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Lotus Elise S3 with a Honda K20

Lotus Elise S3 with a Honda K20 inline-four

Garage Calde’ SAS specializes in Honda-powered Lotus cars at their company in Italy. In the back of this Lotus Elite S3 they swapped a naturally aspirated 2.0 L Honda K20Z4 inline-four from a Civic Type R. The motor features an RSP intake manifold, baffled oil pan, oil cooler, and custom exhaust by Steelart Marmitte. It runs on an Emtron SL4 ECU with an Emtron ELC1 canbus based Lambda single channel controller. Power is transmitted to the rear wheel through a Honda six-speed manual transmission with a Quaife limited-slip differential.

Honda K20 inline-four in the engine bay of a Lotus Elise

Honda K20 inline-four in the engine bay of a Lotus Elise

custom axle on a Honda powertrain in a Lotus Elise

custom axle going into a Lotus Elise with a Honda powertrain

Emtron ECU in a Lotus Elise with a Honda powertrain

Emtron ECU going into a Lotus Elise with a Honda powertrain

Source: Garage Calde’ SAS FB page

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