Lotus Elise Type R

**Speed_RaSiR** · 01-13-2003, 02:28 PM

I want this

**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"...

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

3.7 0-60

**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

I want this

yeah thats nice

**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

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