i'm thinking of dropping a renesis in a lotus elise. can anyone thing of any potential trouble? it'll fight, i imagine. and it'd be sweet.

 

Wow. that's the kind of project that would make me entirely too happy to see.

 

The whole project will be trouble but thats what's money is for. You might just get a http://www.diasio.com/
Many people post ideas like yours, few ever get them done. You should just do it then make a thread about it. Its not like you can get much help from a board. That type of swap is a total custom job.

 

that'd be sweet. do it.

 

With an awesome fabricatior, engineering, but ton of money and parts, anything is possible

 

That's my dream at the moment....if only I had boat loads of cash lying around!!

 

the elise is a mid engine car, that means to put a renesis in it, you'd probably have to get a custom transmission

 

If the Renesis trany is short enough, he can use it. Power is still exiting longitudinally.

 

He could get a Hewland 6-speed sequential FTR Transaxle like whats in the rear engine Renesis powered Diasio D962R in the link I posted above.

 

I've thought about this before, it sounds amazing.

But at this point, why not just go tube frame like the diasio?

the elise is practically a tube frame anyway. At least it was, until it will be mandated to have lots of extra safetyness added to it.

 

great idea, r u rich??? if you got a spare lotus i got a spare motor... i have lots of free time to spend your money..

deal????

beers

 

Will you call it the Renelise?

 

Renesis and Elise is an ideal combination in keeping with NoRotorNoMotor philosophy. However I would not do it for any performance reasons, because in the end probably little or no gains for large amounts of cash. It costs a bit to perform a Honda engine conversion, but at least in that case there is a big performance difference there.

If only in an Exige you could see out the back to watch for cops.

The funny thing is, even without a Renesis, I would still like an Elise S, even with mechanical issues as reported on elisetalk. Re-tightening bots for engine mounts, seat belts, falling out headlamp covers, short lifespan of steering wheel column, $2000 - $15,000 fiberglass repair cracks instead of simple $150 door-ding fix...

 

i think the performance gains would be more than you estimate. getting 190 crank hp from an inline 4, then going to a 190whp (in the 8) rotary and losing over 1000 lbs is going to do a lot, i would think.

swoop, i'm not rich, but i have some money to spend on the right project. i think i found a fairly new renesis for under 2k. I can get a used base elise for under 30k (trade in the 8 maybe). get a cheap beater, then rock out the elise.

throw a turbo on there and yippee ... carrerra gt killer.

expo, the diasio is two motorcycles glued together. i bet it's sweet though. i want to be involved in the creation though. and my project and that car, you're right, can be had for about the same price.

 

the trans is going to be the challenge... go for it. i will come watch..

beers

 

nah, name it Relise, like what i've named my 8.

 

1000? I think the Renesis weighs as much if not more than an 4 cylinder engine.

 

hmmm for some reason i read that as 1000 pounds less if u were to use an elise body than the rx8 body...

 

right, it's the body that's lighter. not sure about the engine. i imagine it's a wash there.

 

thats so hawt

 

The Diasio D962R is a two passenger track car with the same Renesis rotary engine we have SPECS.
Having seen a Turbo version at the last track event I went to I can say they are very nice. With a dry weight of 1300 lbs you can see why they are fun.

 

oh, didn't see the 2R specs. Just saw the original with it's 1000cc yamaha. The 2R seems cooler.

They mention that there's porting and bolt on superchargers available for it when you're ready. Do they know something we don't?

 

No. Look around and you will see.

 

It would be see that on a track.

 

i bet it would get awesome gas mileage for a rotary.