lotus engine Options

[celiman5]

hey i was just curious but would a lotus engine be able to fit and run in our celicas since the engine is toyota based. i know it would be super expensive, but i was just wondering when i was reading a magazine with a lotus in there that, would it be possible.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

So what's the problem with the motor? It's 160whp in a 2400-2500lbs car. Sounds like a good idea. If you just drive around town, it's probably not for you, but then neither is a turbo.

btw: That can't be a acurate messure of torque from that motor. There's no way it goes from 113 down to 97, and then back up to 120.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Feb 5, 2007 - 8:07 PM

[Kwanza26]

So what's the problem with the motor? It's 160whp in a 2400-2500lbs car. Sounds like a good idea. If you just drive around town, it's probably not for you, but then neither is a turbo.

btw: That can't be a acurate messure of torque from that motor. There's no way it goes from 113 down to 97, and then back up to 120.

This is a worse looking dyno graph than usual... but it's pretty typical the way lift works. Even TVIS shows a dip in torque during the crossover... but typically the torque starts to dip as the primary cams reach their maximum efficiency then the lift lobes cause a bit of overlap resulting in a slight torque dip... then it picks up again as the air catches up to the engine... not to mention fuelling has the catch up also. It's not really noticeable though... cause when lift hits... (VTEC!) the engine screams and you pretty much feel an instant jolt of about 50hp...

This post has been edited by Kwanza26: Feb 5, 2007 - 8:13 PM

[JesterDC]

So what's the problem with the motor? It's 160whp in a 2400-2500lbs car. Sounds like a good idea. If you just drive around town, it's probably not for you, but then neither is a turbo.

btw: That can't be a acurate messure of torque from that motor. There's no way it goes from 113 down to 97, and then back up to 120.

This is a worse looking dyno graph than usual... but it's pretty typical the way lift works. Even TVIS shows a dip in torque during the crossover... but typically the torque starts to dip as the primary cams reach their maximum efficiency then the lift lobes cause a bit of overlap resulting in a slight torque dip... then it picks up again as the air catches up to the engine... not to mention fuelling has the catch up also. It's not really noticeable though... cause when lift hits... (VTEC!) the engine screams and you pretty much feel an instant jolt of about 50hp...

It's not a baaaad engine, it just does not live up to the expectaions most had for this engine(The whole point of this engines existance was to beat out all competition, didn't really happen). If I had a 7th gen Celica or Mrk III MR2 withthis engine already in place, I would be happy I just do not believe this engine is a good canidate for a swap other than the "Hey, look what I did" factor.

Yes, that dyno is really crappy, a good check to see if a dyno is real is to see if HP and Tourque intersect at 5252rpm, HP and Torque are derivatives of eachother, and no matter what HP=Torque at 5252rpm