Wow NEW Engine....Deal!

[Aston77]

Guys,

Just been on Bell & Colvill Website, they are advertising a brand new S2 engine for £1800!!!

Great bargain for anyone wanting one...so just had to post it here!

All the Best

A77 )

[tricky 100]

Erm , but would that be a wanky K series engine or the excellent Toyota engine ?

[Saied]

I don't believe its the leadweight variety.

[S Works]

It'll be a K-series. No-one in their right mind would buy a Yamaha dog-engine for £1800. The oil starvation and bottom end failure would be too much of a worry, let alone the whining and moaning from the ECU if you fit non-Lotus approved induction or exhausts. The thing shits the bed if you so much as mention a trackday.

[TonyHetherington]

Is £1800 really that good !?

[tricky 100]

Apparantly last months special had Honda engines on buy one get one free (as you always need a spare ) but they had no takers so binned the lot .
Just what i heard mind , wouldn't swear to it .

[TIPPER]

I think South West Lotus were doing VVC engines for a bit less than that. Not sure you'd need to check.

[Russ H]

S Works said:

It'll be a K-series. No-one in their right mind would buy a Yamaha dog-engine for £1800. The oil starvation and bottom end failure would be too much of a worry, let alone the whining and moaning from the ECU if you fit non-Lotus approved induction or exhausts. The thing shits the bed if you so much as mention a trackday.

[IGM]

S Works said:

It'll be a K-series. No-one in their right mind would buy a Yamaha dog-engine for £1800. The oil starvation and bottom end failure would be too much of a worry, let alone the whining and moaning from the ECU if you fit non-Lotus approved induction or exhausts. The thing shits the bed if you so much as mention a trackday.

Oooo Oooo is that a personal grudge S Works, fill me in, I am hoping to be imminently in the market for a 111R or Exige for mainly trackdays! Doesn't the Honda conversion suffer the same problem unless you fit the baffled sump so why wouldn't a baffled sump cure the Toyota/Yamaha or whatever issues?

Or should I just buy your fully sorted car.

[TIPPER]

Not S-Works but one of the guys on here has had one or two 'issues' with his Yota unit.

[S Works]

'twas a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to the (I hope) somewhat tongue-in-cheek comments posted about the K-series cars.

Contrary to popular opinion, no engine available in a Lotus these days is completely infallible, so frankly it would be daft to assume such.

If you're in the market to spend £x, then the best advice is ALWAYS to try as many variants as you can, then make your mind up as to what is most suited to your wishes and needs.