{"id":84176,"date":"2022-03-25T19:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84176"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:24:47","slug":"lotus-exige-with-a-turbo-j35-v6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84176","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Exige with a Turbo J35 V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=84180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84180\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"84180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=84180\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Lotus Exige with a Turbo J35 V6 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lotus Exige with a turbocharged Honda J35 V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lotus Exige with a turbocharged Honda J35 V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Turbo-J35-V6-03.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charl Joubert races hill climb events in his unique Lotus Exige. The 900 kg (1984 lb) race car is powered by a turbocharged Honda J35 V6 capable of 800 horsepower. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a> reports the chassis was lengthened to fit the powertrain. They also modified the body with a focus on aero and wider tires. Watch as Charl compete at Simola Hillclimb in South Africa below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bD5-7_jpD0Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BbztLyYo748\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charl Joubert races hill climb events in his unique Lotus Exige. The 900 kg (1984 lb) race car is powered by a turbocharged Honda J35 V6 capable of 800 horsepower. Hillclimb Monsters reports the chassis was lengthened to fit the powertrain. They also modified the body with a focus on aero and wider tires. Watch&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84176\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lotus Exige with a Turbo J35 V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84180,"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":[285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exige"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104121,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104121","url_meta":{"origin":84176,"position":0},"title":"Lotus Exige with a 1000+ hp Turbo Honda V6","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Charl Joubert and his wild Lotus Exige returned to Simola Hillclimb in South Africa. 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