NaarLeven

Wouldnt this just be vicious?

Mmm I do have a Lotus in my driveway AND a RX-8.

Trade the 190HP Toyota back into the RX8


daydreaming...

opus_opus

Love to see such a car become a reality. Have you tried suggesting it to Lotus? It might just happen.

Moostafa29

I'd rather have the k20a swapped into the Elise. I've seen a vid of it....crazy.

canaryrx8

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was that the same one in the BMI "togue" videos like American Togue 2 or something? I saw that as well, they were at Willow Springs i think and that car was the shiznit

staticlag

http://www.diasio.com/

1300 lbs

daisuke

I think your weight distribution would get messed up with a renesis, you best stick with a 20b instead

grantg

The lighter weight of the Renesis would make for a lighter and more balanced car (rear-mid engine). It would have spectacular handling...

SleepeR1st

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I believe there is a thread already like this from a while ago. I remember most saying the gains simply would not be worth it. The weight savings would be negligible, if a 4 cylinder even weighs more than the renesis. The only advantage i see is that it's a rotary, for all you rotary lovers, and that a rotaries torque curve is fairly long, longer than a 4 cylinders, which attributes to its "smoothness"

Rootski

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Yeah, the RX8 and Elise actually put pretty much the same amount of power down. Wait for the 16X.

NaarLeven

190 to the crank on the elise and 190 to the wheels on my rx8?


Mmm the elise has been my daily while mazda is taking apart my tranny.

Its really not that awful of a daily driver.

NaarLeven

the elise doenst make power till 6250 when the high speed cams come on, so 5500 to 9k it would have a better power curve. Would be an interesting project none the less.

NaarLeven

elise best power 6250-8200, small window

SleepeR1st

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Throw a 13b-t in it, that calls for a grand ole' time!

mikefrombarrie

I always wondered why Lotus didnt go for the rotory motor in the elise. Is it becasue the toyota motor is more realiable?

NaarLeven

There is no way to say it is more reliable.

13b from RX7 i'd think would be too much. Low torque huge power curve is what makes this such a pleasure.

I am starting to think im the only one who doesnt like burning tires and massive power :D

SleepeR1st

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The world would implode at the sheer amount of awesomeness that would emit from the engine bay.

NaarLeven

haha I know seriously, I cant imagine it.

9.7k rb reflash and all. Such a usuable car.

the rx8 motor would be making a lot more power than the celica gts motor, would be somewhere around a lotus exige s, just less torque.

Raptor2k

Less talk more action

canaryrx8

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I feeel the same way stuck in traffic every day

NaarLeven

Ill hop on that swap immediately Raptor.

Rootski

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About 180 to the wheels on both. The Elise's engine has a lot short trip to it's drive wheels. Maybe that'd help the Renesis too if you mounted it back there, but probably not by enough to make it worth it.

Rx-A-Ho

Why bother with the mod? Get the Exige S240. Same weight as the Elise and it has 240hp supercharged.

kartweb

Like this one?

OK so it's a Europa.

About 25 years ago a freind of mine bought a Europa with the twin cam BDA 1600. Cam belt broke and it destroyed the motor. We stuffed a 2.7 German Ford motor in it from a Euro Capri.

NaarLeven

why buy one when you can have a rotary elise?

NaarLeven

thats badass kartweb