Trung said:
Im not registered on the Lotus forums.
Can you break down the cost for me as £10k do seem quite a lot for a K20a2 (asuming its the UK engine) transplant?
What ITBs does it have?
The price does include K-Pro + dyno mapping?
Although you probably know the potetional of K20a, I've seen a video of a K20a2 tuned S1 Exige vs a stock S1 Exige. OMG it completely blows the stock Exige by MILES with ease.
reckon I can make up 40bhp, by improving my driving skills.
You'll be making hell lot more than 200hp if its tuned properly with ITBs.
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Edit: is this conversion done at Blink MS?
Yes Blink do the Honda conversion and it costs upto 10K, then throttle bodies is more, done by another company.
With out wishing to open a huge can of worms, that video is a load of rollocks, the std Exige isnt being pushed.
The problem I have is I would have to run a Yoko A048-R and Oz for sure, as I would almost definetly pay the extra and supercharge it.
Rough Brake down on costs
Nitrons (Upgraded dampers) £1000
Geo for above £150
Supercharger + bits or ITB's £3500
K20a engine, box, ECU, set up £10000
Oz Wheels £1200
Yoko Tyres £750
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£16600
In all honestly it would be totally awesome, Lou my girlfriend has agreed I can spend the money, to put that in perspective thou you could buy a whole DC5 with that.
There is proberly some trimming on there, possibly knock a couple of K off, I havent got money to burn, and I reckon I would loose most of that on resale.
I bought the Elise mainly due to frustrations with my old car. It was so flipping quick on track, I would be constantly getting stuck in traffic, so sensible head on, Im keeping the car close to standard, well an extra 40bhp over standard isnt bad.
Car's booked in on the 21st just in time for my monthly visit to Bedford Autodrome 8)