{"id":3191,"date":"2015-04-09T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2021-08-31T23:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T04:22:35","slug":"lotus-exige-with-a-golf-mk5-gti-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Exige with a Turbo TFSI Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McChip-DKR is a tuning company in Germany. They recently had this Lotus Exige on their dyno to test some upgrades. The car was built by Komo-Tec with a 2.0 L TFSI inline-four from a Volkswagen Golf Mk5. They increased the engine’s output to 404 horsepower and 465 Nm (342 lb-ft) of torque thanks to a K04 turbocharger.<\/p>\n

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Source: McChip-DKR Facebook gallery<\/a> via AutoEvolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

McChip-DKR is a tuning company in Germany. They recently had this Lotus Exige on their dyno to test some upgrades. The car was built by Komo-Tec with a 2.0 L TFSI inline-four from a Volkswagen Golf Mk5. They increased the engine’s output to 404 horsepower and 465 Nm (342 lb-ft) of torque thanks to a… Read More »Lotus Exige with a Turbo TFSI Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exige"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lotus-Exige-With-A-Golf-Mk5-GTI-Engine-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C934&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76170,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76170","url_meta":{"origin":3191,"position":0},"title":"Lotus Exige with a 450 hp Turbo VW Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When David Wert spun a bearing in his 2010 Lotus Exige he saw it as an opportunity to do something different. 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