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1231 units built, 2 units built for racing
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Lotus Type 918, V8 (90o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine. Click here and here
3506cc, 83.0 x 81.0 mm
550bhp @ 5400rpm
536lb ft (726 NM) @ 3600rpm
flat plane crankshaft with 5 main bearings
LM25TF aluminium alloy 'open deck' block, aluminium alloy head. Keronite coated, forged aluminium alloy pistons
2 x 2 overhead camshafts (DOHC), chain driven for middle gear, and belt driven for each bank, 4 valves / cyl - 32 valves total. 33.5mm inlet valves diameter, 30mm exhaust valves diameter
aspiration, 2 x Garrett T4 turbochargers with air/air intercooler with water injection, multipoint electronic fuel injection
GT1: 2 x 31.5mm inlet restrictors
SR1: 2 x 32.4mm inlet restrictors
electronic ignition with 4 double-ended coils
The RH bank is staggered ahead of the LH bank and contains cylinders 1,2,3,4 with cylinders 5,6,7,8 designated as the LH bank,.counting from the front in both cases.
Firing order is 1,5,3,7,4,8,2,6
dry sump
Hewland TGT200 sequential 6-speed gearbox
Type 114, steel backbone with tubular space frame chassis
suspension: Penske alloy triple adjustable, gas, coilover dampers
Brakes: ventilated disks 356mm diameter with AP Racing 6 pot callipers front and rear
length: 4300 mm
width: 1950 mm
height: 1100 mm
wheelbase: 2440 mm
Wheels: Dymag magnesium alloy 11x18 front, 14x18 rear
Tyres: Michelin, front 27/65-18, rear 30/70-18
900kg
Results in BPR International GT Endurance Series
| Car entry | Car number, result | |||||||||||
| Paul Ricard | Monza | Jarama | Silver stone | Nurbur gring | Ander storp | Suzuka | Brands Hatch | Spa | Nogaro | Zhuhai | ||
| Team | 4h | 4h | 4h | 4h | 4h | 4h | 1000km | 4h | 4h | 4h | 4h | |
| Lotus Racing Team, 114-001 | #21, eng ine | #21, brakes | #21, acci dent | #21, acci dent | #21, fire | #21, 6th | #21, oil line | #21, gear box | #21, acci dent | #21, 10th | ||
| Lotus Racing Team, 114-002 | #22, brakes | #22, drive shaft | #22, 2nd | #22, acci dent | #22, drive shaft | #22, elec trics | #22, 5th | #22, gear box | ||||
| Total points 21 |
9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 18/4 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 2/0 | 2/1 | 2/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 2/1 | 2/1 | ||
Team and drivers entries
Results in Endurance races
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number, result | ||||||||||
| Daytona | Sebring | Texas | Watkins Glen | Le Mans | |||||||
| Date | 4/2 | 17/3 | 5/5 | 9/6 | 16/6 | ||||||
| Duration | 24h | 12h | 500mil | 6h | 24h | ||||||
| Team\ Championship | IMSA | IMSA | IMSA | IMSA | |||||||
| Lotus Racing | #35, in entry list | ||||||||||
| Lotus Racing | #36, in entry list | ||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 0/0 | |||||||||||
Teams and drivers entries
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