Det är väll mest en kostnadsfråga....
Mailade ju Prototype Racing för ett tag sedan då jag oxå va/är sugen på en K20A i "plastbaljan"
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hi Johan,
I'm fairly certain the K20A will fit into the VX220 or a Speedster since the chassis is identical to the Elise, it's just that living in Southern California I've never had the opportunity to see one of these cars, let alone do a K20A conversion on one of them.
If you could send me some photos of the VX220 engine mounts I'd have a much better idea of where we stand. Another area of concern is the wiring, Lotus wired the Exige and 340R very differently than the Elise, so it's a very safe bet the VX220 is wired even differently due to the engine's GM heritage. Every manufacturer uses different electrical connectors, and they're not easily available. Some of the AMP and Sumitomo connectors I had to buy to make a plug and play wiring harness for the Elise had to be ordered in quantities of 24,000 just to place the order.
The K20A Elise and Exige conversion kits are $7,600, and the Hondata ECU mapped specifically for this application is $650 [using your ECU]. Hondata also has a fully user programmable K20A ECU that sells for $1,000, once again using your engine's ECU.
http://www.hondata.com
JDM [Japan Domestic Market] K20A engines are available used on Ebay for $4,500 to $5,500 from sources in Asia, but once you add shipping costs, customs broker's fees, and import duties the total cost can be much higher. This is a very highly desirable engine, as you might expect, and since the only source is from the Japanese market their numbers are limited. They're becoming harder and harder to get, even in So. California where switching later model engines into early Civic's is so popular we get regular shipments of engines from Japan.
I'm certainly not saying it can't be done, it's just not going to be cheap or easy to do.
Just last week I finally took delivery of my new US legal Elise, something I've been waiting for almost 5 years to happen! It has the Toyota engine in it right now, but as soon as I'm finished with the base-line performance testing I'll be installing a supercharged, intercooled JDM K20A that'll make about 330 HP to the wheels. I'm also building a 2.3 liter naturally aspirated K20A for my Exige. That one should make right around 300 HP. The supercharged engine is going into the Elise because it's so much heavier, these cars Lotus is sending us weigh 885 Kg!
My Exige only weighs 740 Kg.
Best regards,
Joe<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
