eurasian lotus exige

Post by **kotomile** » July 10, 2007

Lotus has never offered a Honda engine as original equipment.

Post by 77 » July 10, 2007

jdm delivery wrote:this is stupid. the fact of the matter is that the k20 lotus SMOKED the lotus with the original powerplant

I would hope any swapped car ever has smoked it's stock counterpart.

Dumbest shit I've ever read.

You know what was faster than a stock Elise? The V6 powered Elise Lotus made. You know what was faster than that? The V8 version they made before that. You know what's faster than a stock Civic? One with a better engine swapped into it.

Ground-breaking shit right here.

Yes, I'm sure the more expensive Honda engine is "better" than the less expensive Toyota engine. However, Lotus clearly saw cost advantages in using the Toyota engine, so that just makes Honda suck, again.

Post by **kotomile** » July 10, 2007

The V6 and V8 powered cars you refer to are Esprits.

jdm delivery · Post by **jdm delivery** » July 10, 2007

thats all i was saying. i wasnt saying anything like it was a surprise that the swapped car smoked the stocker, i'm not stupid man. and i wasnt really even saying that the honda motor was better than the celica motor, i was trying to end the stupid babble that went on about a fucking car that none of us even own.

ok the stock motor was slower and the swapped one was quicker thats all i was trying to say. i wasnt tyring to make a comparison in quality between the k20 and the celica. like i said i was trying to just squash everything. theyre both good motors in their own respect.

shit man i'm so tired of the aimless bickering that goes on on this site. it needs to stop

jdm delivery · Post by **jdm delivery** » July 10, 2007

can someone lock this stupid thread now?

Post by 77 » July 10, 2007

kotomile wrote:The V6 and V8 powered cars you refer to are Esprits.

That statement was in regard to one-off racing cars.
V8
V6
I wasn't really clear in my arguement in stating that these V6 and V8 Elises weren't production cars.

JDMJedi · Post by **JDMJedi** » July 10, 2007

I remember seeing there was a Elise with an Integra Type R motor in it. It smoked the shit out of a Ford Mustang Cobra R. It was in Sport Compact Car, maybe 2 years ago or so. Freaking nasty, not made by Elise, some shop out west did it.

2ZZ engine- fair engine, but found in celicas, MRS, and one other car, can't remember which one.

a 3S-GTE would be sick as balls in that car in my opinion.

jdm delivery · Post by **jdm delivery** » July 10, 2007

Toby both of those exiges are SICK!!!

Conrad · Post by **Conrad** » July 10, 2007

jdm delivery wrote:this is stupid. the fact of the matter is that the k20 lotus SMOKED the lotus with the original powerplant

Yes because the original motor that came in the Elise before they made the push to the US was a shitty ass rover motor with zero heart. Then finally the 111R model, which was also known as the "Federal Elise" came with the new 2ZZ-GE motor. And anyway you say it, any motor that makes 189hp out of 1.8 liters is a pretty damn good motor. And I'd be led to believe that Lotus also thinks that since they use it in all there Elise's and Exige's.

JDMJedi wrote:I remember seeing there was a Elise with an Integra Type R motor in it. It smoked the shit out of a Ford Mustang Cobra R. It was in Sport Compact Car, maybe 2 years ago or so. Freaking nasty, not made by Elise, some shop out west did it.

Yeah, the brand name is Lotus.

JDMJedi · Post by **JDMJedi** » July 10, 2007

no it wasn't a factory car. It was some tuning shop. Because they mentioned the fact that the standard elise with the 2ZZ motor wouldn't stand a chance. This car also had brakes, suspension, and wheel upgrandes.