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could a ford racing aluminator engine fit or be transplanted into the engine bay of a lotus? it sounds lika a good engine. redline is at 7000 rpm and can produce 700 HP while being reliable.
Engine transplant
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Into the engine bay of a Lotus what? Elise, Esprit, Europa...?
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Are you talking about this engine? Ford Racing Performance Parts [M-6007-A46SC*]
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Shipping weight is 500 lbs...
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Yes, and considering the stock ZZ engine is about 250 lbs, you would be adding some serious pork.
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Sure. Lotus put a Corvette ZR-1 engine in the back of an Elise:
Lotus GT1 Race Car Derived From Lotus Elise
And Hennessy is putting the Viper V-10 in an Exige:
http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3978/2009_Hennessey_VenomGT1.jpg
So putting a Ford V-8 back there should be a piece of cake. A couple weekends...at most.
Lotus GT1 Race Car Derived From Lotus Elise
And Hennessy is putting the Viper V-10 in an Exige:
http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3978/2009_Hennessey_VenomGT1.jpg
So putting a Ford V-8 back there should be a piece of cake. A couple weekends...at most.
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With enough money anything is possible.
At some point (usually a pretty high one) too much of a good thing just becomes too much to do anything with and turns out more of a headache and less enjoyable. I think this would be above that point. Here's an illustration to put it in perspective.
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At some point (usually a pretty high one
) too much of a good thing just becomes too much to do anything with and turns out more of a headache and less enjoyable. I think this would be above that point. Here's an illustration to put it in perspective. 
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Keith a better picture to illustrate your point would've been TV's in the headrest thread.
Just because its possible (with loads of $$) doesnt mean it should be done.
maybe the chick in the picture can put that money into good use and get reduction surgery lol
Just because its possible (with loads of $$) doesnt mean it should be done.
maybe the chick in the picture can put that money into good use and get reduction surgery lol
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No surgery necessary! Just use a pin!
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was just trying to say, if you get crazy enough you can really get too much of a good thing.
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yeah. sounds like it would kill handling. that hennesy transplant sounds ridiculous. that would be good on the strip, not a road course. it just sounded sick, a 700 hp engine that revs to 7000. and i was thinin in an elise. i put alot of time coming up with a crazy elise. i think i attached the doc.. it's in 2 documents
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I almost pissed my pants reading that .rotfl
No. GM put a Lotus engine in the front of the Corvette :clap:
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A gentleman and a scholar!
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Well it was built by Mercury Marine, so maybe it should have been hung off the front of the Corvette or off the back of the Lotus.
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what do you think the shipping weight of those things are??![]()
maybe the OP can fit those in instead of the vette engine?
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