Stonecutter
Active member
So I’m obsessive, and even though I just joined I have been lurking for a while and overloading info on the Emira. In the kind of person who will spend 2 years obsessing on this before I get it.
This morning coming back from coffee I had a thought. I nailed a couple
Rev matched down shifts and powered out of a sharp right turn throwing me back in my seat and it just a moment of “this is the absolute bliss of a weekend car”. I have the Audi 5 cylinder and while not the best at anything it has presence, sounds and more importantly that I never gave much thought to a mass of torque down low.
So I wondered how the Toyota V6 would have handled that. The lotus would no doubt be like sex in the handling and turning aspect of it but on a public road what of the rest? I have looked at my engine dyno Vs the lotus dyno and the lower end torque gap is something I need to see and feel in person running out 2nd and 3rd. I made a joke the other day about swapping the Audi 5 in the emira but as a 400hp engine it really would I think be a great fit. Then I realized duh, the Mercedes 4 is probably going to act literally the exact same way. Then I started wondering if that is truly the Emira to get and if I could live without the manual and the sounds.
I have no experience with the SC Toyota but read a ton about the linear power and I really wonder how that feels under 60mph. I may be a kid, but this is a toy and getting pushed back in your seat while not a priority is a major part of the public road experience to me.
Is anyone else who would normally all day long want the sound and manual considering this engine? If so what are your reasons/thoughts on why? I never even considered this engine option until this morning. Now I am……
This morning coming back from coffee I had a thought. I nailed a couple
Rev matched down shifts and powered out of a sharp right turn throwing me back in my seat and it just a moment of “this is the absolute bliss of a weekend car”. I have the Audi 5 cylinder and while not the best at anything it has presence, sounds and more importantly that I never gave much thought to a mass of torque down low.
So I wondered how the Toyota V6 would have handled that. The lotus would no doubt be like sex in the handling and turning aspect of it but on a public road what of the rest? I have looked at my engine dyno Vs the lotus dyno and the lower end torque gap is something I need to see and feel in person running out 2nd and 3rd. I made a joke the other day about swapping the Audi 5 in the emira but as a 400hp engine it really would I think be a great fit. Then I realized duh, the Mercedes 4 is probably going to act literally the exact same way. Then I started wondering if that is truly the Emira to get and if I could live without the manual and the sounds.
I have no experience with the SC Toyota but read a ton about the linear power and I really wonder how that feels under 60mph. I may be a kid, but this is a toy and getting pushed back in your seat while not a priority is a major part of the public road experience to me.
Is anyone else who would normally all day long want the sound and manual considering this engine? If so what are your reasons/thoughts on why? I never even considered this engine option until this morning. Now I am……