[NtflBlueLiz]

What I was wondering is...

Lotus originally launched the Elise in the Uk with the Rover K engine producing something like 118HP and they worked and re-worked that engine keeping it NA up to 190HP over the years. Do you guys think that it is possible or even probable tha Lotus will do the same to the Toyota Engine and in say a year they will launch the Fed Elise 230 or something like that? Also for you gentleman from across the pond, when Lotus launched the more powerfull versions, were there factory retrofit kits that could be purchased to bring say the 118Hp engine up to one of the higher HP spec engines?

Just trying to pass the "Elise-less" time here in beatifull Florida by doing some mental masturbation about where Lotus might be going with the Elise line here in the US over the next few years..

Fred

 

[NtflBlueLiz]

Goose, I'm sure the aftermarket will pick up on the Elise just as they have with the Mini Cooper, Acura and all of the japanese compacts.
I was just wandering if Lotus would keep on improving on their own as they did with the Rover K series. I agree with ex-M3 that the Toyota engine already uses every trick on the book but IMO Lotus from the get go has already established that it will tinker with the Engine and ECU to obtain better, more usable power out of it. Isn't this same engine only rated at 180HP on the Celica GT/S? I also recall a magazine article? stating that Toyota was interested in the changes Lotus has made to flatten the torque curve while at the same time increasing horsepower and not impacting negatively on consumption and emissions. Anyway as I said I'm just trying to kill some time during this long wait as I personally have never modded an engine or for that matter installed anything aftermarket in a car of mine other than Air Filters.