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Originally Posted by MidniteBlues
Who would win the 1/4 mile? Or come over the line on a twisty track?
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Elise is insanely lightweight and revs high....1000 lbs LESS than the SKY and tops out at 7800 RPM. And it does better on the g pad than the SKY.
So, if I had to put my money on the first to 60, the qtr mile, and the twisty track. I'd pick a 2008 Elise over a 2008 RL. Remember, the Elise is DESIGNED to give you a Formula 1 feel in a street legal racer. Hell, the lower end of its very narrow power band where its torque peaks (6800) is past the redline of the Red Line! If you like to play in a narrow powerband, keeping revs insanely high for max performance, and love heel toe driving (I'm guessing this is a key to driving Elise, based solely on the power band, as I've never driven one), with close ratio performance gearing (another guess given the power band), then the Elise is for you.
Having said that, considering I'm not a close-gear racer, and have no experience driving small power band high reving engines, and can't heel/toe, if you take me (as the driver), I suspect "me" in my SKY will smoke "me" in an Elise in all of the above categories.
These are extremely different cars requiring significantly different driving styles.