Am I right in saying all Elises now have Toyota engines? Or is it just the
faster ones? If they indeed do all have ToyotaMotors, when were they
introduced?

Cheers :-)

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Dan

"Iridium" <iridiumdan (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote

Yes, all new Elises have the Toyota engine. The 111R has 189bhp and I think
the S has around 135bhp.
They stopped making the 111S with the 156bhp Rover engine in 2005 and the
111R with the Toyota engine was available from 2004.
And with a bit of luck my new garage will be built and have a 111S in it
before October :-)

In article <5b18riF2ps55lU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
iridiumdan (AT) googlemail (DOT) com says...
Depends if you mean Elises coming straight and unmodified from Lotus.

The Toyota engine is heavy, the Honda S2000-conversion proves a popular
conversion (and about 50 Hp mor powerfull than the Toyota). The Honda
engine is far superior to the Toyota lump

There are also some very fast (turbo) Audi-Elise around.

Turbo-technics does a 190 and 230 HP Rover k-series supercharged engine.

I think Lotus swapped the 1.8 k-series for the Toyota around 2003. Along
came some 60 extra horses and a bill reflecting that extra power.

Enough said: one must drive an Elise even if only for a short time. The
S2 is easier to live with but I prefer the S1 for the sheer back to
basic experience. Hey! I even drive it without the hardtop/ rear window
now and leave the softtop at home :-)

The S1 needs more power though.

Nobody has a wiring loom of an K-series Lotus of MGF lying around in his
garage?

Tom De Moor

"Tom De Moor" <viperengine (AT) removethis (DOT) gmail.com> wrote

Driven a VX220 recently, was just toying with some ideas really. I want the
VX, but I'm not sure my back is up to it, bah! Still, if it gets better
before August, we'll see ;-)

--
Dan

In article <jhL2i.19681$j7.373715 (AT) news (DOT) indigo.ie>, usenet@retro-
renault.com says...
the VVC, are the same.

Plaese send your price (sending to Brussels included) to
vipereng (AT) spamtrappandora (DOT) be.

Remove spamtrap from the e-mail.

Thx.

Tom De Moor

"Iridium" <iridiumdan (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote


know someone who went from an MR2 turbo to a scoob to now an Elise, wasn't
enough poke so got sent away and came back with a supercharger bolted on,
sorted the power out