Elises and their engines...

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

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

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 ;-)

I've got a rover 400 k-series loom, ideal for emarald installation

-- Chet

I suppose the wiring looms for all k-series, maybe on the exception of the VVC, are the same.

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Thx.

Tom De Moor

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 :)