It certainly was not and i told him so,but then what do we do for money..
it was the b20 then ok ,but k hondas in elises also have a history of years ..i last worked on a lotus elise about 4 years ago...so..
my idea always was the K -serie rover was the thing to have -judd did a 2litre version that was awesome -280 hp ,won BTCC title powering MG limos .. against honda
and vauxhall.. so not that bad...
today lotus has toyota engines or old Opel vauxhall stuff (turbo engine),I doubt the swap to honda would reap any benefit ,it is heavy compared to the toyota and the VVC
1.8 litre with blower is not bad at all.
a possible alternative would be to use the vauxhall speedster as a base with the
na ecotec engine ...wich was also BTCC some good development potential and it is
a quite easy swap in later elises ..with the honda ...the driveshaft issue is one
and the ecu and wiring another.. complete with emissions btw..new car laws etc..
the ecotec engine was also sold in usa saturn ,chevy etc ...and the base engine is also used in pontiac solstice and new opel GT as direct injection .. but to perform this conversion hats off to the guy doing this ..i found out that electronics is the main problem area ,all the mechanical stuff is engineering and costly but without a ETK -and loads of money7recources to adapt the Engine management system youz will end up with ...well a expensive exercise .
ah and btw the guy who really needed the honda lump in his elise ...it took us
a very long time to get back to the lap times he was used to before the conversion.
power is everything....
..it was not done with a spring change to accomodate the increased rear weight...far from it.
