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Speed_RaSiR

01-13-2003, 02:28 PM

http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0059.jpg

http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0060.jpg

http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0061.jpg

I want this:thumbsup:

ConVict

01-13-2003, 02:51 PM

Why would you put a Honda Engine into that.. Isnt lotus one of the best engine manufacteriers in the world ? You can get like 400hp out of there NA 4 cyl ?!?!

T5_X

01-13-2003, 02:53 PM

yep, some company imported these, but needed a different engine to meet standards or something, so they used the K20A. These things fucking rip! They weigh almost nothing, and they're mid engined.

I posted a link up in a previous post a few months ago for this car.

ninjak84

01-13-2003, 03:02 PM

That car does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds.
A Porsche GT2 does it in 3.2.

Voodoo Child

01-13-2003, 04:33 PM

Yup these things haul ass!
Did you guys see the sign....
"1620lbs...Wet"...:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I want one too!
Which company sells them here in NA?

T5_X

01-13-2003, 05:00 PM

Its only in the US, kinda like the company that imports skylines, but there's no crash testing for canada, so no dice up here.

three.eighteen.

01-13-2003, 05:02 PM

cool, i think i've seen an elise built with a B18C5 before too

Voodoo Child

01-13-2003, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by Ranger_X31
Its only in the US, kinda like the company that imports skylines, but there's no crash testing for canada, so no dice up here.

Well that just sucks balls!

Zephyr

01-13-2003, 05:28 PM

i dont see the point in putting a lower engine over a higher engine.... maybe cuz i'm a newbie to cars still.... or maybe not

cocoabrova

01-13-2003, 05:50 PM

:drool: 3.7 0-60:eek:

Fuji

01-13-2003, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by ConVict
Why would you put a Honda Engine into that.. Isnt lotus one of the best engine manufacteriers in the world ? You can get like 400hp out of there NA 4 cyl ?!?!

nope not the rover engine they provided with the car. Apparently the B18C in the Elise makes it very fast. It wa in one of the car and drivers a ways back.

SpoonEK9@STRD

01-13-2003, 07:41 PM

I have an issue with the B18C5 Lotus... it has more horsepower then the stock, what was it? 150 or something... its a lot faster...with the honda engine

Hipermax_d

01-13-2003, 08:17 PM

its just not right
i cant get used to it

ninjak84

01-13-2003, 09:21 PM

Originally posted by Ranger_X31
the company that imports skylines

MotoRex

fast95pony

01-13-2003, 10:20 PM

Many Euro engines don't meet N. American emission standards.
It's way cheaper for small companies to use an engine already
licenced,than to go through all the testing and paperwork.
That's why a engine transplant is done .

4wheeldrift

01-14-2003, 08:10 AM

Lotus will be bringing the Elise to the US as an official, street driveable model in 2004. At the moment, you can get an Elise from Lotus, but its track use only (they'll special order them for people who want to race them). The company that does the imports with the Type R motors is IIRC Sun Motorsports, or something like that. The Rover 4 cylinders the Elise normally comes with wouldn't meet emissions so they swapped that in (honestly, they aren't that great anyways. Very little power or torque. Course, with a 1600lb car its not like you need a ton of power). This is one possible motor for the official version, they are also looking at drivetrains from nissan, toyota and mazda as well. And incidentally, that particular car is a 340R, a hard top racing model.

yakish

01-14-2003, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by Speed_RaSiR
http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0059.jpg

http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0060.jpg

http://home.socal.rr.com/bioyuki/Img0061.jpg

I want this:thumbsup:
yeah thats nice:thumbsup:

ConVict

01-14-2003, 09:40 AM

YA that has to be the racing model considering the racing slicks it has on it...

szw

01-14-2003, 02:44 PM

I have an old SCC mag where they tested this car. I think theirs was yellow.

Its a cool car!

Mikko

01-14-2003, 08:41 PM

I want it. yum :thumbsup:

4wheeldrift

01-15-2003, 08:03 AM

Originally posted by szw
I have an old SCC mag where they tested this car. I think theirs was yellow.

Its a cool car! That was the Sun Motorsports car, powered by a B18C5 out of an Integra Type R. It was stupid fast right out of the box, hardly any mods done to it other than the motor swap. The Elise is totally a Chapman inspired machine.

Speed_RaSiR

01-15-2003, 03:29 PM

syeve

01-15-2003, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by ConVict
Why would you put a Honda Engine into that.. Isnt lotus one of the best engine manufacteriers in the world ? You can get like 400hp out of there NA 4 cyl ?!?!

your kidding right...lotus HAD a 4 cyl turbo charged that was groud breaking, but they could not get the new engine that is desiged for that car into the country. I think it says something that lotus picked a honda engine to put into its new model. The numbers are almost identical between the lotus engine and the type-r motor. I think that the type-r motor is actually a bit lighter than the "european" model.

Honda motors is what lotus chose, why? because they are awsome.

gpomp

01-15-2003, 04:46 PM

You are all wrong. Ford engines are the best, especially the 600hp ones that they put into Probes.

importadrenelin

01-15-2003, 05:39 PM

the 2004 Lotus Elise is to be ready for sale by the end of 2003 from what I have heard. The engine specs are still up in the air but they are targeting 190+ HP apparently with a base cost of something like $38,000 USD. That is an estimated price it could go as high as $42K.
Anyways super tight car, I WANT ONE!!!!

importadrenelin

01-15-2003, 05:46 PM

double posts suck:banghead:

syeve

01-15-2003, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by gpomp
You are all wrong. Ford engines are the best, especially the 600hp ones that they put into Probes.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

three.eighteen.

01-15-2003, 07:32 PM

i just noticed it says 'exige' on the side of the car...is exige a elise evolution line or just a new name for an old car?

aZnBlooD

01-15-2003, 09:25 PM

that is so nice....to bad the guy doesnt have the stock engine

ConVict

01-15-2003, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by gpomp
You are all wrong. Ford engines are the best, especially the 600hp ones that they put into Probes.

Haha, I will admit even I laughed at that one ... But its a Mazda Motor :thumbsup: And I have seen 4 Counts where that engine made between 450hp and 725 hp :bigpimp:

4wheeldrift

01-16-2003, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by three.eighteen.
i just noticed it says 'exige' on the side of the car...is exige a elise evolution line or just a new name for an old car? The Exige is a high performance model intended for sanctioned racing use.

4wheeldrift

01-16-2003, 08:24 AM

Originally posted by Speed_RaSiR

The stock Lotus Elise is only 120 bhp. That is why they used the JDM K20A. Honda is the best engine manufacturer in the world. :D When it comes to producing torqueless buzzbombs :D

Speed_RaSiR

01-16-2003, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by 4wheeldrift
When it comes to producing torqueless buzzbombs :D

:thumbsdow

___2PaC___

01-16-2003, 10:55 AM

damn thats a nice ass...love it:hitit: :hitit: :hitit: :hitit: