{"id":139578,"date":"2025-10-15T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139578"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:53:12","slug":"lotus-elise-s3-with-a-honda-k20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139578","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Elise S3 with a Honda K20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Garage Calde\u2019 SAS<\/a> 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<\/a> 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<\/a>. 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. <\/p>\n

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Garage Calde\u2019 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. 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