new Volkswagen beetle and drove it to where his CCR was parked. He filled the CCR back up with oil and took the oil cap off the Beetle and put it on the CCR as that is the only oil cap that would fit his car. He then took off in hopes of catching everyone else, leaving a brand new Beetle on the side of the road with the doors unlocked and the key still in it. He caught up to the pack later that night in New Orleans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsegg_CCR

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bennel  

Posted by: bennel

11/04/2009 08:13PM

holy shit !!your lotus is 5*****!! hot !! slammed you with it !!! looking great , congrats on sotw !!we don't get them in south africa !check out my chevy,drop a star and comment 2 , peace

mic3mic3  

Posted by: mic3mic3

09/14/2009 05:02AM

Dope!! I want one! 5's

Flavorade  

Posted by: Flavorade

06/09/2009 09:54PM

Have you, or any other Esprit owner that you know of, tried to swap a transmission from an Acura NSX into the Esprit? That should fix the tranny reliability issues should it not?

Kam-Corvette  

Posted by: Kam-Corvette

05/12/2009 02:00PM

awesome esprit,i love the v8s..check out my 84 and tell me what you think

sandiego74  

Posted by: sandiego74

03/09/2009 10:27AM

That's a friggin beautiful Esprit you have their. Not supprised you won show off of the week. Bet it hauls ass with the V8. You've done a very nice job on the interior as well, especially all the electronis you added. Hope you have fun with it. 5 stars for sure!

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Member ID: sellmoreVTC

Location: Wilmington, NC