{"id":110337,"date":"2024-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110337"},"modified":"2024-01-18T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T06:34:07","slug":"lotus-elise-with-a-honda-b18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110337","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Elise with a Honda B18"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1999 Lotus Elise 111S originally came with a 1.8 L Rover K-series inline-four. At some point it was swapped for a 1.8 L B18C inline-four sourced from a JDM Honda Integra Type R. The motor features an Eliseparts exhaust. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual transmission with also sourced from a JDM Honda Integra Type R. It features a limited-slip differential, Exedy clutch, and ClutchMaster flywheel. The car rides on a Quantum Racing coilover suspension and a set of Rota 16-inch wheels. The car sold on Cars&Bids<\/a> for $43,210. <\/p>\n

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This 1999 Lotus Elise 111S originally came with a 1.8 L Rover K-series inline-four. At some point it was swapped for a 1.8 L B18C inline-four sourced from a JDM Honda Integra Type R. The motor features an Eliseparts exhaust. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual transmission with also sourced… Read More »Lotus Elise with a Honda B18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":110343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elise"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113565,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=113565","url_meta":{"origin":110337,"position":0},"title":"2008 Lotus Elise with a Honda K20A","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2008 Lotus Elise S2 came with a 1.8 L Toyota 1ZZ inline-four making 120 hp (90 kW). 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