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Man...lovely car. I will never forget the first time I saw one of the 2004 STi in WRB on Long Island when they were brand new. License plate was "STIMUL8". Was 17 at the time, that was my dream car for a long long time. Seems like the blob eye and hawk eye WRX/STi are harder and harder to find...

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Intrigued at the idea of an Emira R...something that gets a little closer to the Cayman GT4

For the record, he called it “throttle actuator” because that’s what the Lotus PR rep called it when bringing them the car…

They will be doing a comparo video with the 718 GTS in a few months. Should be very interesting.

Same.

Blackhawk?

Modified 718 Spyder is in a different universe...full Emotion Engineering suspension setup (including KW Clubsport 3ways) and the DeMan powertrain make it an unfair and unrealiastic comparison. However, while on my trip, I had my 991.2 GT3 in tow (PDK, Buckets, Girodisc steel brakes) and one...

Drove a total of 1900 miles since Wednesday, ripping around Tail of the Dragon and surrounding roads with friends.

Car lives at my unit most of the time, so you should! The Spyder stays at home and only lurks around intermittently

Indeed it is. I’m a weirdo about that car.

Took delivery in IL today. So far, so good!

Hmmm...it appears my car is actually real. LOLOL

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What the heck is a V1 or V2 lol

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added another winter car into rotation, as the Taycan doesn’t make enough of a racket

Dry weather winter daily Wet weather winter daily

They use the factory 4.0 9A2EVO as the basis for the 4.5. They can also build a 4.5 out of the 3.8L in the 981 GT4.

Good eye, but for the sake of accuracy my car has actually had its gearing done twice. Initially, it was done by Bill Rader Motorsports and only did gears 3-5. Only after this was done did I decide to take the plunge on the 4.5L engine. Ironically, the gears that my car had were kinda TOO short...

4.5L engine was ~32k 2-5 gears was ~9k It is absolutely worth every penny and the car is an absolute monster. I am considering sending Rick another car (PDK 991 or 981) to build a 4.5L track car.

Not much unfortunately. Not sure if this video will work and it’s mildly underwhelming but at least you can kinda hear the car 😅

The car has a DeMan Motorsport 4.5L stroker and 2-5 gears shortened. It makes 570ish HP and 450ish TQ at the engine. Pulls in gear similarly if not a little quicker than my former 458 Italia.

I can't imagine parting with my 4.5L 718 Spyder. I'd sell my clothes before I sold this car.

LOL how the heck did you come to this conclusion?

Had my test drive at Lotus of Glenview (Glenview, IL) today. Magma Red, 6MT, Sport chassis, Full black pack. It was 40*F out and dry (car was on Cup2). Overall, I really liked the car. It was basically exactly what I expected. For reference, I currently own a modified 718 Spyder and have owned...