About a month ago, Radford unveiled its stunning 62-2 sports car, a modern makeover of the Lotus 62 race car with modern materials and modern driving equipment. The company has already shown up the Classic variants and gold leaf of the car. Turned on Wednesday finally ended with the special edition of John Player, focused on the track. This model presents a 600-horsepower Toyota V6 power supply, dual-clutch transmission, complete aerodynamic kit, Dymag carbon fiber wheels and ceramic carbon brakes. It is properly bonker.
The engine is a 3.5-liter Toyota V6, based on 2GR-FE, the same that Lotus uses for its different Evora and Exige models. In stock of natural aspiration The engine makes about 300 horsepower, but Radford and Lotus have done so with some serious modifications. First, obviously, there is a supercharger. However, inside the engine the Radford gets pistons, connecting rods and special camshafts. To control it all, the company adjusted the engine with a seriously aggressive calibration. It’s bustling and ready to spend a very fast and fun track day.
Compared to the other less strong versions of the 62-2 type, the JPS model has some wild body upgrades to keep the car planted on the right track. At the front is a massive divider, along the sides, the car features larger air intakes to help this overloaded terrain swallow oxygen, and at the rear is a diffuser as deep as the oceans. While you probably won’t get the right lap times for vehicle racing without a rear wing, the Type 62-2 JPS is probably a little faster than it can be pulled out anyway. And after all, that’s what matters.
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This version of the car is supposed to have dropped from 2200 pounds, which puts its power-to-weight ratio at around 3.66 pounds per horsepower. That rate is slightly better than a 1997 McLaren F1, so, you know, it’s probably good. I mean, sure, it’s not a BMW V12 and it hasn’t won at Le Mans, but it’s guaranteed that this thing will be better in every metric than F1 ever was. I think I know which one I would rather have. Especially because the Radford certainly won’t cost eight figures. Nothing is known of what it will cost, but I would bet on orders of magnitude less than a McLaren. Only 12 of these free hand-painted JPS machines, so they are also rarer than Macca.