World’s Fastest Ethanol Car – Lotus Exide 265E
The Lotus Exide 265E claims to be the world’s fastest ethanol car. Lotus said that it’s also the most powerful road version of the Lotus Exige which they ever made. The vehicle weighs just 2,050-pounds runs on E85 fuel and an output of 265 horsepower at 8000 rpm and peak torgue of 184 pound-feet at 5500 rpm. The engine is a modified version of the Exige’s existing Toyota powerplant which will reach 60 mph in just 3.88 seconds, and 100 mph in 9.2 seconds and top speed of 158mph. For fuel system, the engine calibration and the four fuel injectors mounted on the inlet manifold have been enlarged and two additional fuel injectors have been fixed on the supercharger inlet to increase the fuel which being injected to the engine under higher engine loads and to further cool the charge air prior to combustion.
[via LeftlaneNews]
