Nissan SR20 into an Lizzy
Discussion
I've had 6
Nissan Sunny(pulsar) GTi-R 4wd turbo cars in my car life and I still love them! those 20DET? turbo engine's can easely be tuned to 280<>300ps safely and at "low" cost I've had 3 black, 2 grey, and 1 red GTI-R...lot of fun! 4 of them where tuned to between 280 and 300ps specialy when you fitted the full big bore non cat Mongoose system the power realy kicks in at lower rpm and fire's back with pops and little bangs though those engine's only made between 1991 and 1992...they made I believe 5000 in one year to compete with rally...but they stayd not long there...strange annimals they are
But as also others would say, now the Honda type R engine's are a better choise also because there is so much info around them and the kits are already there! but your thought I can understand
GTRene
Nissan Sunny(pulsar) GTi-R 4wd turbo cars in my car life and I still love them! those 20DET? turbo engine's can easely be tuned to 280<>300ps safely and at "low" cost I've had 3 black, 2 grey, and 1 red GTI-R...lot of fun! 4 of them where tuned to between 280 and 300ps specialy when you fitted the full big bore non cat Mongoose system the power realy kicks in at lower rpm and fire's back with pops and little bangs though those engine's only made between 1991 and 1992...they made I believe 5000 in one year to compete with rally...but they stayd not long there...strange annimals they are But as also others would say, now the Honda type R engine's are a better choise also because there is so much info around them and the kits are already there! but your thought I can understand
GTRene
piooly said:
There would'nt bee any turbo lag with it weighing so little..
Good point - I think my main point is that the evo engine does not have a huge amount of "feel". Really strong and adaptable block made good by huge induction. But you do have a good point they are powerful and generally reliable. With a little more consideration than I gave in my first post, it would be interesting. More interesting than a SC honda or S2000 engine or even a SC levin engine, I dont know.
bogie said:
...I just wished Id bought one of the prototype Lotus Esthis and finished the job off proper....the 2.7V6 Bi-turbo Audi engine is good for a reliable 450-500bhp ish 
Yeah that would be such a nice thing, also when you do lotus days and you open the engine bay and the complete rearclam goes open...you would have something realy special, how many are made with that engine?
GTRene
Edited by GTRene on Sunday 9th July 11:09
When I see this kind of thread a huge point that Shangani brings up is made obvious. You can (with enough time, effort and money) get any engine you fancy in a 'liz. But why? sticking a large heavy engine ruins the whole point of having a lotus. What engines are light with high output? Bike engines typically dont have the torque (I am eating words here - you need some torque!) so what is there left? How much does this nissan lump weigh?
gooby said:
piooly said:
I'd like to see an Evo 8 engine fitted to the elise if its possible, Any tune would be good, 260, 300, 320, 340 or 400 bhp version wil do me fine !
Urgh, turbo lag....
I would like to see the S2000 engine slotted in. Other than that the good engines have been put in.
Er... it's the same as the CT-R one no? Which is already there. Well, it's out the back of my house, waiting to be driven
bogie said:
...I just wished Id bought one of the prototype Lotus Esthis and finished the job off proper....the 2.7V6 Bi-turbo Audi engine is good for a reliable 450-500bhp ish
And bogie, I have this brochure at home
very nice! and I found also a copy on the internet, the latest version the 2.4 wich stands for power to weight, had 420hp and could hit 305km/u 
see here: www.elise.ch/membres/Patrick/Esthi/gallery_1.asp
have fun
GTRene
S works said:
gooby said:
piooly said:
I'd like to see an Evo 8 engine fitted to the elise if its possible, Any tune would be good, 260, 300, 320, 340 or 400 bhp version wil do me fine !
Urgh, turbo lag....
I would like to see the S2000 engine slotted in. Other than that the good engines have been put in.
Er... it's the same as the CT-R one no? Which is already there. Well, it's out the back of my house, waiting to be driven
No the s2000 engine is not the same as the engine from a CTR.
Also the S2000 engine is made for a fwd car and it's not mounted transverse as the Rover K and Honda K,but longitudinally. It won't be easy to get that working in a 'liz.
But what's the point ? The honda k series is a better engine in my opinion. And you can easily get high output out of it with natural aspiration.
The VTC system is brilliant. You can tune it to have an almost flat torque curve, which means it'll be perfect for the Elise . The s2000 neeeds to rev high to make good power.
I'm not going to comment on the forced induction capabilities of the honda K ,because I'm not much into that. But it does have great tuning possibilities there as well.
pic of the s2k engine:
and the honda k:
the honda k fits nicely in an elise.
If it hadn't been for the problems insuring the damn thing I'd get one installed in my 'liz right away
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